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.
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Cheap SSD Linux Benchmarks Performance Processor Motherboard Chipset Memory Disk Graphics Audio Monitor Network OS Kernel Desktop Display Server OpenGL Compiler File-System Screen Resolution 256GB SAMSUNG MZVPW256HEGL 240GB CT240BX500SSD1 256GB SPCC 240GB KINGSTON SA400S3 240GB PNY CS900 1TB WD Black WD1003FZEX-0 500GB WD Green WD5000AZRX-0 500GB Samsung 860 EVO Intel Core i5-9400F @ 4.10GHz (6 Cores) MSI B360M GAMING PLUS (MS-7B19) v1.0 (1.10 BIOS) Intel Cannon Lake PCH 2 x 8192 MB DDR4-2667MT/s CMK16GX4M2B3200C16 256GB SAMSUNG MZVPW256HEGL-000H7 MSI NVIDIA NV106 1GB Realtek ALC887-VD Acer B286HK Intel I219-V Ubuntu 19.04 5.0.0-15-generic (x86_64) GNOME Shell 3.32.0 X Server 4.3 Mesa 19.0.2 GCC 8.3.0 ext4 3840x2160 256GB SAMSUNG MZVPW256HEGL-000H7 + 240GB CT240BX500SSD1 256GB SAMSUNG MZVPW256HEGL-000H7 + 256GB SPCC Solid State 256GB SAMSUNG MZVPW256HEGL-000H7 + 240GB KINGSTON SA400S3 256GB SAMSUNG MZVPW256HEGL-000H7 + PNY CS900 240GB 256GB SAMSUNG MZVPW256HEGL-000H7 + 1000GB Western Digital WD1003FZEX-0 256GB SAMSUNG MZVPW256HEGL-000H7 + 500GB Western Digital WD5000AZRX-0 256GB SAMSUNG MZVPW256HEGL-000H7 + 500GB Samsung SSD 860 OpenBenchmarking.org Compiler Details - --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-vtable-verify --disable-werror --enable-bootstrap --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-default-pie --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-languages=c,ada,c++,go,brig,d,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --enable-libmpx --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-multiarch --enable-multilib --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc=auto --enable-offload-targets=nvptx-none --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --program-prefix=x86_64-linux-gnu- --target=x86_64-linux-gnu --with-abi=m64 --with-arch-32=i686 --with-default-libstdcxx-abi=new --with-gcc-major-version-only --with-multilib-list=m32,m64,mx32 --with-target-system-zlib --with-tune=generic --without-cuda-driver -v Disk Details - 256GB SAMSUNG MZVPW256HEGL: NONE / errors=remount-ro,relatime,rw - 240GB CT240BX500SSD1: MQ-DEADLINE / relatime,rw - 256GB SPCC: MQ-DEADLINE / relatime,rw - 240GB KINGSTON SA400S3: MQ-DEADLINE / relatime,rw - 240GB PNY CS900: MQ-DEADLINE / relatime,rw - 1TB WD Black WD1003FZEX-0: MQ-DEADLINE / relatime,rw - 500GB WD Green WD5000AZRX-0: MQ-DEADLINE / relatime,rw - 500GB Samsung 860 EVO: MQ-DEADLINE / relatime,rw Processor Details - Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave Python Details - Python 2.7.16 + Python 3.7.3 Security Details - l1tf: Mitigation of PTE Inversion; VMX: conditional cache flushes SMT disabled + mds: Mitigation of Clear buffers; SMT disabled + meltdown: Mitigation of PTI + spec_store_bypass: Mitigation of SSB disabled via prctl and seccomp + spectre_v1: Mitigation of __user pointer sanitization + spectre_v2: Mitigation of Full generic retpoline IBPB: conditional IBRS_FW STIBP: disabled RSB filling
Cheap SSD Linux Benchmarks Performance fs-mark: 4000 Files, 32 Sub Dirs, 1MB Size startup-time: Only Seq Reads - LibreOffice Writer - Default Test Directory startup-time: Only Seq Reads - GNOME Terminal - Default Test Directory startup-time: Seq Reads + Writes - xterm - Default Test Directory startup-time: Seq Reads + Writes - LibreOffice Writer - Default Test Directory fio: Rand Read - Linux AIO - No - Yes - 2MB - Default Test Directory fio: Seq Read - Linux AIO - No - Yes - 2MB - Default Test Directory startup-time: Seq Reads + Writes - GNOME Terminal - Default Test Directory fio: Rand Write - Linux AIO - No - Yes - 2MB - Default Test Directory pgbench: Buffer Test - Normal Load - Read Write fio: Seq Write - Linux AIO - No - Yes - 2MB - Default Test Directory fs-mark: 1000 Files, 1MB Size compilebench: Compile compilebench: Read Compiled Tree compilebench: Initial Create fs-mark: 5000 Files, 1MB Size, 4 Threads sqlite: Timed SQLite Insertions startup-time: Only Seq Reads - xterm - Default Test Directory 256GB SAMSUNG MZVPW256HEGL 240GB CT240BX500SSD1 256GB SPCC 240GB KINGSTON SA400S3 240GB PNY CS900 1TB WD Black WD1003FZEX-0 500GB WD Green WD5000AZRX-0 500GB Samsung 860 EVO 67.63 1.16 1.56 1.10 3.32 2919 3013 4.32 1469 1608 1470 84.30 831 1141 481 163.67 119.73 0.38 61.09 8.61 11.18 2.55 6.83 518 539 9.11 453 4668 481 119.42 715 1016 452 67.00 20.09 2.41 140.20 5.88 7.91 1.00 3.06 524 531 4.15 479 3496 483 140.12 988 1037 514 291.87 39.31 1.83 101.57 7.34 8.73 1.34 4.42 501 501 5.66 478 2596 476 90.67 836 959 500 214.40 46.23 2.41 135.07 5.94 8.29 1.01 3.06 541 541 4.15 495 4071 497 134.83 1019 1001 521 294.67 43.25 1.83 20.53 26.03 111.60 82.27 98.13 106.15 82.07 321 93.17 10.50 758 941 471 47.82 308.43 81.38 18.60 41.98 92.97 111 91.27 295 107 20.80 736 1006 485 42.40 507.06 80.60 79.20 5.94 7.95 1.37 4.31 544 544 5.88 510 2151 510 145.33 879 1025 513 172.43 33.00 1.87 OpenBenchmarking.org
FS-Mark Test: 4000 Files, 32 Sub Dirs, 1MB Size OpenBenchmarking.org Files/s, More Is Better FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 4000 Files, 32 Sub Dirs, 1MB Size 256GB SAMSUNG MZVPW256HEGL 240GB CT240BX500SSD1 256GB SPCC 240GB KINGSTON SA400S3 240GB PNY CS900 1TB WD Black WD1003FZEX-0 500GB WD Green WD5000AZRX-0 500GB Samsung 860 EVO 30 60 90 120 150 SE +/- 0.12, N = 3 SE +/- 1.27, N = 13 SE +/- 0.40, N = 3 SE +/- 1.29, N = 3 SE +/- 0.43, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.06, N = 3 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 67.63 61.09 140.20 101.57 135.07 20.53 18.60 79.20 1. (CC) gcc options: -static
Application Start-up Time Background I/O Mix: Only Sequential Reads - Application To Start: LibreOffice Writer - Disk Target: Default Test Directory OpenBenchmarking.org sec, Fewer Is Better Application Start-up Time 3.4.0 Background I/O Mix: Only Sequential Reads - Application To Start: LibreOffice Writer - Disk Target: Default Test Directory 256GB SAMSUNG MZVPW256HEGL 240GB CT240BX500SSD1 256GB SPCC 240GB KINGSTON SA400S3 240GB PNY CS900 500GB Samsung 860 EVO 2 4 6 8 10 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.10, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 1.16 8.61 5.88 7.34 5.94 5.94
Application Start-up Time Background I/O Mix: Only Sequential Reads - Application To Start: GNOME Terminal - Disk Target: Default Test Directory OpenBenchmarking.org sec, Fewer Is Better Application Start-up Time 3.4.0 Background I/O Mix: Only Sequential Reads - Application To Start: GNOME Terminal - Disk Target: Default Test Directory 256GB SAMSUNG MZVPW256HEGL 240GB CT240BX500SSD1 256GB SPCC 240GB KINGSTON SA400S3 240GB PNY CS900 500GB Samsung 860 EVO 3 6 9 12 15 SE +/- 0.03, N = 12 SE +/- 0.08, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.08, N = 12 SE +/- 0.11, N = 4 SE +/- 0.06, N = 3 1.56 11.18 7.91 8.73 8.29 7.95
Application Start-up Time Background I/O Mix: Sequential Reads + Writes - Application To Start: xterm - Disk Target: Default Test Directory OpenBenchmarking.org sec, Fewer Is Better Application Start-up Time 3.4.0 Background I/O Mix: Sequential Reads + Writes - Application To Start: xterm - Disk Target: Default Test Directory 256GB SAMSUNG MZVPW256HEGL 240GB CT240BX500SSD1 256GB SPCC 240GB KINGSTON SA400S3 240GB PNY CS900 1TB WD Black WD1003FZEX-0 500GB WD Green WD5000AZRX-0 500GB Samsung 860 EVO 10 20 30 40 50 SE +/- 0.03, N = 9 SE +/- 0.38, N = 12 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.02, N = 12 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.42, N = 3 SE +/- 0.62, N = 12 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 1.10 2.55 1.00 1.34 1.01 26.03 41.98 1.37
Application Start-up Time Background I/O Mix: Sequential Reads + Writes - Application To Start: LibreOffice Writer - Disk Target: Default Test Directory OpenBenchmarking.org sec, Fewer Is Better Application Start-up Time 3.4.0 Background I/O Mix: Sequential Reads + Writes - Application To Start: LibreOffice Writer - Disk Target: Default Test Directory 256GB SAMSUNG MZVPW256HEGL 240GB CT240BX500SSD1 256GB SPCC 240GB KINGSTON SA400S3 240GB PNY CS900 1TB WD Black WD1003FZEX-0 500GB Samsung 860 EVO 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.24, N = 9 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.03, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 1.72, N = 2 SE +/- 0.04, N = 3 3.32 6.83 3.06 4.42 3.06 111.60 4.31
Flexible IO Tester Type: Random Read - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 2MB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory OpenBenchmarking.org MB/s, More Is Better Flexible IO Tester 3.1 Type: Random Read - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 2MB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory 256GB SAMSUNG MZVPW256HEGL 240GB CT240BX500SSD1 256GB SPCC 240GB KINGSTON SA400S3 240GB PNY CS900 1TB WD Black WD1003FZEX-0 500GB WD Green WD5000AZRX-0 500GB Samsung 860 EVO 600 1200 1800 2400 3000 SE +/- 28.84, N = 3 SE +/- 1.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 SE +/- 0.67, N = 3 SE +/- 0.82, N = 3 SE +/- 0.23, N = 3 2919.00 518.00 524.00 501.00 541.00 82.27 92.97 544.00 1. (CC) gcc options: -rdynamic -std=gnu99 -ffast-math -include -O3 -U_FORTIFY_SOURCE -lrt -laio -lm -lpthread -ldl
Flexible IO Tester Type: Sequential Read - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 2MB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory OpenBenchmarking.org MB/s, More Is Better Flexible IO Tester 3.1 Type: Sequential Read - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 2MB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory 256GB SAMSUNG MZVPW256HEGL 240GB CT240BX500SSD1 256GB SPCC 240GB KINGSTON SA400S3 240GB PNY CS900 1TB WD Black WD1003FZEX-0 500GB WD Green WD5000AZRX-0 500GB Samsung 860 EVO 600 1200 1800 2400 3000 SE +/- 34.83, N = 6 SE +/- 1.67, N = 3 SE +/- 4.47, N = 15 SE +/- 6.64, N = 15 SE +/- 0.79, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 3013.00 539.00 531.00 501.00 541.00 98.13 111.00 544.00 1. (CC) gcc options: -rdynamic -std=gnu99 -ffast-math -include -O3 -U_FORTIFY_SOURCE -lrt -laio -lm -lpthread -ldl
Application Start-up Time Background I/O Mix: Sequential Reads + Writes - Application To Start: GNOME Terminal - Disk Target: Default Test Directory OpenBenchmarking.org sec, Fewer Is Better Application Start-up Time 3.4.0 Background I/O Mix: Sequential Reads + Writes - Application To Start: GNOME Terminal - Disk Target: Default Test Directory 256GB SAMSUNG MZVPW256HEGL 240GB CT240BX500SSD1 256GB SPCC 240GB KINGSTON SA400S3 240GB PNY CS900 1TB WD Black WD1003FZEX-0 500GB Samsung 860 EVO 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 0.04, N = 12 SE +/- 0.20, N = 12 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 SE +/- 0.10, N = 12 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 1.65, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 4.32 9.11 4.15 5.66 4.15 106.15 5.88
Flexible IO Tester Type: Random Write - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 2MB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory OpenBenchmarking.org MB/s, More Is Better Flexible IO Tester 3.1 Type: Random Write - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 2MB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory 256GB SAMSUNG MZVPW256HEGL 240GB CT240BX500SSD1 256GB SPCC 240GB KINGSTON SA400S3 240GB PNY CS900 1TB WD Black WD1003FZEX-0 500GB WD Green WD5000AZRX-0 500GB Samsung 860 EVO 300 600 900 1200 1500 SE +/- 0.58, N = 3 SE +/- 0.58, N = 3 SE +/- 1.20, N = 3 SE +/- 1.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.38, N = 3 SE +/- 0.29, N = 3 1469.00 453.00 479.00 478.00 495.00 82.07 91.27 510.00 1. (CC) gcc options: -rdynamic -std=gnu99 -ffast-math -include -O3 -U_FORTIFY_SOURCE -lrt -laio -lm -lpthread -ldl
PostgreSQL pgbench Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Write OpenBenchmarking.org TPS, More Is Better PostgreSQL pgbench 10.3 Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Write 256GB SAMSUNG MZVPW256HEGL 240GB CT240BX500SSD1 256GB SPCC 240GB KINGSTON SA400S3 240GB PNY CS900 1TB WD Black WD1003FZEX-0 500GB WD Green WD5000AZRX-0 500GB Samsung 860 EVO 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000 SE +/- 22.80, N = 3 SE +/- 153.29, N = 15 SE +/- 30.95, N = 3 SE +/- 20.93, N = 13 SE +/- 28.60, N = 3 SE +/- 4.70, N = 4 SE +/- 3.93, N = 5 SE +/- 23.67, N = 7 1608 4668 3496 2596 4071 321 295 2151 1. (CC) gcc options: -fno-strict-aliasing -fwrapv -O2 -lpgcommon -lpgport -lpq -lpthread -lrt -lcrypt -ldl -lm
Flexible IO Tester Type: Sequential Write - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 2MB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory OpenBenchmarking.org MB/s, More Is Better Flexible IO Tester 3.1 Type: Sequential Write - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 2MB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory 256GB SAMSUNG MZVPW256HEGL 240GB CT240BX500SSD1 256GB SPCC 240GB KINGSTON SA400S3 240GB PNY CS900 1TB WD Black WD1003FZEX-0 500GB WD Green WD5000AZRX-0 500GB Samsung 860 EVO 300 600 900 1200 1500 SE +/- 7.64, N = 3 SE +/- 0.67, N = 3 SE +/- 0.15, N = 3 SE +/- 0.33, N = 3 1470.00 481.00 483.00 476.00 497.00 93.17 107.00 510.00 1. (CC) gcc options: -rdynamic -std=gnu99 -ffast-math -include -O3 -U_FORTIFY_SOURCE -lrt -laio -lm -lpthread -ldl
FS-Mark Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size OpenBenchmarking.org Files/s, More Is Better FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size 256GB SAMSUNG MZVPW256HEGL 240GB CT240BX500SSD1 256GB SPCC 240GB KINGSTON SA400S3 240GB PNY CS900 1TB WD Black WD1003FZEX-0 500GB WD Green WD5000AZRX-0 500GB Samsung 860 EVO 30 60 90 120 150 SE +/- 0.56, N = 3 SE +/- 9.87, N = 12 SE +/- 1.71, N = 6 SE +/- 0.58, N = 3 SE +/- 0.92, N = 3 SE +/- 0.10, N = 3 SE +/- 0.10, N = 3 SE +/- 0.72, N = 3 84.30 119.42 140.12 90.67 134.83 10.50 20.80 145.33 1. (CC) gcc options: -static
Compile Bench Test: Compile OpenBenchmarking.org MB/s, More Is Better Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Compile 256GB SAMSUNG MZVPW256HEGL 240GB CT240BX500SSD1 256GB SPCC 240GB KINGSTON SA400S3 240GB PNY CS900 1TB WD Black WD1003FZEX-0 500GB WD Green WD5000AZRX-0 500GB Samsung 860 EVO 200 400 600 800 1000 SE +/- 7.99, N = 3 SE +/- 1.87, N = 3 SE +/- 13.34, N = 3 SE +/- 9.49, N = 6 SE +/- 3.62, N = 3 SE +/- 6.92, N = 3 SE +/- 5.17, N = 3 SE +/- 10.86, N = 3 831 715 988 836 1019 758 736 879
Compile Bench Test: Read Compiled Tree OpenBenchmarking.org MB/s, More Is Better Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Read Compiled Tree 256GB SAMSUNG MZVPW256HEGL 240GB CT240BX500SSD1 256GB SPCC 240GB KINGSTON SA400S3 240GB PNY CS900 1TB WD Black WD1003FZEX-0 500GB WD Green WD5000AZRX-0 500GB Samsung 860 EVO 200 400 600 800 1000 SE +/- 28.17, N = 3 SE +/- 11.21, N = 3 SE +/- 28.79, N = 3 SE +/- 9.36, N = 3 SE +/- 11.45, N = 3 SE +/- 28.53, N = 3 SE +/- 10.83, N = 3 SE +/- 18.61, N = 3 1141 1016 1037 959 1001 941 1006 1025
Compile Bench Test: Initial Create OpenBenchmarking.org MB/s, More Is Better Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Initial Create 256GB SAMSUNG MZVPW256HEGL 240GB CT240BX500SSD1 256GB SPCC 240GB KINGSTON SA400S3 240GB PNY CS900 1TB WD Black WD1003FZEX-0 500GB WD Green WD5000AZRX-0 500GB Samsung 860 EVO 110 220 330 440 550 SE +/- 16.74, N = 3 SE +/- 8.68, N = 3 SE +/- 3.70, N = 3 SE +/- 8.71, N = 3 SE +/- 3.10, N = 3 SE +/- 6.57, N = 3 SE +/- 22.74, N = 3 SE +/- 7.48, N = 3 481 452 514 500 521 471 485 513
FS-Mark Test: 5000 Files, 1MB Size, 4 Threads OpenBenchmarking.org Files/s, More Is Better FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 5000 Files, 1MB Size, 4 Threads 256GB SAMSUNG MZVPW256HEGL 240GB CT240BX500SSD1 256GB SPCC 240GB KINGSTON SA400S3 240GB PNY CS900 1TB WD Black WD1003FZEX-0 500GB WD Green WD5000AZRX-0 500GB Samsung 860 EVO 60 120 180 240 300 SE +/- 7.40, N = 12 SE +/- 1.43, N = 6 SE +/- 0.48, N = 3 SE +/- 1.06, N = 3 SE +/- 0.58, N = 3 SE +/- 1.13, N = 9 SE +/- 0.61, N = 3 SE +/- 5.13, N = 15 163.67 67.00 291.87 214.40 294.67 47.82 42.40 172.43 1. (CC) gcc options: -static
SQLite Timed SQLite Insertions OpenBenchmarking.org Seconds, Fewer Is Better SQLite 3.22 Timed SQLite Insertions 256GB SAMSUNG MZVPW256HEGL 240GB CT240BX500SSD1 256GB SPCC 240GB KINGSTON SA400S3 240GB PNY CS900 1TB WD Black WD1003FZEX-0 500GB WD Green WD5000AZRX-0 500GB Samsung 860 EVO 110 220 330 440 550 SE +/- 0.10, N = 3 SE +/- 0.27, N = 4 SE +/- 0.11, N = 3 SE +/- 1.13, N = 15 SE +/- 0.07, N = 3 SE +/- 13.25, N = 9 SE +/- 18.67, N = 9 SE +/- 0.02, N = 3 119.73 20.09 39.31 46.23 43.25 308.43 507.06 33.00 1. (CC) gcc options: -O2 -ldl -lpthread
Application Start-up Time Background I/O Mix: Only Sequential Reads - Application To Start: xterm - Disk Target: Default Test Directory OpenBenchmarking.org sec, Fewer Is Better Application Start-up Time 3.4.0 Background I/O Mix: Only Sequential Reads - Application To Start: xterm - Disk Target: Default Test Directory 256GB SAMSUNG MZVPW256HEGL 240GB CT240BX500SSD1 256GB SPCC 240GB KINGSTON SA400S3 240GB PNY CS900 1TB WD Black WD1003FZEX-0 500GB WD Green WD5000AZRX-0 500GB Samsung 860 EVO 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 0.04, N = 3 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 SE +/- 0.09, N = 12 SE +/- 0.00, N = 3 SE +/- 2.94, N = 6 SE +/- 4.45, N = 6 SE +/- 0.01, N = 3 0.38 2.41 1.83 2.41 1.83 81.38 80.60 1.87
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