Linux NVMe SSD benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article.
Compare your own system(s) to this result file with the
Phoronix Test Suite by running the command:
phoronix-test-suite benchmark 1812243-SP-1806122PT78
Samsung 970 EVO Linux Ubuntu NVMe Disk Benchmarks
Linux NVMe SSD benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article.
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
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
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
rockpro64-emmc64gb:
Processor: ARMv8 Cortex-A72 @ 1.42GHz (6 Cores), Motherboard: Pine64 RockPro64, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 62GB NCard, Monitor: DELL P2715Q
OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 4.4.132-1075-rockchip-ayufan-ga83beded8524 (aarch64), Desktop: LXDE 0.9.3, Display Server: X Server 1.19.6, Compiler: GCC 7.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080
Drive Temperature (nvme1n1) Monitor
Phoronix Test Suite System Monitoring
Celsius
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
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
Samsung 970 EVO 250GB .......... MIN: 30.0 AVG: 42.5 MAX: 64.0
FS-Mark 3.3
Performance / Cost - Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size
Files/s Per Dollar > Higher Is Better
Samsung 970 EVO 250GB .......... 2.07 |================
Intel 800p 120GB SSDPEK1W120GA . 2.03 |===============
Intel 760p 256GB SSDPEKKW256G8 . 1.86 |==============
Intel 600p 256GB SSDPEKKW256G7 . 3.04 |=======================
Corsair Force MP500 120GB ...... 5.30 |========================================
FS-Mark 3.3
Performance / Cost - Test: 5000 Files, 1MB Size, 4 Threads
Files/s Per Dollar > Higher Is Better
Samsung 970 EVO 250GB .......... 1.91 |============================
Intel 800p 120GB SSDPEK1W120GA . 2.69 |========================================
Intel 760p 256GB SSDPEKKW256G8 . 1.08 |================
Intel 600p 256GB SSDPEKKW256G7 . 1.13 |=================
FS-Mark 3.3
Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size
Files/s > Higher Is Better
Corsair Force MP500 120GB ...... 423.67 |======================================
Intel 600p 256GB SSDPEKKW256G7 . 270.40 |========================
Intel 760p 256GB SSDPEKKW256G8 . 221.70 |====================
Intel 800p 120GB SSDPEK1W120GA . 404.20 |====================================
Samsung 950 PRO 256GB .......... 193.10 |=================
Samsung 970 EVO 250GB .......... 219.43 |====================
FS-Mark 3.3
Test: 5000 Files, 1MB Size, 4 Threads
Files/s > Higher Is Better
Intel 600p 256GB SSDPEKKW256G7 . 100.93 |=======
Intel 760p 256GB SSDPEKKW256G8 . 128.40 |=========
Intel 800p 120GB SSDPEK1W120GA . 535.93 |======================================
Samsung 950 PRO 256GB .......... 123.00 |=========
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
IOPS > Higher Is Better
rockpro64-emmc64gb . 22300 |===================================================
Flexible IO Tester 3.1
Type: Sequential Write - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory
IOPS > Higher Is Better
rockpro64-emmc64gb . 12633 |===================================================
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
Corsair Force MP500 120GB ...... 2223 |============================
Intel 600p 256GB SSDPEKKW256G7 . 1451 |===================
Intel 760p 256GB SSDPEKKW256G8 . 2892 |=====================================
Intel 800p 120GB SSDPEK1W120GA . 1388 |==================
Samsung 950 PRO 256GB .......... 2944 |======================================
Samsung 970 EVO 250GB .......... 3131 |========================================
rockpro64-emmc64gb ............. 132 |==
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
Corsair Force MP500 120GB ...... 310.00 |========
Intel 600p 256GB SSDPEKKW256G7 . 527.00 |=============
Intel 760p 256GB SSDPEKKW256G8 . 992.00 |=========================
Intel 800p 120GB SSDPEK1W120GA . 613.00 |================
Samsung 950 PRO 256GB .......... 1014.00 |==========================
Samsung 970 EVO 250GB .......... 1458.00 |=====================================
rockpro64-emmc64gb ............. 49.37 |=
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
Corsair Force MP500 120GB ...... 316 |=========
Intel 600p 256GB SSDPEKKW256G7 . 540 |===============
Intel 760p 256GB SSDPEKKW256G8 . 1095 |==============================
Intel 800p 120GB SSDPEK1W120GA . 620 |=================
Samsung 950 PRO 256GB .......... 1139 |===============================
Samsung 970 EVO 250GB .......... 1466 |========================================
rockpro64-emmc64gb ............. 108 |===
IOzone 3.465
Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Write Performance
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Corsair Force MP500 120GB ...... 279.69 |==============
Intel 600p 256GB SSDPEKKW256G7 . 165.18 |========
Intel 760p 256GB SSDPEKKW256G8 . 290.50 |===============
Intel 800p 120GB SSDPEK1W120GA . 582.10 |==============================
Samsung 950 PRO 256GB .......... 309.00 |================
Samsung 970 EVO 250GB .......... 741.45 |======================================
rockpro64-emmc64gb ............. 48.73 |==
IOzone 3.465
Record Size: 64Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Write Performance
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Corsair Force MP500 120GB ...... 283.52 |==================
Intel 600p 256GB SSDPEKKW256G7 . 116.33 |========
Intel 760p 256GB SSDPEKKW256G8 . 300.57 |===================
Intel 800p 120GB SSDPEK1W120GA . 588.15 |======================================
Samsung 950 PRO 256GB .......... 307.83 |====================
Samsung 970 EVO 250GB .......... 479.69 |===============================
rockpro64-emmc64gb ............. 36.12 |==
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
Samsung 970 EVO 250GB .......... 14.66 |================================
Intel 800p 120GB SSDPEK1W120GA . 6.93 |===============
Intel 760p 256GB SSDPEKKW256G8 . 8.29 |==================
Intel 600p 256GB SSDPEKKW256G7 . 7.36 |================
Corsair Force MP500 120GB ...... 17.74 |=======================================
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
Corsair Force MP500 120GB ...... 1419.00 |==================================
Intel 600p 256GB SSDPEKKW256G7 . 655.00 |================
Intel 760p 256GB SSDPEKKW256G8 . 986.00 |=======================
Intel 800p 120GB SSDPEK1W120GA . 1379.00 |=================================
Samsung 950 PRO 256GB .......... 990.00 |========================
Samsung 970 EVO 250GB .......... 1554.00 |=====================================
rockpro64-emmc64gb ............. 87.10 |==
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
Samsung 970 EVO 250GB .......... 29.54 |=======================================
Intel 800p 120GB SSDPEK1W120GA . 6.97 |=========
Intel 760p 256GB SSDPEKKW256G8 . 24.30 |================================
Intel 600p 256GB SSDPEKKW256G7 . 16.30 |======================
Corsair Force MP500 120GB ...... 27.79 |=====================================
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
Samsung 970 EVO 250GB .......... 13.75 |=======================================
Intel 800p 120GB SSDPEK1W120GA . 3.08 |=========
Intel 760p 256GB SSDPEKKW256G8 . 8.34 |========================
Intel 600p 256GB SSDPEKKW256G7 . 5.92 |=================
Corsair Force MP500 120GB ...... 3.88 |===========
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
Samsung 970 EVO 250GB .......... 13.83 |=======================================
Intel 800p 120GB SSDPEK1W120GA . 3.12 |=========
Intel 760p 256GB SSDPEKKW256G8 . 9.20 |==========================
Intel 600p 256GB SSDPEKKW256G7 . 6.07 |=================
Corsair Force MP500 120GB ...... 3.95 |===========
IOzone 3.465
Performance / Cost - Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Write Performance
MB/s Per Dollar > Higher Is Better
Samsung 970 EVO 250GB .......... 6.99 |========================================
Intel 800p 120GB SSDPEK1W120GA . 2.93 |=================
Intel 760p 256GB SSDPEKKW256G8 . 2.44 |==============
Intel 600p 256GB SSDPEKKW256G7 . 1.86 |===========
Corsair Force MP500 120GB ...... 3.50 |====================
IOzone 3.465
Performance / Cost - Record Size: 64Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Write Performance
MB/s Per Dollar > Higher Is Better
Samsung 970 EVO 250GB .......... 4.53 |========================================
Intel 800p 120GB SSDPEK1W120GA . 2.96 |==========================
Intel 760p 256GB SSDPEKKW256G8 . 2.53 |======================
Intel 600p 256GB SSDPEKKW256G7 . 1.31 |============
Corsair Force MP500 120GB ...... 3.54 |===============================
PostgreSQL pgbench 10.3
Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Write
TPS > Higher Is Better
Corsair Force MP500 120GB ...... 12319 |==============
Intel 600p 256GB SSDPEKKW256G7 . 12345 |==============
Intel 760p 256GB SSDPEKKW256G8 . 8959 |==========
Intel 800p 120GB SSDPEK1W120GA . 35389 |=======================================
Samsung 950 PRO 256GB .......... 9192 |==========
Samsung 970 EVO 250GB .......... 14295 |================
rockpro64-emmc64gb ............. 1028 |=
PostgreSQL pgbench 10.3
Performance / Cost - Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Write
TPS Per Dollar > Higher Is Better
Samsung 970 EVO 250GB .......... 134.86 |=============================
Intel 800p 120GB SSDPEK1W120GA . 177.83 |======================================
Intel 760p 256GB SSDPEKKW256G8 . 75.29 |================
Intel 600p 256GB SSDPEKKW256G7 . 138.70 |==============================
Corsair Force MP500 120GB ...... 153.99 |=================================
PostgreSQL pgbench 10.3
Performance / Cost - Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Heavy Contention - Mode: Read Write
TPS Per Dollar > Higher Is Better
Samsung 970 EVO 250GB .......... 133.15 |============================
Intel 800p 120GB SSDPEK1W120GA . 178.02 |======================================
Intel 760p 256GB SSDPEKKW256G8 . 93.19 |====================
Intel 600p 256GB SSDPEKKW256G7 . 166.09 |===================================
Corsair Force MP500 120GB ...... 142.69 |==============================
PostgreSQL pgbench 10.3
Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Heavy Contention - Mode: Read Write
TPS > Higher Is Better
Corsair Force MP500 120GB ...... 11415 |=============
Intel 600p 256GB SSDPEKKW256G7 . 14782 |================
Intel 760p 256GB SSDPEKKW256G8 . 11090 |============
Intel 800p 120GB SSDPEK1W120GA . 35426 |=======================================
Samsung 950 PRO 256GB .......... 9931 |===========
Samsung 970 EVO 250GB .......... 14114 |================
rockpro64-emmc64gb ............. 892 |=
SQLite 3.22
Timed SQLite Insertions
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Corsair Force MP500 120GB ...... 22.60 |==========
Intel 600p 256GB SSDPEKKW256G7 . 18.91 |========
Intel 760p 256GB SSDPEKKW256G8 . 18.45 |========
Samsung 950 PRO 256GB .......... 13.83 |======
Samsung 970 EVO 250GB .......... 40.67 |==================
rockpro64-emmc64gb ............. 90.17 |=======================================
SQLite 3.22
Performance / Cost - Timed SQLite Insertions
Seconds x Dollar < Lower Is Better
Samsung 970 EVO 250GB .......... 4311.02 |=====================================
Intel 760p 256GB SSDPEKKW256G8 . 2195.55 |===================
Intel 600p 256GB SSDPEKKW256G7 . 1682.99 |==============
Corsair Force MP500 120GB ...... 1808.00 |================