Samsung 970 EVO Linux Ubuntu NVMe Disk Benchmarks Linux NVMe SSD benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article. Intel 760p 256GB SSDPEKKW256G8: Processor: Intel Core i9-7980XE @ 4.40GHz (18 Cores / 36 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME X299-A (1004 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Sky Lake-E DMI3 Registers, Memory: 4 x 4096 MB DDR4-3200MT/s Corsair CMK16GX4M4C3200C16, Disk: 256GB INTEL SSDPEKKW256G8, Graphics: NV134 8192MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 4.17.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20180531, Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.28.1, Display Server: X Server 1.19.6, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 18.0.0-rc5, Compiler: GCC 7.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Intel 800p 120GB SSDPEK1W120GA: Processor: Intel Core i9-7980XE @ 4.40GHz (18 Cores / 36 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME X299-A (1004 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Sky Lake-E DMI3 Registers, Memory: 4 x 4096 MB DDR4-3200MT/s Corsair CMK16GX4M4C3200C16, Disk: 256GB INTEL SSDPEKKW256G8 + 118GB INTEL SSDPEK1W120GA, Graphics: NV134 8192MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 4.17.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20180531, Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.28.1, Display Server: X Server 1.19.6, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 18.0.0-rc5, Compiler: GCC 7.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Samsung 950 PRO 256GB: Processor: Intel Core i9-7980XE @ 4.40GHz (18 Cores / 36 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME X299-A (1004 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Sky Lake-E DMI3 Registers, Memory: 4 x 4096 MB DDR4-3200MT/s Corsair CMK16GX4M4C3200C16, Disk: Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB + 256GB INTEL SSDPEKKW256G8, Graphics: NV134 8192MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 4.17.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20180531, Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.28.1, Display Server: X Server 1.19.6, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 18.0.0-rc5, Compiler: GCC 7.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Corsair Force MP500 120GB: Processor: Intel Core i9-7980XE @ 4.40GHz (18 Cores / 36 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME X299-A (1004 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Sky Lake-E DMI3 Registers, Memory: 4 x 4096 MB DDR4-3200MT/s Corsair CMK16GX4M4C3200C16, Disk: 256GB INTEL SSDPEKKW256G8 + 120GB Force MP500, Graphics: NV134 8192MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 4.17.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20180531, Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.28.1, Display Server: X Server 1.19.6, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 18.0.0-rc5, Compiler: GCC 7.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Intel 600p 256GB SSDPEKKW256G7: Processor: Intel Core i9-7980XE @ 4.40GHz (18 Cores / 36 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME X299-A (1004 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Sky Lake-E DMI3 Registers, Memory: 4 x 4096 MB DDR4-3200MT/s Corsair CMK16GX4M4C3200C16, Disk: 256GB INTEL SSDPEKKW256G8 + 256GB INTEL SSDPEKKW256G7, Graphics: NV134 8192MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 4.17.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20180531, Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.28.1, Display Server: X Server 1.19.6, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 18.0.0-rc5, Compiler: GCC 7.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Samsung 970 EVO 250GB: Processor: Intel Core i9-7980XE @ 4.40GHz (18 Cores / 36 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME X299-A (1004 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Sky Lake-E DMI3 Registers, Memory: 4 x 4096 MB DDR4-3200MT/s Corsair CMK16GX4M4C3200C16, Disk: 256GB INTEL SSDPEKKW256G8 + Samsung SSD 970 EVO 250GB, Graphics: NV134 8192MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 4.17.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20180531, Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.28.1, Display Server: X Server 1.19.6, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 18.0.0-rc5, Compiler: GCC 7.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Samsung 97 PRO 1TB: Processor: Intel Xeon E-2186M @ 4.80GHz (6 Cores / 12 Threads), Motherboard: Dell 0C1D71 (1.5.2 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Device a36f, Memory: 32768MB, Disk: 1024GB Samsung SSD 970 PRO 1TB, Graphics: NVIDIA Quadro P3200 6GB (183/2999MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC289, Network: Intel Device 15bb + Intel Device 2526 OS: Debian 9.6, Kernel: 4.18.0-0.bpo.1-amd64 (x86_64), Desktop: Cinnamon 3.2.7, Display Server: X Server 1.19.2, Display Driver: NVIDIA 410.78, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Compiler: GCC 6.3.0 20170516, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Drive Temperature (nvme1n1) Monitor Phoronix Test Suite System Monitoring Celsius Intel 760p 256GB SSDPEKKW256G8 . MIN: 31.0 AVG: 42.7 MAX: 54.0 Intel 800p 120GB SSDPEK1W120GA . MIN: 39.0 AVG: 53.0 MAX: 65.0 Samsung 950 PRO 256GB .......... MIN: 28.0 AVG: 30.0 MAX: 33.0 Corsair Force MP500 120GB ...... MIN: 52.0 AVG: 62.5 MAX: 80.0 Intel 600p 256GB SSDPEKKW256G7 . MIN: 35.0 AVG: 55.2 MAX: 70.0 Samsung 970 EVO 250GB .......... MIN: 30.0 AVG: 42.5 MAX: 64.0 FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size Files/s > Higher Is Better Intel 760p 256GB SSDPEKKW256G8 . 221.70 |==================== Intel 800p 120GB SSDPEK1W120GA . 404.20 |==================================== Samsung 950 PRO 256GB .......... 193.10 |================= Corsair Force MP500 120GB ...... 423.67 |====================================== Intel 600p 256GB SSDPEKKW256G7 . 270.40 |======================== Samsung 970 EVO 250GB .......... 219.43 |==================== FS-Mark 3.3 Performance / Cost - Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size Files/s Per Dollar > Higher Is Better Intel 760p 256GB SSDPEKKW256G8 . 1.86 |============== Intel 800p 120GB SSDPEK1W120GA . 2.03 |=============== Corsair Force MP500 120GB ...... 5.30 |======================================== Intel 600p 256GB SSDPEKKW256G7 . 3.04 |======================= Samsung 970 EVO 250GB .......... 2.07 |================ FS-Mark 3.3 Performance / Cost - Test: 5000 Files, 1MB Size, 4 Threads Files/s Per Dollar > Higher Is Better Intel 760p 256GB SSDPEKKW256G8 . 1.08 |================ Intel 800p 120GB SSDPEK1W120GA . 2.69 |======================================== Intel 600p 256GB SSDPEKKW256G7 . 1.13 |================= Samsung 970 EVO 250GB .......... 1.91 |============================ FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 5000 Files, 1MB Size, 4 Threads Files/s > Higher Is Better Intel 760p 256GB SSDPEKKW256G8 . 128.40 |========= Intel 800p 120GB SSDPEK1W120GA . 535.93 |====================================== Samsung 950 PRO 256GB .......... 123.00 |========= Intel 600p 256GB SSDPEKKW256G7 . 100.93 |======= Samsung 970 EVO 250GB .......... 202.80 |============== Flexible IO Tester 3.1 Type: Sequential Read - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better Intel 760p 256GB SSDPEKKW256G8 . 986 |========================= Intel 800p 120GB SSDPEK1W120GA . 1379 |=================================== Samsung 950 PRO 256GB .......... 990 |========================= Corsair Force MP500 120GB ...... 1419 |===================================== Intel 600p 256GB SSDPEKKW256G7 . 655 |================= Samsung 970 EVO 250GB .......... 1554 |======================================== Flexible IO Tester 3.1 Type: Sequential Read - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 2MB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better Intel 760p 256GB SSDPEKKW256G8 . 2892 |===================================== Intel 800p 120GB SSDPEK1W120GA . 1388 |================== Samsung 950 PRO 256GB .......... 2944 |====================================== Corsair Force MP500 120GB ...... 2223 |============================ Intel 600p 256GB SSDPEKKW256G7 . 1451 |=================== Samsung 970 EVO 250GB .......... 3131 |======================================== Flexible IO Tester 3.1 Type: Sequential Write - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better Intel 760p 256GB SSDPEKKW256G8 . 992 |=========================== Intel 800p 120GB SSDPEK1W120GA . 613 |================= Samsung 950 PRO 256GB .......... 1014 |============================ Corsair Force MP500 120GB ...... 310 |========= Intel 600p 256GB SSDPEKKW256G7 . 527 |============== Samsung 970 EVO 250GB .......... 1458 |======================================== Flexible IO Tester 3.1 Type: Sequential Write - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 2MB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better Intel 760p 256GB SSDPEKKW256G8 . 1095 |============================== Intel 800p 120GB SSDPEK1W120GA . 620 |================= Samsung 950 PRO 256GB .......... 1139 |=============================== Corsair Force MP500 120GB ...... 316 |========= Intel 600p 256GB SSDPEKKW256G7 . 540 |=============== Samsung 970 EVO 250GB .......... 1466 |======================================== Flexible IO Tester 3.1 Performance / Cost - Type: Sequential Write - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s Per Dollar > Higher Is Better Intel 760p 256GB SSDPEKKW256G8 . 8.34 |======================== Intel 800p 120GB SSDPEK1W120GA . 3.08 |========= Corsair Force MP500 120GB ...... 3.88 |=========== Intel 600p 256GB SSDPEKKW256G7 . 5.92 |================= Samsung 970 EVO 250GB .......... 13.75 |======================================= IOzone 3.465 Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better Intel 760p 256GB SSDPEKKW256G8 . 291 |====== Intel 800p 120GB SSDPEK1W120GA . 582 |============ Samsung 950 PRO 256GB .......... 309 |======= Corsair Force MP500 120GB ...... 280 |====== Intel 600p 256GB SSDPEKKW256G7 . 165 |==== Samsung 970 EVO 250GB .......... 741 |================ Samsung 97 PRO 1TB ............. 1884 |======================================== IOzone 3.465 Record Size: 64Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better Intel 760p 256GB SSDPEKKW256G8 . 301 |====== Intel 800p 120GB SSDPEK1W120GA . 588 |============ Samsung 950 PRO 256GB .......... 308 |====== Corsair Force MP500 120GB ...... 284 |====== Intel 600p 256GB SSDPEKKW256G7 . 116 |== Samsung 970 EVO 250GB .......... 480 |========= Samsung 97 PRO 1TB ............. 2032 |======================================== Flexible IO Tester 3.1 Performance / Cost - Type: Sequential Read - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s Per Dollar > Higher Is Better Intel 760p 256GB SSDPEKKW256G8 . 8.29 |================== Intel 800p 120GB SSDPEK1W120GA . 6.93 |=============== Corsair Force MP500 120GB ...... 17.74 |======================================= Intel 600p 256GB SSDPEKKW256G7 . 7.36 |================ Samsung 970 EVO 250GB .......... 14.66 |================================ Flexible IO Tester 3.1 Performance / Cost - Type: Sequential Read - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 2MB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s Per Dollar > Higher Is Better Intel 760p 256GB SSDPEKKW256G8 . 24.30 |================================ Intel 800p 120GB SSDPEK1W120GA . 6.97 |========= Corsair Force MP500 120GB ...... 27.79 |===================================== Intel 600p 256GB SSDPEKKW256G7 . 16.30 |====================== Samsung 970 EVO 250GB .......... 29.54 |======================================= Flexible IO Tester 3.1 Performance / Cost - Type: Sequential Write - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 2MB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s Per Dollar > Higher Is Better Intel 760p 256GB SSDPEKKW256G8 . 9.20 |========================== Intel 800p 120GB SSDPEK1W120GA . 3.12 |========= Corsair Force MP500 120GB ...... 3.95 |=========== Intel 600p 256GB SSDPEKKW256G7 . 6.07 |================= Samsung 970 EVO 250GB .......... 13.83 |======================================= IOzone 3.465 Performance / Cost - Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Write Performance MB/s Per Dollar > Higher Is Better Intel 760p 256GB SSDPEKKW256G8 . 2.44 |============== Intel 800p 120GB SSDPEK1W120GA . 2.93 |================= Corsair Force MP500 120GB ...... 3.50 |==================== Intel 600p 256GB SSDPEKKW256G7 . 1.86 |=========== Samsung 970 EVO 250GB .......... 6.99 |======================================== IOzone 3.465 Performance / Cost - Record Size: 64Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Write Performance MB/s Per Dollar > Higher Is Better Intel 760p 256GB SSDPEKKW256G8 . 2.53 |====================== Intel 800p 120GB SSDPEK1W120GA . 2.96 |========================== Corsair Force MP500 120GB ...... 3.54 |=============================== Intel 600p 256GB SSDPEKKW256G7 . 1.31 |============ Samsung 970 EVO 250GB .......... 4.53 |======================================== PostgreSQL pgbench 10.3 Performance / Cost - Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Write TPS Per Dollar > Higher Is Better Intel 760p 256GB SSDPEKKW256G8 . 75.29 |================ Intel 800p 120GB SSDPEK1W120GA . 177.83 |====================================== Corsair Force MP500 120GB ...... 153.99 |================================= Intel 600p 256GB SSDPEKKW256G7 . 138.70 |============================== Samsung 970 EVO 250GB .......... 134.86 |============================= PostgreSQL pgbench 10.3 Performance / Cost - Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Heavy Contention - Mode: Read Write TPS Per Dollar > Higher Is Better Intel 760p 256GB SSDPEKKW256G8 . 93.19 |==================== Intel 800p 120GB SSDPEK1W120GA . 178.02 |====================================== Corsair Force MP500 120GB ...... 142.69 |============================== Intel 600p 256GB SSDPEKKW256G7 . 166.09 |=================================== Samsung 970 EVO 250GB .......... 133.15 |============================ PostgreSQL pgbench 10.3 Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Write TPS > Higher Is Better Intel 760p 256GB SSDPEKKW256G8 . 8959 |========== Intel 800p 120GB SSDPEK1W120GA . 35389 |======================================= Samsung 950 PRO 256GB .......... 9192 |========== Corsair Force MP500 120GB ...... 12319 |============== Intel 600p 256GB SSDPEKKW256G7 . 12345 |============== Samsung 970 EVO 250GB .......... 14295 |================ Samsung 97 PRO 1TB ............. 6592 |======= PostgreSQL pgbench 10.3 Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Heavy Contention - Mode: Read Write TPS > Higher Is Better Intel 760p 256GB SSDPEKKW256G8 . 11090 |============ Intel 800p 120GB SSDPEK1W120GA . 35426 |======================================= Samsung 950 PRO 256GB .......... 9931 |=========== Corsair Force MP500 120GB ...... 11415 |============= Intel 600p 256GB SSDPEKKW256G7 . 14782 |================ Samsung 970 EVO 250GB .......... 14114 |================ Samsung 97 PRO 1TB ............. 9836 |=========== SQLite 3.22 Timed SQLite Insertions Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel 760p 256GB SSDPEKKW256G8 . 18.45 |============= Samsung 950 PRO 256GB .......... 13.83 |========== Corsair Force MP500 120GB ...... 22.60 |================ Intel 600p 256GB SSDPEKKW256G7 . 18.91 |============== Samsung 970 EVO 250GB .......... 40.67 |============================== Samsung 97 PRO 1TB ............. 53.75 |======================================= SQLite 3.22 Performance / Cost - Timed SQLite Insertions Seconds x Dollar < Lower Is Better Intel 760p 256GB SSDPEKKW256G8 . 2195.55 |=================== Corsair Force MP500 120GB ...... 1808.00 |================ Intel 600p 256GB SSDPEKKW256G7 . 1682.99 |============== Samsung 970 EVO 250GB .......... 4311.02 |=====================================