Samsung 850 EVO Linux SSD Disk Testing
Samsung 850 EVO Linux SSD disk testing. Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com.


OCZ Vertex 3 240GB: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5 v3/Core, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3 + 120GB OCZ VECTOR150, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6950 2048MB, Audio: Intel C610/X99, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 15.04, Kernel: 3.18.0-12-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.1, Display Server: X Server 1.16.2.901 (1.16.3 RC 1), Display Driver: radeon 7.4.0, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.2 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600

Transcend TS256GSSD370 256GB: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5 v3/Core, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 256GB TS256GSSD370 + 120GB OCZ VECTOR150, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6950 2048MB, Audio: Intel C610/X99, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 15.04, Kernel: 3.18.0-12-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.1, Display Server: X Server 1.16.2.901 (1.16.3 RC 1), Display Driver: radeon 7.4.0, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.2 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600

OCZ Solid 2 64GB: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5 v3/Core, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 64GB OCZ AGILITY + 120GB OCZ VECTOR150, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6950 2048MB, Audio: Intel C610/X99, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 15.04, Kernel: 3.18.0-12-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.1, Display Server: X Server 1.16.2.901 (1.16.3 RC 1), Display Driver: radeon 7.4.0, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.2 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600

Intel SSDSC2BW12 120GB: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5 v3/Core, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB INTEL SSDSC2BW12 + 120GB OCZ VECTOR150, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6950 2048MB, Audio: Intel C610/X99, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 15.04, Kernel: 3.18.0-12-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.1, Display Server: X Server 1.16.2.901 (1.16.3 RC 1), Display Driver: radeon 7.4.0, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.2 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600

OCZ ARC100 120GB: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5 v3/Core, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB OCZ ARC100 + 120GB OCZ VECTOR150, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6950 2048MB, Audio: Intel C610/X99, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 15.04, Kernel: 3.18.0-12-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.1, Display Server: X Server 1.16.2.901 (1.16.3 RC 1), Display Driver: radeon 7.4.0, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.2 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600

Samsung 850 EVO 120GB: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5 v3/Core, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 850 + 120GB OCZ VECTOR150, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6950 2048MB, Audio: Intel C610/X99, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 15.04, Kernel: 3.18.0-12-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.1, Display Server: X Server 1.16.2.901 (1.16.3 RC 1), Display Driver: radeon 7.4.0, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.2 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600

Samsung SSD 850: 

	Processor: Intel Core i3-4010U @ 1.70GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: LENOVO Strawberry 4A, Chipset: Intel Haswell-ULT DRAM, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 500GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: Intel Haswell Mobile 1536MB (1000MHz), Audio: Intel Haswell-ULT HD Audio, Network: Realtek RTL8101/2/6E + Intel Wireless 7260

	OS: Arch Linux, Kernel: 4.11.6-1-ARCH (x86_64), Desktop: KDE Frameworks 5, Display Driver: intel 2.99.917, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.1.3, Vulkan: 1.0.51, Compiler: GCC 7.1.1 20170516 + Clang 4.0.0 + LLVM 4.0.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1366x768


Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13
Type: Random Read - IO Engine: POSIX AIO - Buffered: No - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: MB/s
MB/s > Higher Is Better
OCZ Vertex 3 240GB ........... 23.87 |============================
Transcend TS256GSSD370 256GB . 26.95 |================================
OCZ Solid 2 64GB ............. 30.63 |====================================
Intel SSDSC2BW12 120GB ....... 21.31 |=========================
OCZ ARC100 120GB ............. 26.28 |===============================
Samsung 850 EVO 120GB ........ 34.55 |=========================================
Samsung SSD 850 .............. 27.96 |=================================


Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13
Type: Random Write - IO Engine: POSIX AIO - Buffered: No - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: MB/s
MB/s > Higher Is Better
OCZ Vertex 3 240GB ........... 106.99 |=====================================
Transcend TS256GSSD370 256GB . 105.71 |====================================
OCZ Solid 2 64GB ............. 8.05   |===
Intel SSDSC2BW12 120GB ....... 93.84  |================================
OCZ ARC100 120GB ............. 111.73 |======================================
Samsung 850 EVO 120GB ........ 116.21 |========================================
Samsung SSD 850 .............. 74.77  |==========================


Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13
Type: Sequential Read - IO Engine: POSIX AIO - Buffered: No - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: MB/s
MB/s > Higher Is Better
OCZ Vertex 3 240GB ........... 31.99  |==========
Transcend TS256GSSD370 256GB . 114.31 |===================================
OCZ Solid 2 64GB ............. 51.72  |================
Intel SSDSC2BW12 120GB ....... 32.98  |==========
OCZ ARC100 120GB ............. 27.19  |========
Samsung 850 EVO 120GB ........ 130.06 |========================================
Samsung SSD 850 .............. 72.51  |======================


Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13
Type: Sequential Write - IO Engine: POSIX AIO - Buffered: No - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: MB/s
MB/s > Higher Is Better
OCZ Vertex 3 240GB ........... 108.06 |=====================================
Transcend TS256GSSD370 256GB . 107.89 |=====================================
OCZ Solid 2 64GB ............. 67.91  |=======================
Intel SSDSC2BW12 120GB ....... 93.83  |================================
OCZ ARC100 120GB ............. 111.83 |=======================================
Samsung 850 EVO 120GB ........ 115.81 |========================================
Samsung SSD 850 .............. 76.81  |===========================


FS-Mark 3.3
Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size
Files/s > Higher Is Better
OCZ Vertex 3 240GB ........... 207.43 |========================================
Transcend TS256GSSD370 256GB . 88.00  |=================
OCZ Solid 2 64GB ............. 57.57  |===========
Intel SSDSC2BW12 120GB ....... 38.37  |=======
OCZ ARC100 120GB ............. 79.30  |===============
Samsung 850 EVO 120GB ........ 107.78 |=====================
Samsung SSD 850 .............. 126.63 |========================


FS-Mark 3.3
Test: 5000 Files, 1MB Size, 4 Threads
Files/s > Higher Is Better
OCZ Vertex 3 240GB ........... 345.60 |========================================
Transcend TS256GSSD370 256GB . 178.93 |=====================
OCZ Solid 2 64GB ............. 98.13  |===========
Intel SSDSC2BW12 120GB ....... 122.80 |==============
OCZ ARC100 120GB ............. 143.40 |=================
Samsung 850 EVO 120GB ........ 109.33 |=============


FS-Mark 3.3
Test: 4000 Files, 32 Sub Dirs, 1MB Size
Files/s > Higher Is Better
OCZ Vertex 3 240GB ........... 206.80 |========================================
Transcend TS256GSSD370 256GB . 87.93  |=================
OCZ Solid 2 64GB ............. 55.67  |===========
Intel SSDSC2BW12 120GB ....... 39.07  |========
OCZ ARC100 120GB ............. 44.07  |=========
Samsung 850 EVO 120GB ........ 70.08  |==============
Samsung SSD 850 .............. 54.27  |==========