Cheap SSD Linux Benchmarks Performance Intel Core i5-9400F testing with a MSI B360M GAMING PLUS (MS-7B19) v1.0 (1.10 BIOS) and MSI NVIDIA NV106 1GB on Ubuntu 19.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite. 256GB SAMSUNG MZVPW256HEGL: Processor: Intel Core i5-9400F @ 4.10GHz (6 Cores), Motherboard: MSI B360M GAMING PLUS (MS-7B19) v1.0 (1.10 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Cannon Lake PCH, Memory: 2 x 8192 MB DDR4-2667MT/s CMK16GX4M2B3200C16, Disk: 256GB SAMSUNG MZVPW256HEGL-000H7, Graphics: MSI NVIDIA NV106 1GB, Audio: Realtek ALC887-VD, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel I219-V OS: Ubuntu 19.04, Kernel: 5.0.0-15-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.32.0, Display Server: X Server, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 19.0.2, Compiler: GCC 8.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 240GB CT240BX500SSD1: Processor: Intel Core i5-9400F @ 4.10GHz (6 Cores), Motherboard: MSI B360M GAMING PLUS (MS-7B19) v1.0 (1.10 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Cannon Lake PCH, Memory: 2 x 8192 MB DDR4-2667MT/s CMK16GX4M2B3200C16, Disk: 256GB SAMSUNG MZVPW256HEGL-000H7 + 240GB CT240BX500SSD1, Graphics: MSI NVIDIA NV106 1GB, Audio: Realtek ALC887-VD, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel I219-V OS: Ubuntu 19.04, Kernel: 5.0.0-15-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.32.0, Display Server: X Server, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 19.0.2, Compiler: GCC 8.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 256GB SPCC: Processor: Intel Core i5-9400F @ 4.10GHz (6 Cores), Motherboard: MSI B360M GAMING PLUS (MS-7B19) v1.0 (1.10 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Cannon Lake PCH, Memory: 2 x 8192 MB DDR4-2667MT/s CMK16GX4M2B3200C16, Disk: 256GB SAMSUNG MZVPW256HEGL-000H7 + 256GB SPCC Solid State, Graphics: MSI NVIDIA NV106 1GB, Audio: Realtek ALC887-VD, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel I219-V OS: Ubuntu 19.04, Kernel: 5.0.0-15-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.32.0, Display Server: X Server, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 19.0.2, Compiler: GCC 8.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 240GB KINGSTON SA400S3: Processor: Intel Core i5-9400F @ 4.10GHz (6 Cores), Motherboard: MSI B360M GAMING PLUS (MS-7B19) v1.0 (1.10 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Cannon Lake PCH, Memory: 2 x 8192 MB DDR4-2667MT/s CMK16GX4M2B3200C16, Disk: 256GB SAMSUNG MZVPW256HEGL-000H7 + 240GB KINGSTON SA400S3, Graphics: MSI NVIDIA NV106 1GB, Audio: Realtek ALC887-VD, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel I219-V OS: Ubuntu 19.04, Kernel: 5.0.0-15-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.32.0, Display Server: X Server, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 19.0.2, Compiler: GCC 8.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 240GB PNY CS900: Processor: Intel Core i5-9400F @ 4.10GHz (6 Cores), Motherboard: MSI B360M GAMING PLUS (MS-7B19) v1.0 (1.10 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Cannon Lake PCH, Memory: 2 x 8192 MB DDR4-2667MT/s CMK16GX4M2B3200C16, Disk: 256GB SAMSUNG MZVPW256HEGL-000H7 + PNY CS900 240GB, Graphics: MSI NVIDIA NV106 1GB, Audio: Realtek ALC887-VD, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel I219-V OS: Ubuntu 19.04, Kernel: 5.0.0-15-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.32.0, Display Server: X Server, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 19.0.2, Compiler: GCC 8.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Application Start-up Time 3.4.0 Background I/O Mix: Only Sequential Reads - Application To Start: xterm - Disk Target: Default Test Directory sec < Lower Is Better 256GB SAMSUNG MZVPW256HEGL . 0.38 |======= 240GB CT240BX500SSD1 ....... 2.41 |============================================ 256GB SPCC ................. 1.83 |================================= 240GB KINGSTON SA400S3 ..... 2.41 |============================================ 240GB PNY CS900 ............ 1.83 |================================= Application Start-up Time 3.4.0 Background I/O Mix: Sequential Reads + Writes - Application To Start: xterm - Disk Target: Default Test Directory sec < Lower Is Better 256GB SAMSUNG MZVPW256HEGL . 1.10 |=================== 240GB CT240BX500SSD1 ....... 2.55 |============================================ 256GB SPCC ................. 1.00 |================= 240GB KINGSTON SA400S3 ..... 1.34 |======================= 240GB PNY CS900 ............ 1.01 |================= Application Start-up Time 3.4.0 Background I/O Mix: Only Sequential Reads - Application To Start: GNOME Terminal - Disk Target: Default Test Directory sec < Lower Is Better 256GB SAMSUNG MZVPW256HEGL . 1.56 |====== 240GB CT240BX500SSD1 ....... 11.18 |=========================================== 256GB SPCC ................. 7.91 |============================== 240GB KINGSTON SA400S3 ..... 8.73 |================================== 240GB PNY CS900 ............ 8.29 |================================ Application Start-up Time 3.4.0 Background I/O Mix: Only Sequential Reads - Application To Start: LibreOffice Writer - Disk Target: Default Test Directory sec < Lower Is Better 256GB SAMSUNG MZVPW256HEGL . 1.16 |====== 240GB CT240BX500SSD1 ....... 8.61 |============================================ 256GB SPCC ................. 5.88 |============================== 240GB KINGSTON SA400S3 ..... 7.34 |====================================== 240GB PNY CS900 ............ 5.94 |============================== Application Start-up Time 3.4.0 Background I/O Mix: Sequential Reads + Writes - Application To Start: GNOME Terminal - Disk Target: Default Test Directory sec < Lower Is Better 256GB SAMSUNG MZVPW256HEGL . 4.32 |===================== 240GB CT240BX500SSD1 ....... 9.11 |============================================ 256GB SPCC ................. 4.15 |==================== 240GB KINGSTON SA400S3 ..... 5.66 |=========================== 240GB PNY CS900 ............ 4.15 |==================== Application Start-up Time 3.4.0 Background I/O Mix: Sequential Reads + Writes - Application To Start: LibreOffice Writer - Disk Target: Default Test Directory sec < Lower Is Better 256GB SAMSUNG MZVPW256HEGL . 3.32 |===================== 240GB CT240BX500SSD1 ....... 6.83 |============================================ 256GB SPCC ................. 3.06 |==================== 240GB KINGSTON SA400S3 ..... 4.42 |============================ 240GB PNY CS900 ............ 3.06 |==================== SQLite 3.22 Timed SQLite Insertions Seconds < Lower Is Better 256GB SAMSUNG MZVPW256HEGL . 119.73 |========================================== 240GB CT240BX500SSD1 ....... 20.09 |======= 256GB SPCC ................. 39.31 |============== 240GB KINGSTON SA400S3 ..... 46.23 |================ 240GB PNY CS900 ............ 43.25 |=============== 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 256GB SAMSUNG MZVPW256HEGL . 2919 |============================================ 240GB CT240BX500SSD1 ....... 518 |======== 256GB SPCC ................. 524 |======== 240GB KINGSTON SA400S3 ..... 501 |======== 240GB PNY CS900 ............ 541 |======== 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 256GB SAMSUNG MZVPW256HEGL . 1469 |============================================ 240GB CT240BX500SSD1 ....... 453 |============== 256GB SPCC ................. 479 |============== 240GB KINGSTON SA400S3 ..... 478 |============== 240GB PNY CS900 ............ 495 |=============== 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 256GB SAMSUNG MZVPW256HEGL . 3013 |============================================ 240GB CT240BX500SSD1 ....... 539 |======== 256GB SPCC ................. 531 |======== 240GB KINGSTON SA400S3 ..... 501 |======= 240GB PNY CS900 ............ 541 |======== 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 256GB SAMSUNG MZVPW256HEGL . 1470 |============================================ 240GB CT240BX500SSD1 ....... 481 |============== 256GB SPCC ................. 483 |============== 240GB KINGSTON SA400S3 ..... 476 |============== 240GB PNY CS900 ............ 497 |=============== FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size Files/s > Higher Is Better 256GB SAMSUNG MZVPW256HEGL . 84.30 |========================= 240GB CT240BX500SSD1 ....... 119.42 |==================================== 256GB SPCC ................. 140.12 |========================================== 240GB KINGSTON SA400S3 ..... 90.67 |=========================== 240GB PNY CS900 ............ 134.83 |======================================== FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 5000 Files, 1MB Size, 4 Threads Files/s > Higher Is Better 256GB SAMSUNG MZVPW256HEGL . 163.67 |======================= 240GB CT240BX500SSD1 ....... 67.00 |========== 256GB SPCC ................. 291.87 |========================================== 240GB KINGSTON SA400S3 ..... 214.40 |=============================== 240GB PNY CS900 ............ 294.67 |========================================== FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 4000 Files, 32 Sub Dirs, 1MB Size Files/s > Higher Is Better 256GB SAMSUNG MZVPW256HEGL . 67.63 |==================== 240GB CT240BX500SSD1 ....... 61.09 |================== 256GB SPCC ................. 140.20 |========================================== 240GB KINGSTON SA400S3 ..... 101.57 |============================== 240GB PNY CS900 ............ 135.07 |======================================== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Compile MB/s > Higher Is Better 256GB SAMSUNG MZVPW256HEGL . 831 |==================================== 240GB CT240BX500SSD1 ....... 715 |=============================== 256GB SPCC ................. 988 |=========================================== 240GB KINGSTON SA400S3 ..... 836 |==================================== 240GB PNY CS900 ............ 1019 |============================================ Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Initial Create MB/s > Higher Is Better 256GB SAMSUNG MZVPW256HEGL . 481 |========================================== 240GB CT240BX500SSD1 ....... 452 |======================================= 256GB SPCC ................. 514 |============================================ 240GB KINGSTON SA400S3 ..... 500 |=========================================== 240GB PNY CS900 ............ 521 |============================================= Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Read Compiled Tree MB/s > Higher Is Better 256GB SAMSUNG MZVPW256HEGL . 1141 |============================================ 240GB CT240BX500SSD1 ....... 1016 |======================================= 256GB SPCC ................. 1037 |======================================== 240GB KINGSTON SA400S3 ..... 959 |===================================== 240GB PNY CS900 ............ 1001 |======================================= PostgreSQL pgbench 10.3 Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Write TPS > Higher Is Better 256GB SAMSUNG MZVPW256HEGL . 1608 |=============== 240GB CT240BX500SSD1 ....... 4668 |============================================ 256GB SPCC ................. 3496 |================================= 240GB KINGSTON SA400S3 ..... 2596 |======================== 240GB PNY CS900 ............ 4071 |======================================