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 SN750: Processor: AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1900X 8-Core @ 3.80GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock X399 Taichi, Chipset: AMD Family 17h, Memory: 2 x 8192 MB DDR4-2666MT/s CMU16GX4M2A2666C16, Disk: 916GB, Graphics: AMD Radeon RX Vega (VEGA10 DRM 3.26.0 4.18.0-16-generic LLVM 7.0.0) 8176MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Network: Intel I211 Gigabit Connection + Intel Dual Band Wireless-AC 3168NGW OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 4.18.0-16-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.28.3, Display Server: X Server vt.handoff=1, Display Driver: modesetting 1.20.1, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 18.2.2, 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 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 |====== 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 |===== 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 |====== 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 |=== 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 |=== 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 |===================================== SN750 ...................... 10.64 |========= 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 |============================================ 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 | 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 |============================= 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 |============================= 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 | Intel 600p 512GB ........... 213333.00 |================================= Intel DC P3600 800GB ....... 156364.00 |======================== Intel Optane 900p 280GB .... 113000.00 |================= Samsung 850 PRO 256GB ...... 14850.00 |== Samsung 970 EVO 250GB ...... 249333.00 |======================================= Samsung 970 EVO 500GB ...... 249667.00 |======================================= Samsung 970 EVO Plus 500GB . 242667.00 |====================================== Samsung 970 PRO 512GB ...... 252000.00 |======================================= 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 |========================== 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 |=============================== 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 |============= SN750 ...................... 604.00 |======================================= 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 |============ SN750 ...................... 618.00 |===================================== 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 |=========================================== SN750 ...................... 49314 |======================================= 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 |========================================= SN750 ...................... 1454.87 |======================================= Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Compile MB/s > Higher Is Better Intel 600p 512GB ........... 1474.00 |============================= Intel DC P3600 800GB ....... 1895.00 |====================================== Intel Optane 900p 280GB .... 2041.00 |========================================= Samsung 850 PRO 256GB ...... 1327.00 |========================== Samsung 970 EVO 250GB ...... 1688.00 |================================== Samsung 970 EVO 500GB ...... 1937.00 |======================================= Samsung 970 EVO Plus 500GB . 2056.00 |========================================= Samsung 970 PRO 512GB ...... 2037.00 |========================================= SN750 ...................... 1800.63 |==================================== PostgreSQL pgbench 10.3 Scaling: Mostly RAM - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Write TPS > Higher Is Better Intel 600p 512GB ........... 968.00 |== Intel DC P3600 800GB ....... 19678.00 |======================================== Intel Optane 900p 280GB .... 19247.00 |======================================= Samsung 850 PRO 256GB ...... 1292.00 |=== Samsung 970 EVO 250GB ...... 4000.00 |======== Samsung 970 EVO 500GB ...... 4959.00 |========== Samsung 970 EVO Plus 500GB . 6513.00 |============= Samsung 970 PRO 512GB ...... 7595.00 |=============== SN750 ...................... 10051.03 |==================== 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 | 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 | 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 |====================