Samsung 960 EVO - SSD NVMe Disk Tests Linux 4.9 Some fresh SSD Linux benchmarks on Linux 4.9 atop Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. Tests by Michael Larabel for a future article. INTEL SSDPEKKW256G7 256GB: Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 256GB INTEL SSDPEKKW256G7, Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 470/480 8192MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.9.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20161207, Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: amdgpu 1.2.99, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 13.1.0-devel- padoka PPA Gallium 0.4, Vulkan: 1.0.3, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 PNY CS1211 120GB: Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: PNY CS1211 120GB + 256GB INTEL SSDPEKKW256G7, Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 470/480 8192MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.9.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20161207, Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: amdgpu 1.2.99, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 13.1.0-devel- padoka PPA Gallium 0.4, Vulkan: 1.0.3, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Samsung 850 EVO 120GB: Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 850 + 256GB INTEL SSDPEKKW256G7, Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 470/480 8192MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.9.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20161207, Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: amdgpu 1.2.99, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 13.1.0-devel- padoka PPA Gallium 0.4, Vulkan: 1.0.3, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Toshiba TR150 120GB: Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB TOSHIBA-TR150 + 256GB INTEL SSDPEKKW256G7, Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 470/480 8192MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.9.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20161207, Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: amdgpu 1.2.99, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 13.1.0-devel- padoka PPA Gallium 0.4, Vulkan: 1.0.3, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 VisionTek 240GB: Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: VisionTek 240GB + 256GB INTEL SSDPEKKW256G7, Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 470/480 8192MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.9.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20161207, Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: amdgpu 1.2.99, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 13.1.0-devel- padoka PPA Gallium 0.4, Vulkan: 1.0.3, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Samsung 950 PRO 256GB: Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 470/480 8192MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.9.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20161207, Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: amdgpu 1.2.99, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 13.1.0-devel- padoka PPA Gallium 0.4, Vulkan: 1.0.3, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Samsung 960 EVO 250GB: Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 960 EVO 250GB, Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 470/480 8192MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.9.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20161207, Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: amdgpu 1.2.99, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 13.1.0-devel- padoka PPA Gallium 0.4, Vulkan: 1.0.3, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Western Digital WD1003FBYX-0: Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon E5-2620 v3 @ 3.20GHz (12 Cores / 24 Threads), Motherboard: Intel S2600CW (SE5C610.86B.01.01.0021.032120170601 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon, Memory: 4 x 16384 MB DDR4-1866MHz Kingston, Disk: 1000GB Western Digital WD1003FBYX-0 + 120GB Samsung SSD 850 + 500GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: Matrox s MGA G200e [Pilot], Monitor: L206W, Network: Intel I350 Gigabit Connection OS: CentOS 7.5.1804, Kernel: 3.10.0-862.11.6.el7.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.25.4, Display Server: X Server 1.19.5, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.5, Compiler: + LLVM 3.4.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x1200 eric_phoronix: Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon E5-2620 v3 @ 3.20GHz (12 Cores / 24 Threads), Motherboard: Intel S2600CW (SE5C610.86B.01.01.0021.032120170601 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon, Memory: 4 x 16384 MB DDR4-1866MHz Kingston, Disk: 1000GB Western Digital WD1003FBYX-0 + 120GB Samsung SSD 850 + 500GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: Matrox s MGA G200e [Pilot], Monitor: L206W, Network: Intel I350 Gigabit Connection OS: CentOS 7.5.1804, Kernel: 3.10.0-862.11.6.el7.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.25.4, Display Server: X Server 1.19.5, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.5, Compiler: + LLVM 3.4.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x1200 SQLite 3.8.10.2 Test Target: Default Test Directory Seconds < Lower Is Better INTEL SSDPEKKW256G7 256GB .... 18.04 |=========== PNY CS1211 120GB ............. 56.38 |=================================== Samsung 850 EVO 120GB ........ 28.73 |================== Toshiba TR150 120GB .......... 36.88 |======================= VisionTek 240GB .............. 31.05 |=================== Samsung 950 PRO 256GB ........ 65.36 |========================================= Samsung 960 EVO 250GB ........ 36.52 |======================= Western Digital WD1003FBYX-0 . 25.85 |================ eric_phoronix ................ 23.99 |=============== Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Random Read - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: MB/s MB/s > Higher Is Better INTEL SSDPEKKW256G7 256GB .... 287.41 |=============== PNY CS1211 120GB ............. 271.02 |============== Samsung 850 EVO 120GB ........ 392.14 |==================== Toshiba TR150 120GB .......... 213.08 |=========== VisionTek 240GB .............. 295.53 |=============== Samsung 950 PRO 256GB ........ 788.37 |======================================== Samsung 960 EVO 250GB ........ 704.70 |==================================== Western Digital WD1003FBYX-0 . 387.75 |==================== eric_phoronix ................ 363.42 |================== Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Random Write - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: MB/s MB/s > Higher Is Better INTEL SSDPEKKW256G7 256GB .... 480.63 |============== PNY CS1211 120GB ............. 298.40 |========= Samsung 850 EVO 120GB ........ 353.78 |========== Toshiba TR150 120GB .......... 287.90 |========= VisionTek 240GB .............. 338.53 |========== Samsung 950 PRO 256GB ........ 322.91 |========== Samsung 960 EVO 250GB ........ 1319.10 |======================================= Western Digital WD1003FBYX-0 . 346.30 |========== eric_phoronix ................ 346.71 |========== Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Sequential Read - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: MB/s MB/s > Higher Is Better INTEL SSDPEKKW256G7 256GB .... 265.72 |========= PNY CS1211 120GB ............. 49.30 |== Samsung 850 EVO 120GB ........ 457.30 |================ Toshiba TR150 120GB .......... 187.94 |======= VisionTek 240GB .............. 270.35 |========= Samsung 950 PRO 256GB ........ 1115.40 |======================================= Samsung 960 EVO 250GB ........ 976.13 |================================== Western Digital WD1003FBYX-0 . 449.12 |================ eric_phoronix ................ 452.08 |================ Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Sequential Write - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: MB/s MB/s > Higher Is Better INTEL SSDPEKKW256G7 256GB . 485.99 |=============== PNY CS1211 120GB .......... 117.71 |==== Samsung 850 EVO 120GB ..... 423.54 |============= Toshiba TR150 120GB ....... 430.14 |============= VisionTek 240GB ........... 406.43 |============ Samsung 950 PRO 256GB ..... 920.27 |============================ Samsung 960 EVO 250GB ..... 1401.67 |========================================== eric_phoronix ............. 419.66 |============= FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size Files/s > Higher Is Better INTEL SSDPEKKW256G7 256GB . 210.80 |=========================================== PNY CS1211 120GB .......... 93.50 |=================== Samsung 850 EVO 120GB ..... 101.28 |===================== Toshiba TR150 120GB ....... 58.90 |============ VisionTek 240GB ........... 61.95 |============= Samsung 950 PRO 256GB ..... 120.63 |========================= Samsung 960 EVO 250GB ..... 173.63 |=================================== eric_phoronix ............. 82.37 |================= FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 5000 Files, 1MB Size, 4 Threads Files/s > Higher Is Better INTEL SSDPEKKW256G7 256GB . 85.60 |============ PNY CS1211 120GB .......... 193.97 |============================ Samsung 850 EVO 120GB ..... 111.07 |================ Toshiba TR150 120GB ....... 51.20 |======= VisionTek 240GB ........... 50.53 |======= Samsung 950 PRO 256GB ..... 302.37 |=========================================== Samsung 960 EVO 250GB ..... 177.75 |========================= FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 4000 Files, 32 Sub Dirs, 1MB Size Files/s > Higher Is Better INTEL SSDPEKKW256G7 256GB . 79.58 |============================= PNY CS1211 120GB .......... 93.00 |================================= Samsung 850 EVO 120GB ..... 63.77 |======================= Toshiba TR150 120GB ....... 42.00 |=============== VisionTek 240GB ........... 42.00 |=============== Samsung 950 PRO 256GB ..... 120.03 |=========================================== Samsung 960 EVO 250GB ..... 84.57 |============================== BlogBench 1.0 Test: Write Final Score > Higher Is Better INTEL SSDPEKKW256G7 256GB . 6861 |================ PNY CS1211 120GB .......... 8612 |==================== Samsung 850 EVO 120GB ..... 6079 |============== Toshiba TR150 120GB ....... 5719 |============== VisionTek 240GB ........... 5135 |============ Samsung 950 PRO 256GB ..... 18489 |============================================ Samsung 960 EVO 250GB ..... 11157 |=========================== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Initial Create MB/s > Higher Is Better INTEL SSDPEKKW256G7 256GB . 546.67 |========================================== PNY CS1211 120GB .......... 525.36 |======================================== Samsung 850 EVO 120GB ..... 494.32 |====================================== Toshiba TR150 120GB ....... 430.14 |================================= VisionTek 240GB ........... 444.68 |================================== Samsung 950 PRO 256GB ..... 516.96 |======================================== Samsung 960 EVO 250GB ..... 558.75 |=========================================== PostgreSQL pgbench 9.4.3 Scaling: On-Disk - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Write TPS > Higher Is Better Samsung 950 PRO 256GB ..... 2804.18 |========================================== INTEL SSDPEKKW256G7 256GB . 1256.41 |=================== Samsung 960 EVO 250GB ..... 1933.19 |============================= PostgreSQL pgbench 9.4.3 Scaling: On-Disk - Test: Single Thread - Mode: Read Write TPS > Higher Is Better Samsung 950 PRO 256GB ..... 251.36 |========================================= INTEL SSDPEKKW256G7 256GB . 261.43 |=========================================== Samsung 960 EVO 250GB ..... 189.16 |=============================== PostgreSQL pgbench 9.4.3 Scaling: On-Disk - Test: Heavy Contention - Mode: Read Write TPS > Higher Is Better Samsung 950 PRO 256GB ..... 5227.67 |========================================== INTEL SSDPEKKW256G7 256GB . 1212.92 |========== Samsung 960 EVO 250GB ..... 3530.35 |============================