SSD February 2019 Samsung 970 EVO Plus benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com. 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 2x PNY CS900 240GB: Processor: Intel Core i5-4670K @ 4.00GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) v1.0 (V1.9 BIOS), Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 2000GB Western Digital WD20EZRX-00D + 500GB CT500BX100SSD1 + 2 x PNY CS900 240GB, Graphics: eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 2GB (1110/3505MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: VX2439wm, Network: Qualcomm Atheros Killer E220x OS: Fedora 29, Kernel: 4.20.13-200.fc29.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.30.2, Display Server: X Server 1.20.4, Display Driver: NVIDIA 418.43, OpenGL: 4.6.0, Compiler: GCC 8.3.1 20190223, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 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 Samsung 970 EVO 500GB ...... 0.61 |============== Samsung 970 EVO 250GB ...... 0.93 |====================== Samsung 970 PRO 512GB ...... 0.25 |====== Intel 600p 512GB ........... 0.73 |================= Samsung 850 PRO 256GB ...... 1.89 |============================================ Intel DC P3600 800GB ....... 0.35 |======== Intel Optane 900p 280GB .... 0.53 |============ Samsung 970 EVO Plus 500GB . 0.36 |======== 2x PNY CS900 240GB ......... 0.82 |=================== 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 Samsung 970 EVO 500GB ...... 2.36 |============= Samsung 970 EVO 250GB ...... 4.62 |========================= Samsung 970 PRO 512GB ...... 0.98 |===== Intel 600p 512GB ........... 3.16 |================= Samsung 850 PRO 256GB ...... 8.28 |============================================ Intel DC P3600 800GB ....... 1.35 |======= Intel Optane 900p 280GB .... 2.07 |=========== Samsung 970 EVO Plus 500GB . 1.50 |======== 2x PNY CS900 240GB ......... 3.34 |================== 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 Samsung 970 EVO 500GB ...... 1.99 |============== Samsung 970 EVO 250GB ...... 4.04 |============================= Samsung 970 PRO 512GB ...... 0.86 |====== Intel 600p 512GB ........... 2.33 |================= Samsung 850 PRO 256GB ...... 6.17 |============================================ Intel DC P3600 800GB ....... 1.16 |======== Intel Optane 900p 280GB .... 1.40 |========== Samsung 970 EVO Plus 500GB . 1.23 |========= 2x PNY CS900 240GB ......... 2.91 |===================== 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 Samsung 970 EVO 500GB ...... 3.22 |== Samsung 970 EVO 250GB ...... 3.88 |=== Samsung 970 PRO 512GB ...... 3.22 |== Intel 600p 512GB ........... 2.51 |== Samsung 850 PRO 256GB ...... 55.14 |==================================== Intel DC P3600 800GB ....... 2.83 |== Intel Optane 900p 280GB .... 3.62 |== Samsung 970 EVO Plus 500GB . 2.83 |== 2x PNY CS900 240GB ......... 65.31 |=========================================== 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 Samsung 970 EVO 500GB ...... 3.03 |== Samsung 970 EVO 250GB ...... 3.13 |== Samsung 970 PRO 512GB ...... 2.35 |== Intel 600p 512GB ........... 2.03 |= Samsung 850 PRO 256GB ...... 39.81 |============================ Intel DC P3600 800GB ....... 2.60 |== Intel Optane 900p 280GB .... 2.08 |= Samsung 970 EVO Plus 500GB . 2.16 |== 2x PNY CS900 240GB ......... 60.89 |=========================================== 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 Samsung 970 EVO 500GB ...... 103.69 |============================== Samsung 970 EVO 250GB ...... 91.84 |=========================== Samsung 970 PRO 512GB ...... 57.29 |================= Intel Optane 900p 280GB .... 143.09 |========================================== Samsung 970 EVO Plus 500GB . 46.80 |============== 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 Samsung 970 EVO 500GB ...... 401.18 |============================== Samsung 970 EVO 250GB ...... 456.23 |================================== Samsung 970 PRO 512GB ...... 224.57 |================= Intel Optane 900p 280GB .... 558.88 |========================================== Samsung 970 EVO Plus 500GB . 194.99 |=============== 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 Samsung 970 EVO 500GB ...... 338.28 |==================================== Samsung 970 EVO 250GB ...... 398.95 |========================================== Samsung 970 PRO 512GB ...... 197.07 |===================== Intel Optane 900p 280GB .... 377.99 |======================================== Samsung 970 EVO Plus 500GB . 159.89 |================= 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 Samsung 970 EVO 500GB ...... 547.37 |======================== Samsung 970 EVO 250GB ...... 383.15 |================ Samsung 970 PRO 512GB ...... 737.86 |================================ Intel Optane 900p 280GB .... 977.36 |========================================== Samsung 970 EVO Plus 500GB . 367.87 |================ 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 Samsung 970 EVO 500GB ...... 515.07 |======================================= Samsung 970 EVO 250GB ...... 309.09 |======================= Samsung 970 PRO 512GB ...... 538.50 |======================================== Intel Optane 900p 280GB .... 561.58 |========================================== Samsung 970 EVO Plus 500GB . 280.78 |===================== BlogBench 1.1 Test: Write Final Score > Higher Is Better Samsung 970 EVO 500GB ...... 30687 |======================== Samsung 970 EVO 250GB ...... 16724 |============= Samsung 970 PRO 512GB ...... 54241 |=========================================== Intel 600p 512GB ........... 13165 |========== Samsung 850 PRO 256GB ...... 4505 |==== Intel DC P3600 800GB ....... 46360 |===================================== Intel Optane 900p 280GB .... 23826 |=================== Samsung 970 EVO Plus 500GB . 37563 |============================== 2x PNY CS900 240GB ......... 29659 |======================== BlogBench 1.1 Performance / Cost - Test: Write Final Score Per Dollar > Higher Is Better Samsung 970 EVO 500GB ...... 180.52 |========================== Samsung 970 EVO 250GB ...... 169.36 |========================= Samsung 970 PRO 512GB ...... 236.71 |================================== Intel Optane 900p 280GB .... 88.25 |============= Samsung 970 EVO Plus 500GB . 288.97 |========================================== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Compile MB/s > Higher Is Better Samsung 970 EVO 500GB ...... 1937 |========================================= Samsung 970 EVO 250GB ...... 1688 |==================================== Samsung 970 PRO 512GB ...... 2037 |============================================ Intel 600p 512GB ........... 1474 |================================ Samsung 850 PRO 256GB ...... 1327 |============================ Intel DC P3600 800GB ....... 1895 |========================================= Intel Optane 900p 280GB .... 2041 |============================================ Samsung 970 EVO Plus 500GB . 2056 |============================================ 2x PNY CS900 240GB ......... 1108 |======================== Compile Bench 0.6 Performance / Cost - Test: Compile MB/s Per Dollar > Higher Is Better Samsung 970 EVO 500GB ...... 11.39 |============================= Samsung 970 EVO 250GB ...... 17.09 |=========================================== Samsung 970 PRO 512GB ...... 8.89 |====================== Intel Optane 900p 280GB .... 7.56 |=================== Samsung 970 EVO Plus 500GB . 15.82 |======================================== 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 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 Samsung 970 EVO 500GB ...... 3354 |=========================================== Samsung 970 EVO 250GB ...... 3292 |========================================== Samsung 970 PRO 512GB ...... 3413 |============================================ Intel 600p 512GB ........... 1608 |===================== Samsung 850 PRO 256GB ...... 531 |======= Intel DC P3600 800GB ....... 2379 |=============================== Intel Optane 900p 280GB .... 2338 |============================== Samsung 970 EVO Plus 500GB . 3413 |============================================ 2x PNY CS900 240GB ......... 618 |======== 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 Samsung 970 EVO 500GB ...... 702 |============================= Samsung 970 EVO 250GB ...... 420 |================= Samsung 970 PRO 512GB ...... 752 |=============================== Intel 600p 512GB ........... 321 |============= Samsung 850 PRO 256GB ...... 374 |=============== Intel DC P3600 800GB ....... 1005 |========================================= Intel Optane 900p 280GB .... 1081 |============================================ Samsung 970 EVO Plus 500GB . 723 |============================= 2x PNY CS900 240GB ......... 278 |=========== 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 Samsung 970 EVO 500GB ...... 179667 |=========================== Samsung 970 EVO 250GB ...... 108000 |================ Samsung 970 PRO 512GB ...... 192000 |============================= Intel 600p 512GB ........... 82200 |============ Samsung 850 PRO 256GB ...... 95833 |=============== Intel DC P3600 800GB ....... 257333 |======================================= Intel Optane 900p 280GB .... 276667 |========================================== Samsung 970 EVO Plus 500GB . 185333 |============================ 2x PNY CS900 240GB ......... 71100 |=========== 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 Samsung 970 EVO 500GB ...... 2372.00 |=============================== Samsung 970 EVO 250GB ...... 1464.00 |=================== Samsung 970 PRO 512GB ...... 2228.00 |============================= Intel 600p 512GB ........... 943.00 |============ Samsung 850 PRO 256GB ...... 49.64 |= Intel DC P3600 800GB ....... 890.00 |============ Intel Optane 900p 280GB .... 1302.00 |================= Samsung 970 EVO Plus 500GB . 3110.00 |========================================= 2x PNY CS900 240GB ......... 938.00 |============ 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 Samsung 970 EVO 500GB ...... 976.00 |========================================== Samsung 970 EVO 250GB ...... 974.00 |========================================== Samsung 970 PRO 512GB ...... 984.00 |========================================== Intel 600p 512GB ........... 833.00 |==================================== Samsung 850 PRO 256GB ...... 58.08 |== Intel DC P3600 800GB ....... 610.00 |========================== Intel Optane 900p 280GB .... 442.00 |=================== Samsung 970 EVO Plus 500GB . 947.00 |======================================== 2x PNY CS900 240GB ......... 620.00 |========================== 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 Samsung 970 EVO 500GB ...... 249667 |========================================== Samsung 970 EVO 250GB ...... 249333 |========================================== Samsung 970 PRO 512GB ...... 252000 |========================================== Intel 600p 512GB ........... 213333 |==================================== Samsung 850 PRO 256GB ...... 14850 |== Intel DC P3600 800GB ....... 156364 |========================== Intel Optane 900p 280GB .... 113000 |=================== Samsung 970 EVO Plus 500GB . 242667 |======================================== 2x PNY CS900 240GB ......... 159000 |=========================== 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 Samsung 970 EVO 500GB ...... 1031 |=================== Samsung 970 EVO 250GB ...... 557 |=========== Samsung 970 PRO 512GB ...... 1381 |========================== Intel 600p 512GB ........... 236 |==== Samsung 850 PRO 256GB ...... 507 |========== Intel DC P3600 800GB ....... 1892 |==================================== Intel Optane 900p 280GB .... 2334 |============================================ Samsung 970 EVO Plus 500GB . 912 |================= 2x PNY CS900 240GB ......... 326 |====== 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 Samsung 970 EVO 500GB ...... 2399 |================================== Samsung 970 EVO 250GB ...... 1464 |===================== Samsung 970 PRO 512GB ...... 2234 |=============================== Intel 600p 512GB ........... 943 |============= Samsung 850 PRO 256GB ...... 193 |=== Intel DC P3600 800GB ....... 874 |============ Intel Optane 900p 280GB .... 1278 |================== Samsung 970 EVO Plus 500GB . 3134 |============================================ 2x PNY CS900 240GB ......... 936 |============= 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 Samsung 970 EVO 500GB ...... 19.73 |========================= Samsung 970 EVO 250GB ...... 33.34 |=========================================== Samsung 970 PRO 512GB ...... 14.89 |=================== Intel Optane 900p 280GB .... 8.66 |=========== Samsung 970 EVO Plus 500GB . 26.26 |================================== 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 Samsung 970 EVO 500GB ...... 4.13 |================================= Samsung 970 EVO 250GB ...... 4.25 |================================== Samsung 970 PRO 512GB ...... 3.28 |========================== Intel Optane 900p 280GB .... 4.00 |================================ Samsung 970 EVO Plus 500GB . 5.56 |============================================ 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 Samsung 970 EVO 500GB ...... 1056.93 |============================== Samsung 970 EVO 250GB ...... 1093.67 |=============================== Samsung 970 PRO 512GB ...... 837.88 |======================== Intel Optane 900p 280GB .... 1024.73 |============================= Samsung 970 EVO Plus 500GB . 1425.75 |========================================= 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 Samsung 970 EVO 500GB ...... 13.95 |========================= Samsung 970 EVO 250GB ...... 14.83 |=========================== Samsung 970 PRO 512GB ...... 9.72 |================= Intel Optane 900p 280GB .... 4.82 |========= Samsung 970 EVO Plus 500GB . 23.92 |=========================================== 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 Samsung 970 EVO 500GB ...... 5.74 |========================== Samsung 970 EVO 250GB ...... 9.86 |============================================ Samsung 970 PRO 512GB ...... 4.29 |=================== Intel Optane 900p 280GB .... 1.64 |======= Samsung 970 EVO Plus 500GB . 7.29 |================================= 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 Samsung 970 EVO 500GB ...... 1468.72 |======================== Samsung 970 EVO 250GB ...... 2524.89 |========================================= Samsung 970 PRO 512GB ...... 1099.72 |================== Intel Optane 900p 280GB .... 418.53 |======= Samsung 970 EVO Plus 500GB . 1866.81 |============================== 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 500GB ...... 6.07 |=============================== Samsung 970 EVO 250GB ...... 5.64 |============================= Samsung 970 PRO 512GB ...... 6.03 |=============================== Intel Optane 900p 280GB .... 8.64 |============================================ Samsung 970 EVO Plus 500GB . 7.02 |==================================== 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 500GB ...... 14.11 |========================= Samsung 970 EVO 250GB ...... 14.83 |========================== Samsung 970 PRO 512GB ...... 9.75 |================= Intel Optane 900p 280GB .... 4.73 |======== Samsung 970 EVO Plus 500GB . 24.11 |=========================================== FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size Files/s > Higher Is Better Samsung 970 EVO 500GB ...... 231.00 |=============== Samsung 970 EVO 250GB ...... 221.00 |============== Samsung 970 PRO 512GB ...... 197.00 |============= Intel 600p 512GB ........... 350.00 |======================= Samsung 850 PRO 256GB ...... 25.91 |== Intel DC P3600 800GB ....... 650.93 |========================================== Intel Optane 900p 280GB .... 594.77 |====================================== Samsung 970 EVO Plus 500GB . 244.07 |================ 2x PNY CS900 240GB ......... 98.17 |====== FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 4000 Files, 32 Sub Dirs, 1MB Size Files/s > Higher Is Better Samsung 970 EVO 500GB ...... 126.00 |======= Samsung 970 EVO 250GB ...... 219.00 |============= Samsung 970 PRO 512GB ...... 197.00 |============ Intel 600p 512GB ........... 360.00 |===================== Samsung 850 PRO 256GB ...... 25.40 |== Intel DC P3600 800GB ....... 707.47 |========================================== Intel Optane 900p 280GB .... 583.66 |=================================== Samsung 970 EVO Plus 500GB . 243.70 |============== 2x PNY CS900 240GB ......... 100.77 |====== FS-Mark 3.3 Performance / Cost - Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size Files/s Per Dollar > Higher Is Better Samsung 970 EVO 500GB ...... 1.36 |=========================== Samsung 970 EVO 250GB ...... 2.24 |============================================ Samsung 970 PRO 512GB ...... 0.86 |================= Intel Optane 900p 280GB .... 2.20 |=========================================== Samsung 970 EVO Plus 500GB . 1.88 |===================================== FS-Mark 3.3 Performance / Cost - Test: 4000 Files, 32 Sub Dirs, 1MB Size Files/s Per Dollar > Higher Is Better Samsung 970 EVO 500GB ...... 0.74 |=============== Samsung 970 EVO 250GB ...... 2.22 |============================================ Samsung 970 PRO 512GB ...... 0.86 |================= Intel Optane 900p 280GB .... 2.16 |=========================================== Samsung 970 EVO Plus 500GB . 1.87 |===================================== IOzone 3.465 Record Size: 1MB - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better Samsung 970 EVO 500GB ...... 643.00 |================= Samsung 970 EVO 250GB ...... 369.00 |========== Samsung 970 PRO 512GB ...... 1535.00 |========================================= Intel 600p 512GB ........... 235.00 |====== Samsung 850 PRO 256GB ...... 36.60 |= Intel DC P3600 800GB ....... 744.28 |==================== Intel Optane 900p 280GB .... 1071.03 |============================= Samsung 970 EVO Plus 500GB . 924.36 |========================= 2x PNY CS900 240GB ......... 559.60 |=============== IOzone 3.465 Performance / Cost - Record Size: 1MB - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Write Performance MB/s Per Dollar > Higher Is Better Samsung 970 EVO 500GB ...... 3.78 |======================= Samsung 970 EVO 250GB ...... 3.74 |======================= Samsung 970 PRO 512GB ...... 6.70 |========================================= Intel Optane 900p 280GB .... 3.97 |========================= Samsung 970 EVO Plus 500GB . 7.11 |============================================ PostgreSQL pgbench 10.3 Scaling: Mostly RAM - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Write TPS > Higher Is Better Samsung 970 EVO 500GB ...... 4959 |=========== Samsung 970 EVO 250GB ...... 4000 |========= Samsung 970 PRO 512GB ...... 7595 |================= Intel 600p 512GB ........... 968 |== Samsung 850 PRO 256GB ...... 1292 |=== Intel DC P3600 800GB ....... 19678 |=========================================== Intel Optane 900p 280GB .... 19247 |========================================== Samsung 970 EVO Plus 500GB . 6513 |============== 2x PNY CS900 240GB ......... 1923 |==== PostgreSQL pgbench 10.3 Performance / Cost - Scaling: Mostly RAM - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Write TPS Per Dollar > Higher Is Better Samsung 970 EVO 500GB ...... 29.17 |================== Samsung 970 EVO 250GB ...... 40.51 |======================== Samsung 970 PRO 512GB ...... 33.14 |==================== Intel Optane 900p 280GB .... 71.29 |=========================================== Samsung 970 EVO Plus 500GB . 50.10 |============================== SQLite 3.22 Timed SQLite Insertions Seconds < Lower Is Better Samsung 970 EVO 500GB ...... 36.15 |================== Samsung 970 EVO 250GB ...... 37.09 |=================== Samsung 970 PRO 512GB ...... 43.84 |====================== Intel 600p 512GB ........... 14.57 |======= Samsung 850 PRO 256GB ...... 50.60 |========================== Intel DC P3600 800GB ....... 2.36 |= Intel Optane 900p 280GB .... 2.35 |= Samsung 970 EVO Plus 500GB . 33.59 |================= 2x PNY CS900 240GB ......... 84.43 |=========================================== SQLite 3.22 Performance / Cost - Timed SQLite Insertions Seconds x Dollar < Lower Is Better Samsung 970 EVO 500GB ...... 6145.14 |======================== Samsung 970 EVO 250GB ...... 3662.64 |=============== Samsung 970 PRO 512GB ...... 10045.94 |======================================== Intel Optane 900p 280GB .... 634.48 |=== Samsung 970 EVO Plus 500GB . 4366.36 |=================