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 Samsung 970 EVO Plus 500GB 3900xOC: Processor: AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 12-Core @ 3.80GHz (12 Cores / 24 Threads), Motherboard: MSI MPG X570 GAMING EDGE WIFI (MS-7C37) v1.0 (1.00 BIOS), Chipset: AMD Device 1480, Memory: 32768MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 970 EVO Plus 500GB, Graphics: Gigabyte AMD Radeon RX 470/480/570/570X/580/580X 4GB (1340/1750MHz), Audio: AMD Ellesmere, Monitor: DELL U3011, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 + Intel Dual Band-AC 3168NGW OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 4.18.0-25-generic (x86_64), Desktop: MATE 1.20.1, Display Server: X Server 1.20.4, Display Driver: modesetting 1.20.4, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 18.3.0-rc4 (LLVM 7.1.0), Compiler: GCC 7.4.0 + Clang 6.0.0-1ubuntu2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 4480x1600 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 |===== Samsung 970 EVO Plus 500GB 3900xOC . 0.36 |======= 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 |==== Samsung 970 EVO Plus 500GB 3900xOC . 1.36 |====== 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 |===== Samsung 970 EVO Plus 500GB 3900xOC . 1.10 |====== 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 |== Samsung 970 EVO Plus 500GB 3900xOC . 2.94 |== 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 |== Samsung 970 EVO Plus 500GB 3900xOC . 2.18 |== 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 |============================== Samsung 970 EVO Plus 500GB 3900xOC . 33.21 |======================= 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 |==================================== Samsung 970 EVO Plus 500GB 3900xOC . 3397 |==================================== 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 |========================= Samsung 970 EVO Plus 500GB 3900xOC . 694 |======================= 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 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 |======================== Samsung 970 EVO Plus 500GB 3900xOC . 177667 |====================== 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 |======================== Samsung 970 EVO Plus 500GB 3900xOC . 3097.00 |================================= 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 |============================= Samsung 970 EVO Plus 500GB 3900xOC . 1135.00 |================================= 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 Intel 600p 512GB ................... 213333 |========================= Intel DC P3600 800GB ............... 156364 |================== Intel Optane 900p 280GB ............ 113000 |============= Samsung 850 PRO 256GB .............. 14850 |== Samsung 970 EVO 250GB .............. 249333 |============================= Samsung 970 EVO 500GB .............. 249667 |============================= Samsung 970 EVO Plus 500GB ......... 242667 |============================ Samsung 970 PRO 512GB .............. 252000 |============================== Samsung 970 EVO Plus 500GB 3900xOC . 290333 |================================== 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 |===================== Samsung 970 EVO Plus 500GB 3900xOC . 906 |============== 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 |========================== Samsung 970 EVO Plus 500GB 3900xOC . 3132 |==================================== 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 |========== Samsung 970 EVO Plus 500GB 3900xOC . 264.50 |============== 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 |========= Samsung 970 EVO Plus 500GB 3900xOC . 266.00 |============= 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 |=================================== Samsung 970 EVO Plus 500GB 3900xOC . 24659 |================ 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 |================================= Samsung 970 EVO Plus 500GB 3900xOC . 931.42 |==================== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Compile MB/s > Higher Is Better Intel 600p 512GB ................... 1474 |======================= Intel DC P3600 800GB ............... 1895 |============================= Intel Optane 900p 280GB ............ 2041 |=============================== Samsung 850 PRO 256GB .............. 1327 |==================== Samsung 970 EVO 250GB .............. 1688 |========================== Samsung 970 EVO 500GB .............. 1937 |============================== Samsung 970 EVO Plus 500GB ......... 2056 |================================ Samsung 970 PRO 512GB .............. 2037 |=============================== Samsung 970 EVO Plus 500GB 3900xOC . 2338 |==================================== PostgreSQL pgbench 10.3 Scaling: Mostly RAM - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Write TPS > Higher Is Better Intel 600p 512GB ................... 968 |== Intel DC P3600 800GB ............... 19678 |=================================== Intel Optane 900p 280GB ............ 19247 |================================== Samsung 850 PRO 256GB .............. 1292 |== Samsung 970 EVO 250GB .............. 4000 |======= Samsung 970 EVO 500GB .............. 4959 |========= Samsung 970 EVO Plus 500GB ......... 6513 |============ Samsung 970 PRO 512GB .............. 7595 |============== Samsung 970 EVO Plus 500GB 3900xOC . 7012 |============ 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 |========================== 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 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 |=================== 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 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 |====================