SSD February 2019 Samsung 970 EVO Plus benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com. Intel 600p 512GB: Processor: AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX 32-Core @ 3.00GHz (32 Cores / 64 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS ROG ZENITH EXTREME (1601 BIOS), Chipset: AMD Family 17h, Memory: 4 x 8192 MB DDR4-1600MT/s F4-3200C14-8GFX, Disk: 512GB INTEL SSDPEKNW512G8, Graphics: llvmpipe, Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Network: Intel I211 + Qualcomm Atheros QCA6174 802.11ac + Wilocity Wil6200 802.11ad OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 5.0.0-050000rc6-generic (x86_64) 20190210, Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.28.3, Display Server: X Server 1.19.6, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.6, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 18.0.5 (LLVM 6.0 128 bits), Compiler: GCC 7.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1280x1024 Intel DC P3600 800GB: Processor: AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX 32-Core @ 3.00GHz (32 Cores / 64 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS ROG ZENITH EXTREME (1601 BIOS), Chipset: AMD Family 17h, Memory: 4 x 8192 MB DDR4-1600MT/s F4-3200C14-8GFX, Disk: 800GB INTEL SSDPE2ME800G4, Graphics: llvmpipe, Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Network: Intel I211 + Qualcomm Atheros QCA6174 802.11ac + Wilocity Wil6200 802.11ad OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 5.0.0-050000rc6-generic (x86_64) 20190210, Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.28.3, Display Server: X Server 1.19.6, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.6, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 18.0.5 (LLVM 6.0 128 bits), Compiler: GCC 7.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1280x1024 Intel Optane 900p 280GB: Processor: AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX 32-Core @ 3.00GHz (32 Cores / 64 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS ROG ZENITH EXTREME (1601 BIOS), Chipset: AMD Family 17h, Memory: 4 x 8192 MB DDR4-1600MT/s F4-3200C14-8GFX, Disk: 280GB INTEL SSDPE21D280GA, Graphics: llvmpipe, Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Network: Intel I211 + Qualcomm Atheros QCA6174 802.11ac + Wilocity Wil6200 802.11ad OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 5.0.0-050000rc6-generic (x86_64) 20190210, Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.28.3, Display Server: X Server 1.19.6, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.6, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 18.0.5 (LLVM 6.0 128 bits), Compiler: GCC 7.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1280x1024 Samsung 850 PRO 256GB: Processor: AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX 32-Core @ 3.00GHz (32 Cores / 64 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS ROG ZENITH EXTREME (1601 BIOS), Chipset: AMD Family 17h, Memory: 4 x 8192 MB DDR4-1600MT/s F4-3200C14-8GFX, Disk: 256GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: llvmpipe, Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Network: Intel I211 + Qualcomm Atheros QCA6174 802.11ac + Wilocity Wil6200 802.11ad OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 5.0.0-050000rc6-generic (x86_64) 20190210, Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.28.3, Display Server: X Server 1.19.6, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.6, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 18.0.5 (LLVM 6.0 128 bits), Compiler: GCC 7.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1280x1024 Samsung 970 EVO 250GB: Processor: AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX 32-Core @ 3.00GHz (32 Cores / 64 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS ROG ZENITH EXTREME (1601 BIOS), Chipset: AMD Family 17h, Memory: 4 x 8192 MB DDR4-1600MT/s F4-3200C14-8GFX, Disk: Samsung SSD 970 EVO 250GB, Graphics: llvmpipe, Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Network: Intel I211 + Qualcomm Atheros QCA6174 802.11ac + Wilocity Wil6200 802.11ad OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 5.0.0-050000rc6-generic (x86_64) 20190210, Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.28.3, Display Server: X Server 1.19.6, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.6, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 18.0.5 (LLVM 6.0 128 bits), Compiler: GCC 7.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1280x1024 Samsung 970 EVO 500GB: Processor: AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX 32-Core @ 3.00GHz (32 Cores / 64 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS ROG ZENITH EXTREME (1601 BIOS), Chipset: AMD Family 17h, Memory: 4 x 8192 MB DDR4-1600MT/s F4-3200C14-8GFX, Disk: Samsung SSD 970 EVO 500GB, Graphics: llvmpipe, Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Network: Intel I211 + Qualcomm Atheros QCA6174 802.11ac + Wilocity Wil6200 802.11ad OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 5.0.0-050000rc6-generic (x86_64) 20190210, Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.28.3, Display Server: X Server 1.19.6, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.6, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 18.0.5 (LLVM 6.0 128 bits), Compiler: GCC 7.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1280x1024 Samsung 970 EVO Plus 500GB: Processor: AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX 32-Core @ 3.00GHz (32 Cores / 64 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS ROG ZENITH EXTREME (1601 BIOS), Chipset: AMD Family 17h, Memory: 4 x 8192 MB DDR4-1600MT/s F4-3200C14-8GFX, Disk: Samsung SSD 970 EVO Plus 500GB, Graphics: llvmpipe, Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Network: Intel I211 + Qualcomm Atheros QCA6174 802.11ac + Wilocity Wil6200 802.11ad OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 5.0.0-050000rc6-generic (x86_64) 20190210, Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.28.3, Display Server: X Server 1.19.6, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.6, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 18.0.5 (LLVM 6.0 128 bits), Compiler: GCC 7.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1280x1024 Samsung 970 PRO 512GB: Processor: AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX 32-Core @ 3.00GHz (32 Cores / 64 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS ROG ZENITH EXTREME (1601 BIOS), Chipset: AMD Family 17h, Memory: 4 x 8192 MB DDR4-1600MT/s F4-3200C14-8GFX, Disk: Samsung SSD 970 PRO 512GB, Graphics: llvmpipe, Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Network: Intel I211 + Qualcomm Atheros QCA6174 802.11ac + Wilocity Wil6200 802.11ad OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 5.0.0-050000rc6-generic (x86_64) 20190210, Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.28.3, Display Server: X Server 1.19.6, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.6, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 18.0.5 (LLVM 6.0 128 bits), Compiler: GCC 7.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1280x1024 FreeNAS 4x 240GB SSD RaidZ1 sync=disabled: Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1240 v6 (2 Cores), Motherboard: Intel 440BX (VMW71.00V.9318676.B64.1807270745 BIOS), Chipset: Intel 440BX/ZX/DX, Memory: 1 x 2048 MB DRAM VMW-2048MB, Disk: 21GB Virtual disk, Graphics: VMware SVGA II, Network: VMware VMXNET3 OS: Debian 9.8, Kernel: 4.9.0-8-amd64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 6.3.0 20170516, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1176x885, System Layer: VMware Application Start-up Time 2.4.0 Background I/O Mix: Only Sequential Reads - Application To Start: xterm - Disk Target: Default Test Directory sec < Lower Is Better Intel 600p 512GB .......................... 0.73 |======= Intel DC P3600 800GB ...................... 0.35 |=== Intel Optane 900p 280GB ................... 0.53 |===== Samsung 850 PRO 256GB ..................... 1.89 |================= Samsung 970 EVO 250GB ..................... 0.93 |======== Samsung 970 EVO 500GB ..................... 0.61 |===== Samsung 970 EVO Plus 500GB ................ 0.36 |=== Samsung 970 PRO 512GB ..................... 0.25 |== FreeNAS 4x 240GB SSD RaidZ1 sync=disabled . 3.23 |============================= Application Start-up Time 2.4.0 Background I/O Mix: Only Sequential Reads - Application To Start: GNOME Terminal - Disk Target: Default Test Directory sec < Lower Is Better Intel 600p 512GB .......................... 3.16 |=========== Intel DC P3600 800GB ...................... 1.35 |===== Intel Optane 900p 280GB ................... 2.07 |======= Samsung 850 PRO 256GB ..................... 8.28 |============================= Samsung 970 EVO 250GB ..................... 4.62 |================ Samsung 970 EVO 500GB ..................... 2.36 |======== Samsung 970 EVO Plus 500GB ................ 1.50 |===== Samsung 970 PRO 512GB ..................... 0.98 |=== FreeNAS 4x 240GB SSD RaidZ1 sync=disabled . 7.10 |========================= Application Start-up Time 2.4.0 Background I/O Mix: Only Sequential Reads - Application To Start: LibreOffice Writer - Disk Target: Default Test Directory sec < Lower Is Better Intel 600p 512GB .......................... 2.33 |=========== Intel DC P3600 800GB ...................... 1.16 |===== Intel Optane 900p 280GB ................... 1.40 |======= Samsung 850 PRO 256GB ..................... 6.17 |============================= Samsung 970 EVO 250GB ..................... 4.04 |=================== Samsung 970 EVO 500GB ..................... 1.99 |========= Samsung 970 EVO Plus 500GB ................ 1.23 |====== Samsung 970 PRO 512GB ..................... 0.86 |==== FreeNAS 4x 240GB SSD RaidZ1 sync=disabled . 4.53 |===================== Application Start-up Time 2.4.0 Background I/O Mix: Sequential Reads + Writes - Application To Start: GNOME Terminal - Disk Target: Default Test Directory sec < Lower Is Better Intel 600p 512GB .......................... 2.51 |= Intel DC P3600 800GB ...................... 2.83 |= Intel Optane 900p 280GB ................... 3.62 |== Samsung 850 PRO 256GB ..................... 55.14 |============================ Samsung 970 EVO 250GB ..................... 3.88 |== Samsung 970 EVO 500GB ..................... 3.22 |== Samsung 970 EVO Plus 500GB ................ 2.83 |= Samsung 970 PRO 512GB ..................... 3.22 |== FreeNAS 4x 240GB SSD RaidZ1 sync=disabled . 4.89 |== Application Start-up Time 2.4.0 Background I/O Mix: Sequential Reads + Writes - Application To Start: LibreOffice Writer - Disk Target: Default Test Directory sec < Lower Is Better Intel 600p 512GB .......................... 2.03 |= Intel DC P3600 800GB ...................... 2.60 |== Intel Optane 900p 280GB ................... 2.08 |= Samsung 850 PRO 256GB ..................... 39.81 |============================ Samsung 970 EVO 250GB ..................... 3.13 |== Samsung 970 EVO 500GB ..................... 3.03 |== Samsung 970 EVO Plus 500GB ................ 2.16 |== Samsung 970 PRO 512GB ..................... 2.35 |== FreeNAS 4x 240GB SSD RaidZ1 sync=disabled . 2.98 |== SQLite 3.22 Timed SQLite Insertions Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel 600p 512GB .......................... 14.57 |====== Intel DC P3600 800GB ...................... 2.36 |= Intel Optane 900p 280GB ................... 2.35 |= Samsung 850 PRO 256GB ..................... 50.60 |==================== Samsung 970 EVO 250GB ..................... 37.09 |=============== Samsung 970 EVO 500GB ..................... 36.15 |============== Samsung 970 EVO Plus 500GB ................ 33.59 |============= Samsung 970 PRO 512GB ..................... 43.84 |================= FreeNAS 4x 240GB SSD RaidZ1 sync=disabled . 70.88 |============================ Flexible IO Tester 3.1 Type: Random Read - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 2MB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better Intel 600p 512GB .......................... 1608 |============== Intel DC P3600 800GB ...................... 2379 |==================== Intel Optane 900p 280GB ................... 2338 |==================== Samsung 850 PRO 256GB ..................... 531 |===== Samsung 970 EVO 250GB ..................... 3292 |============================ Samsung 970 EVO 500GB ..................... 3354 |============================ Samsung 970 EVO Plus 500GB ................ 3413 |============================= Samsung 970 PRO 512GB ..................... 3413 |============================= FreeNAS 4x 240GB SSD RaidZ1 sync=disabled . 1121 |========== Flexible IO Tester 3.1 Type: Random Read - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better Intel 600p 512GB .......................... 321 |========= Intel DC P3600 800GB ...................... 1005 |=========================== Intel Optane 900p 280GB ................... 1081 |============================= Samsung 850 PRO 256GB ..................... 374 |========== Samsung 970 EVO 250GB ..................... 420 |=========== Samsung 970 EVO 500GB ..................... 702 |=================== Samsung 970 EVO Plus 500GB ................ 723 |=================== Samsung 970 PRO 512GB ..................... 752 |==================== FreeNAS 4x 240GB SSD RaidZ1 sync=disabled . 201 |===== Flexible IO Tester 3.1 Type: Random Read - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory IOPS > Higher Is Better Intel 600p 512GB .......................... 82200 |======== Intel DC P3600 800GB ...................... 257333 |========================= Intel Optane 900p 280GB ................... 276667 |=========================== Samsung 850 PRO 256GB ..................... 95833 |========= Samsung 970 EVO 250GB ..................... 108000 |=========== Samsung 970 EVO 500GB ..................... 179667 |================== Samsung 970 EVO Plus 500GB ................ 185333 |================== Samsung 970 PRO 512GB ..................... 192000 |=================== FreeNAS 4x 240GB SSD RaidZ1 sync=disabled . 51317 |===== Flexible IO Tester 3.1 Type: Random Write - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 2MB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better Intel 600p 512GB .......................... 943.00 |======== Intel DC P3600 800GB ...................... 890.00 |======= Intel Optane 900p 280GB ................... 1302.00 |=========== Samsung 850 PRO 256GB ..................... 49.64 | Samsung 970 EVO 250GB ..................... 1464.00 |============ Samsung 970 EVO 500GB ..................... 2372.00 |==================== Samsung 970 EVO Plus 500GB ................ 3110.00 |========================== Samsung 970 PRO 512GB ..................... 2228.00 |=================== FreeNAS 4x 240GB SSD RaidZ1 sync=disabled . 816.00 |======= Flexible IO Tester 3.1 Type: Random Write - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better Intel 600p 512GB .......................... 833.00 |======================= Intel DC P3600 800GB ...................... 610.00 |================= Intel Optane 900p 280GB ................... 442.00 |============ Samsung 850 PRO 256GB ..................... 58.08 |== Samsung 970 EVO 250GB ..................... 974.00 |=========================== Samsung 970 EVO 500GB ..................... 976.00 |=========================== Samsung 970 EVO Plus 500GB ................ 947.00 |========================== Samsung 970 PRO 512GB ..................... 984.00 |=========================== FreeNAS 4x 240GB SSD RaidZ1 sync=disabled . 172.00 |===== Flexible IO Tester 3.1 Type: Random Write - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory IOPS > Higher Is Better Intel 600p 512GB .......................... 213333 |======================= Intel DC P3600 800GB ...................... 156364 |================= Intel Optane 900p 280GB ................... 113000 |============ Samsung 850 PRO 256GB ..................... 14850 |== Samsung 970 EVO 250GB ..................... 249333 |=========================== Samsung 970 EVO 500GB ..................... 249667 |=========================== Samsung 970 EVO Plus 500GB ................ 242667 |========================== Samsung 970 PRO 512GB ..................... 252000 |=========================== FreeNAS 4x 240GB SSD RaidZ1 sync=disabled . 43667 |===== 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 600p 512GB .......................... 236 |=== Intel DC P3600 800GB ...................... 1892 |======================== Intel Optane 900p 280GB ................... 2334 |============================= Samsung 850 PRO 256GB ..................... 507 |====== Samsung 970 EVO 250GB ..................... 557 |======= Samsung 970 EVO 500GB ..................... 1031 |============= Samsung 970 EVO Plus 500GB ................ 912 |=========== Samsung 970 PRO 512GB ..................... 1381 |================= FreeNAS 4x 240GB SSD RaidZ1 sync=disabled . 1362 |================= 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 600p 512GB .......................... 943 |========= Intel DC P3600 800GB ...................... 874 |======== Intel Optane 900p 280GB ................... 1278 |============ Samsung 850 PRO 256GB ..................... 193 |== Samsung 970 EVO 250GB ..................... 1464 |============== Samsung 970 EVO 500GB ..................... 2399 |====================== Samsung 970 EVO Plus 500GB ................ 3134 |============================= Samsung 970 PRO 512GB ..................... 2234 |===================== FreeNAS 4x 240GB SSD RaidZ1 sync=disabled . 797 |======= FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size Files/s > Higher Is Better Intel 600p 512GB .......................... 350.00 |=============== Intel DC P3600 800GB ...................... 650.93 |=========================== Intel Optane 900p 280GB ................... 594.77 |========================= Samsung 850 PRO 256GB ..................... 25.91 |= Samsung 970 EVO 250GB ..................... 221.00 |========= Samsung 970 EVO 500GB ..................... 231.00 |========== Samsung 970 EVO Plus 500GB ................ 244.07 |========== Samsung 970 PRO 512GB ..................... 197.00 |======== FreeNAS 4x 240GB SSD RaidZ1 sync=disabled . 70.54 |=== FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 4000 Files, 32 Sub Dirs, 1MB Size Files/s > Higher Is Better Intel 600p 512GB .......................... 360.00 |============== Intel DC P3600 800GB ...................... 707.47 |=========================== Intel Optane 900p 280GB ................... 583.66 |====================== Samsung 850 PRO 256GB ..................... 25.40 |= Samsung 970 EVO 250GB ..................... 219.00 |======== Samsung 970 EVO 500GB ..................... 126.00 |===== Samsung 970 EVO Plus 500GB ................ 243.70 |========= Samsung 970 PRO 512GB ..................... 197.00 |======== FreeNAS 4x 240GB SSD RaidZ1 sync=disabled . 96.79 |==== BlogBench 1.1 Test: Write Final Score > Higher Is Better Intel 600p 512GB ........... 13165 |========== Intel DC P3600 800GB ....... 46360 |===================================== Intel Optane 900p 280GB .... 23826 |=================== Samsung 850 PRO 256GB ...... 4505 |==== Samsung 970 EVO 250GB ...... 16724 |============= Samsung 970 EVO 500GB ...... 30687 |======================== Samsung 970 EVO Plus 500GB . 37563 |============================== Samsung 970 PRO 512GB ...... 54241 |=========================================== IOzone 3.465 Record Size: 1MB - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better Intel 600p 512GB ........... 235.00 |====== Intel DC P3600 800GB ....... 744.28 |==================== Intel Optane 900p 280GB .... 1071.03 |============================= Samsung 850 PRO 256GB ...... 36.60 |= Samsung 970 EVO 250GB ...... 369.00 |========== Samsung 970 EVO 500GB ...... 643.00 |================= Samsung 970 EVO Plus 500GB . 924.36 |========================= Samsung 970 PRO 512GB ...... 1535.00 |========================================= Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Compile MB/s > Higher Is Better Intel 600p 512GB ........... 1474 |================================ Intel DC P3600 800GB ....... 1895 |========================================= Intel Optane 900p 280GB .... 2041 |============================================ Samsung 850 PRO 256GB ...... 1327 |============================ Samsung 970 EVO 250GB ...... 1688 |==================================== Samsung 970 EVO 500GB ...... 1937 |========================================= Samsung 970 EVO Plus 500GB . 2056 |============================================ Samsung 970 PRO 512GB ...... 2037 |============================================ PostgreSQL pgbench 10.3 Scaling: Mostly RAM - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Write TPS > Higher Is Better Intel 600p 512GB ........... 968 |== Intel DC P3600 800GB ....... 19678 |=========================================== Intel Optane 900p 280GB .... 19247 |========================================== Samsung 850 PRO 256GB ...... 1292 |=== Samsung 970 EVO 250GB ...... 4000 |========= Samsung 970 EVO 500GB ...... 4959 |=========== Samsung 970 EVO Plus 500GB . 6513 |============== Samsung 970 PRO 512GB ...... 7595 |================= Drive Temperature (nvme0n1) Monitor Phoronix Test Suite System Monitoring Celsius Intel 600p 512GB ........... MIN: 34.0 AVG: 34.4 MAX: 36.0 Samsung 970 EVO Plus 500GB . MIN: 31.0 AVG: 35.3 MAX: 36.0 Application Start-up Time 2.4.0 Performance / Cost - Background I/O Mix: Only Sequential Reads - Application To Start: xterm - Disk Target: Default Test Directory sec x Dollar < Lower Is Better Intel Optane 900p 280GB .... 143.09 |========================================== Samsung 970 EVO 250GB ...... 91.84 |=========================== Samsung 970 EVO 500GB ...... 103.69 |============================== Samsung 970 EVO Plus 500GB . 46.80 |============== Samsung 970 PRO 512GB ...... 57.29 |================= Application Start-up Time 2.4.0 Performance / Cost - Background I/O Mix: Only Sequential Reads - Application To Start: GNOME Terminal - Disk Target: Default Test Directory sec x Dollar < Lower Is Better Intel Optane 900p 280GB .... 558.88 |========================================== Samsung 970 EVO 250GB ...... 456.23 |================================== Samsung 970 EVO 500GB ...... 401.18 |============================== Samsung 970 EVO Plus 500GB . 194.99 |=============== Samsung 970 PRO 512GB ...... 224.57 |================= Application Start-up Time 2.4.0 Performance / Cost - Background I/O Mix: Only Sequential Reads - Application To Start: LibreOffice Writer - Disk Target: Default Test Directory sec x Dollar < Lower Is Better Intel Optane 900p 280GB .... 377.99 |======================================== Samsung 970 EVO 250GB ...... 398.95 |========================================== Samsung 970 EVO 500GB ...... 338.28 |==================================== Samsung 970 EVO Plus 500GB . 159.89 |================= Samsung 970 PRO 512GB ...... 197.07 |===================== Application Start-up Time 2.4.0 Performance / Cost - Background I/O Mix: Sequential Reads + Writes - Application To Start: GNOME Terminal - Disk Target: Default Test Directory sec x Dollar < Lower Is Better Intel Optane 900p 280GB .... 977.36 |========================================== Samsung 970 EVO 250GB ...... 383.15 |================ Samsung 970 EVO 500GB ...... 547.37 |======================== Samsung 970 EVO Plus 500GB . 367.87 |================ Samsung 970 PRO 512GB ...... 737.86 |================================ Application Start-up Time 2.4.0 Performance / Cost - Background I/O Mix: Sequential Reads + Writes - Application To Start: LibreOffice Writer - Disk Target: Default Test Directory sec x Dollar < Lower Is Better Intel Optane 900p 280GB .... 561.58 |========================================== Samsung 970 EVO 250GB ...... 309.09 |======================= Samsung 970 EVO 500GB ...... 515.07 |======================================= Samsung 970 EVO Plus 500GB . 280.78 |===================== Samsung 970 PRO 512GB ...... 538.50 |======================================== SQLite 3.22 Performance / Cost - Timed SQLite Insertions Seconds x Dollar < Lower Is Better Intel Optane 900p 280GB .... 634.48 |=== Samsung 970 EVO 250GB ...... 3662.64 |=============== Samsung 970 EVO 500GB ...... 6145.14 |======================== Samsung 970 EVO Plus 500GB . 4366.36 |================= Samsung 970 PRO 512GB ...... 10045.94 |======================================== Flexible IO Tester 3.1 Performance / Cost - Type: Random 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 Optane 900p 280GB .... 8.66 |=========== Samsung 970 EVO 250GB ...... 33.34 |=========================================== Samsung 970 EVO 500GB ...... 19.73 |========================= Samsung 970 EVO Plus 500GB . 26.26 |================================== Samsung 970 PRO 512GB ...... 14.89 |=================== Flexible IO Tester 3.1 Performance / Cost - Type: Random 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 Optane 900p 280GB .... 4.00 |================================ Samsung 970 EVO 250GB ...... 4.25 |================================== Samsung 970 EVO 500GB ...... 4.13 |================================= Samsung 970 EVO Plus 500GB . 5.56 |============================================ Samsung 970 PRO 512GB ...... 3.28 |========================== Flexible IO Tester 3.1 Performance / Cost - Type: Random Read - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory IOPS Per Dollar > Higher Is Better Intel Optane 900p 280GB .... 1024.73 |============================= Samsung 970 EVO 250GB ...... 1093.67 |=============================== Samsung 970 EVO 500GB ...... 1056.93 |============================== Samsung 970 EVO Plus 500GB . 1425.75 |========================================= Samsung 970 PRO 512GB ...... 837.88 |======================== Flexible IO Tester 3.1 Performance / Cost - Type: Random 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 Optane 900p 280GB .... 4.82 |========= Samsung 970 EVO 250GB ...... 14.83 |=========================== Samsung 970 EVO 500GB ...... 13.95 |========================= Samsung 970 EVO Plus 500GB . 23.92 |=========================================== Samsung 970 PRO 512GB ...... 9.72 |================= Flexible IO Tester 3.1 Performance / Cost - Type: Random 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 Optane 900p 280GB .... 1.64 |======= Samsung 970 EVO 250GB ...... 9.86 |============================================ Samsung 970 EVO 500GB ...... 5.74 |========================== Samsung 970 EVO Plus 500GB . 7.29 |================================= Samsung 970 PRO 512GB ...... 4.29 |=================== Flexible IO Tester 3.1 Performance / Cost - Type: Random Write - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory IOPS Per Dollar > Higher Is Better Intel Optane 900p 280GB .... 418.53 |======= Samsung 970 EVO 250GB ...... 2524.89 |========================================= Samsung 970 EVO 500GB ...... 1468.72 |======================== Samsung 970 EVO Plus 500GB . 1866.81 |============================== Samsung 970 PRO 512GB ...... 1099.72 |================== 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 Optane 900p 280GB .... 8.64 |============================================ Samsung 970 EVO 250GB ...... 5.64 |============================= Samsung 970 EVO 500GB ...... 6.07 |=============================== Samsung 970 EVO Plus 500GB . 7.02 |==================================== Samsung 970 PRO 512GB ...... 6.03 |=============================== 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 Optane 900p 280GB .... 4.73 |======== Samsung 970 EVO 250GB ...... 14.83 |========================== Samsung 970 EVO 500GB ...... 14.11 |========================= Samsung 970 EVO Plus 500GB . 24.11 |=========================================== Samsung 970 PRO 512GB ...... 9.75 |================= FS-Mark 3.3 Performance / Cost - Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size Files/s Per Dollar > Higher Is Better Intel Optane 900p 280GB .... 2.20 |=========================================== Samsung 970 EVO 250GB ...... 2.24 |============================================ Samsung 970 EVO 500GB ...... 1.36 |=========================== Samsung 970 EVO Plus 500GB . 1.88 |===================================== Samsung 970 PRO 512GB ...... 0.86 |================= FS-Mark 3.3 Performance / Cost - Test: 4000 Files, 32 Sub Dirs, 1MB Size Files/s Per Dollar > Higher Is Better Intel Optane 900p 280GB .... 2.16 |=========================================== Samsung 970 EVO 250GB ...... 2.22 |============================================ Samsung 970 EVO 500GB ...... 0.74 |=============== Samsung 970 EVO Plus 500GB . 1.87 |===================================== Samsung 970 PRO 512GB ...... 0.86 |================= BlogBench 1.1 Performance / Cost - Test: Write Final Score Per Dollar > Higher Is Better Intel Optane 900p 280GB .... 88.25 |============= Samsung 970 EVO 250GB ...... 169.36 |========================= Samsung 970 EVO 500GB ...... 180.52 |========================== Samsung 970 EVO Plus 500GB . 288.97 |========================================== Samsung 970 PRO 512GB ...... 236.71 |================================== IOzone 3.465 Performance / Cost - Record Size: 1MB - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Write Performance MB/s Per Dollar > Higher Is Better Intel Optane 900p 280GB .... 3.97 |========================= Samsung 970 EVO 250GB ...... 3.74 |======================= Samsung 970 EVO 500GB ...... 3.78 |======================= Samsung 970 EVO Plus 500GB . 7.11 |============================================ Samsung 970 PRO 512GB ...... 6.70 |========================================= Compile Bench 0.6 Performance / Cost - Test: Compile MB/s Per Dollar > Higher Is Better Intel Optane 900p 280GB .... 7.56 |=================== Samsung 970 EVO 250GB ...... 17.09 |=========================================== Samsung 970 EVO 500GB ...... 11.39 |============================= Samsung 970 EVO Plus 500GB . 15.82 |======================================== Samsung 970 PRO 512GB ...... 8.89 |====================== PostgreSQL pgbench 10.3 Performance / Cost - Scaling: Mostly RAM - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Write TPS Per Dollar > Higher Is Better Intel Optane 900p 280GB .... 71.29 |=========================================== Samsung 970 EVO 250GB ...... 40.51 |======================== Samsung 970 EVO 500GB ...... 29.17 |================== Samsung 970 EVO Plus 500GB . 50.10 |============================== Samsung 970 PRO 512GB ...... 33.14 |====================