NVMe Disk Benchmarks Intel Core i5-6400T testing with a MSI H170I PRO AC (MS-7995) v1.0 (2.00 BIOS) and Intel HD 530 on Ubuntu 18.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite. Direct: Processor: Intel Core i9-9900K @ 5.00GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME Z390-A (0802 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Cannon Lake PCH Shared SRAM, Memory: 2 x 8192 MB DDR4-3000MT/s, Disk: Samsung SSD 970 EVO 250GB, Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 64 8GB (1590/800MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel I219-V OS: Ubuntu 18.10, Kernel: 5.0.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20190307, Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.30.2, Display Server: X Server 1.20.1, Display Driver: modesetting 1.20.1, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 19.1.0-devel padoka PPA (LLVM 9.0.0), Vulkan: 1.1.90, Compiler: GCC 8.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 QNINE USB-C To NVMe: Processor: Intel Core i9-9900K @ 5.00GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME Z390-A (0802 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Cannon Lake PCH Shared SRAM, Memory: 2 x 8192 MB DDR4-3000MT/s, Disk: 250GB Tech, Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 64 8GB (1590/800MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel I219-V OS: Ubuntu 18.10, Kernel: 5.0.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20190307, Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.30.2, Display Server: X Server 1.20.1, Display Driver: modesetting 1.20.1, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 19.1.0-devel padoka PPA (LLVM 9.0.0), Vulkan: 1.1.90, Compiler: GCC 8.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 190412-NVME-PNYCS3030: Processor: Intel Core i5-6400T @ 2.80GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: MSI H170I PRO AC (MS-7995) v1.0 (2.00 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v5/E3-1500, Memory: 2 x 8192 MB DDR4-2133MT/s Kingston KHX2133C14, Disk: PNY CS3030 500GB SSD + 3 x 3001GB Seagate ST3000VN007-2E41 + 256GB M4-CT256M4SSD1, Graphics: Intel HD 530 (950MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC887-VD, Monitor: PLB2403WS, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 + Intel 8260 OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 4.15.0-47-generic (x86_64), Display Server: X Server 1.19.6, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.6, Compiler: GCC 7.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1200 PNY CS3030 500GB SSD: Processor: Intel Core i5-6400T @ 2.80GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: MSI H170I PRO AC (MS-7995) v1.0 (2.00 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v5/E3-1500, Memory: 2 x 8192 MB DDR4-2133MT/s Kingston KHX2133C14, Disk: PNY CS3030 500GB SSD + 3 x 3001GB Seagate ST3000VN007-2E41 + 256GB M4-CT256M4SSD1, Graphics: Intel HD 530 (950MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC887-VD, Monitor: PLB2403WS, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 + Intel 8260 OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 4.15.0-47-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce, Display Server: X Server 1.19.6, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.6, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 18.2.8, Compiler: GCC 7.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1200 PostgreSQL pgbench 10.3 Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Only TPS > Higher Is Better Direct ............... 265034 |================================================ QNINE USB-C To NVMe .. 260384 |=============================================== PNY CS3030 500GB SSD . 46440 |======== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Initial Create MB/s > Higher Is Better Direct ............... 632 |=================================================== QNINE USB-C To NVMe .. 631 |=================================================== PNY CS3030 500GB SSD . 369 |============================== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Compile MB/s > Higher Is Better Direct ............... 1117 |====================================== QNINE USB-C To NVMe .. 1041 |=================================== PNY CS3030 500GB SSD . 1480 |================================================== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Read Compiled Tree MB/s > Higher Is Better Direct ............... 1614 |================================================== QNINE USB-C To NVMe .. 1471 |============================================== PNY CS3030 500GB SSD . 926 |============================= Flexible IO Tester 3.1 Type: Random Read - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: Yes - Direct: No - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better Direct ............... 38.20 |=== QNINE USB-C To NVMe .. 28.27 |== QNINE USB-C To NVMe .. 28.60 |== PNY CS3030 500GB SSD . 556.00 |================================================ Flexible IO Tester 3.1 Type: Random Write - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: Yes - Direct: No - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better Direct ............... 3010 |================================================== QNINE USB-C To NVMe .. 3000 |================================================== PNY CS3030 500GB SSD . 1431 |======================== Flexible IO Tester 3.1 Type: Random Write - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: Yes - Direct: No - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory IOPS > Higher Is Better Direct ............... 770667 |================================================ QNINE USB-C To NVMe .. 768333 |================================================ PNY CS3030 500GB SSD . 366333 |======================= Flexible IO Tester 3.1 Type: Random Write - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: Yes - Direct: No - Block Size: 2MB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better Direct ............... 5736 |================================================== QNINE USB-C To NVMe .. 5793 |================================================== PNY CS3030 500GB SSD . 3455 |============================== Flexible IO Tester 3.1 Type: Sequential Read - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: Yes - Direct: No - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better Direct ............... 4917 |================================================== QNINE USB-C To NVMe .. 4784 |================================================= PNY CS3030 500GB SSD . 2039 |===================== Flexible IO Tester 3.1 Type: Sequential Read - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: Yes - Direct: No - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory IOPS > Higher Is Better Direct ............... 1258667 |=============================================== QNINE USB-C To NVMe .. 1224667 |============================================== PNY CS3030 500GB SSD . 521667 |=================== Flexible IO Tester 3.1 Type: Sequential Read - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: Yes - Direct: No - Block Size: 2MB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better Direct ............... 8934 |================================================== QNINE USB-C To NVMe .. 8971 |================================================== PNY CS3030 500GB SSD . 5638 |=============================== Flexible IO Tester 3.1 Type: Sequential Write - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: Yes - Direct: No - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better Direct ............... 3559 |================================================ QNINE USB-C To NVMe .. 3683 |================================================== PNY CS3030 500GB SSD . 1622 |====================== Flexible IO Tester 3.1 Type: Sequential Write - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: Yes - Direct: No - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory IOPS > Higher Is Better Direct ............... 910667 |============================================== QNINE USB-C To NVMe .. 943000 |================================================ PNY CS3030 500GB SSD . 415333 |===================== Flexible IO Tester 3.1 Type: Sequential Write - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: Yes - Direct: No - Block Size: 2MB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better Direct ............... 5786 |================================================== QNINE USB-C To NVMe .. 5604 |================================================ PNY CS3030 500GB SSD . 3441 |============================== 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 Direct ............... 4.45 |============================================= QNINE USB-C To NVMe .. 4.98 |================================================== PNY CS3030 500GB SSD . 1.23 |============ 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 Direct ............... 1.26 |================================================== QNINE USB-C To NVMe .. 1.25 |================================================== PNY CS3030 500GB SSD . 0.32 |============= 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 Direct ............... 4.28 |================================================== QNINE USB-C To NVMe .. 3.59 |========================================== PNY CS3030 500GB SSD . 0.97 |=========== 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 Direct ............... 6.92 |================================================== QNINE USB-C To NVMe .. 3.33 |======================== PNY CS3030 500GB SSD . 0.73 |===== Application Start-up Time 2.4.0 Background I/O Mix: Sequential Reads + Writes - Application To Start: xterm - Disk Target: Default Test Directory sec < Lower Is Better Direct ............... 1.43 |================================================== QNINE USB-C To NVMe .. 0.82 |============================= PNY CS3030 500GB SSD . 0.29 |========== 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 Direct ............... 4.07 |================================================== QNINE USB-C To NVMe .. 2.45 |============================== PNY CS3030 500GB SSD . 0.66 |======== PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance TPS > Higher Is Better Direct ............... 8620 |================================================== QNINE USB-C To NVMe .. 8339 |================================================ PNY CS3030 500GB SSD . 4491 |========================== Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 4.18 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Direct ............... 73.51 |============ QNINE USB-C To NVMe .. 75.11 |============ PNY CS3030 500GB SSD . 294.18 |================================================ Timed LLVM Compilation 6.0.1 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Direct ............... 414 |============ QNINE USB-C To NVMe .. 408 |============ PNY CS3030 500GB SSD . 1667 |================================================== Flexible IO Tester 3.1 Type: Random Read - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: Yes - Direct: No - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory IOPS > Higher Is Better PNY CS3030 500GB SSD . 142583 |================================================