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Cheap SSD Linux Benchmarks vs. Other HDDs / SSDs, "FS-Mark 3.3 - Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size", Higher Results Are Better "256GB SAMSUNG MZVPW256HEGL",83.2,84.7,85 "240GB CT240BX500SSD1",119.4,162.8,152.6,156.6,153.2,154.4,91.3,93.7,67.4,93.4,93.9,94.3 "256GB SPCC",132.3,140.9,139.2,142.4,144.4,141.5 "240GB KINGSTON SA400S3",89.5,91.2,91.3 "240GB PNY CS900",133.2,134.9,136.4 "1TB WD Black WD1003FZEX-0",10.3,10.6,10.6 "500GB WD Green WD5000AZRX-0",21,20.7,20.7 "500GB Samsung 860 EVO",143.9,146.1,146 "250GB Samsung 970 EVO Plus",162.6,168.8,163.6 "EXT4 2 Kingston RAID1",87.7,87,87.7 "FS-Mark 3.3 - Test: 5000 Files, 1MB Size, 4 Threads", Higher Results Are Better "256GB SAMSUNG MZVPW256HEGL",208,219.6,168,156.8,159.6,160,159.6,157.6,154.4,150.4,141.2,128.8 "240GB CT240BX500SSD1",72.4,67.6,69.6,64.4,63.6,64.4 "256GB SPCC",291.2,292.8,291.6 "240GB KINGSTON SA400S3",212.4,216,214.8 "240GB PNY CS900",295.6,294.8,293.6 "1TB WD Black WD1003FZEX-0",40.4,49.2,48.8,48.4,49.6,50,49.2,50.8,44 "500GB WD Green WD5000AZRX-0",43.6,42,41.6 "500GB Samsung 860 EVO",244,166.4,166,166.4,166,166,166,165.6,166.8,168.8,168,168.8,169.2,169.2,169.2 "250GB Samsung 970 EVO Plus",345.2,208,206.8,208.8,215.6,216,216.8,215.2,213.2,60.4,82.3,100.4 "EXT4 2 Kingston RAID1", "FS-Mark 3.3 - Test: 4000 Files, 32 Sub Dirs, 1MB Size", Higher Results Are Better "256GB SAMSUNG MZVPW256HEGL",67.7,67.8,67.4 "240GB CT240BX500SSD1",66.4,61.8,67.6,67.6,63.1,63.1,54.3,58.9,57.7,58,63.1,58.4,54.2 "256GB SPCC",139.4,140.7,140.5 "240GB KINGSTON SA400S3",100.7,99.9,104.1 "240GB PNY CS900",134.5,135.9,134.8 "1TB WD Black WD1003FZEX-0",20.5,20.6,20.5 "500GB WD Green WD5000AZRX-0",18.7,18.6,18.5 "500GB Samsung 860 EVO",79.2,79.2,79.2 "250GB Samsung 970 EVO Plus",67.3,65.6,65.5 "EXT4 2 Kingston RAID1",88.9,88.9,89 "Flexible IO Tester 3.1 - Type: Random Read - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 2MB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory", Higher Results Are Better "256GB SAMSUNG MZVPW256HEGL",2975,2903,2879 "240GB CT240BX500SSD1",516,519,519 "256GB SPCC",523,524,524 "240GB KINGSTON SA400S3", "240GB PNY CS900",540,542,542 "1TB WD Black WD1003FZEX-0",81.3,81.6,83.9 "500GB WD Green WD5000AZRX-0",92.5,93.2,93.2 "500GB Samsung 860 EVO", "250GB Samsung 970 EVO Plus",3310,3312,3296 "EXT4 2 Kingston RAID1",1068,1068,1066 "Flexible IO Tester 3.1 - Type: Random Write - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 2MB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory", Higher Results Are Better "256GB SAMSUNG MZVPW256HEGL",1470,1468,1469 "240GB CT240BX500SSD1",454,453,452 "256GB SPCC",477,481,480 "240GB KINGSTON SA400S3",480,477,477 "240GB PNY CS900", "1TB WD Black WD1003FZEX-0",81.4,82.7,82.1 "500GB WD Green WD5000AZRX-0",91.2,91.8,90.8 "500GB Samsung 860 EVO", "250GB Samsung 970 EVO Plus", "EXT4 2 Kingston RAID1",484,482,482 "Flexible IO Tester 3.1 - Type: Sequential Read - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 2MB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory", Higher Results Are Better "256GB SAMSUNG MZVPW256HEGL",3064,3047,2840,3045,3044,3040 "240GB CT240BX500SSD1",536,541,541 "256GB SPCC",540,539,498,497,539,539,497,539,539,539,539,539,539,539,540 "240GB KINGSTON SA400S3",495,495,539,495,460,515,533,530,526,520,507,493,475,475,462 "240GB PNY CS900", "1TB WD Black WD1003FZEX-0",96.6,98.6,99.2 "500GB WD Green WD5000AZRX-0", "500GB Samsung 860 EVO",543,544,544 "250GB Samsung 970 EVO Plus",3068,3068,3070 "EXT4 2 Kingston RAID1",1066,1057,1058 "Flexible IO Tester 3.1 - Type: Sequential Write - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 2MB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory", Higher Results Are Better "256GB SAMSUNG MZVPW256HEGL", "240GB CT240BX500SSD1",471,476,496 "256GB SPCC", "240GB KINGSTON SA400S3",477,475,477 "240GB PNY CS900", "1TB WD Black WD1003FZEX-0",93.2,92.9,93.4 "500GB WD Green WD5000AZRX-0", "500GB Samsung 860 EVO",511,510,510 "250GB Samsung 970 EVO Plus",2298,2295,2295 "EXT4 2 Kingston RAID1", "Compile Bench 0.6 - Test: Compile", Higher Results Are Better "256GB SAMSUNG MZVPW256HEGL",817.14,844.81,830.33 "240GB CT240BX500SSD1",711.25,716.28,717.32 "256GB SPCC",1005.06,997.62,961.85 "240GB KINGSTON SA400S3",805.81,813.61,868.03,849.93,844.17,835.4 "240GB PNY CS900",1025.92,1018.72,1013.42 "1TB WD Black WD1003FZEX-0",765.41,743.98,764.03 "500GB WD Green WD5000AZRX-0",745.3,734.65,727.51 "500GB Samsung 860 EVO",858.35,883.3,895.21 "250GB Samsung 970 EVO Plus",884.05,913.32,855.31,830.21,798.29,874.08,849.26,809.57,876.97,850.45,788.15,861.92,881.6,840.47,846.69 "EXT4 2 Kingston RAID1",2266.52,2278.04,2293.49 "Compile Bench 0.6 - Test: Initial Create", Higher Results Are Better "256GB SAMSUNG MZVPW256HEGL",448.56,503.36,492.4 "240GB CT240BX500SSD1",455.62,435.72,465.21 "256GB SPCC",506.91,517.43,518.49 "240GB KINGSTON SA400S3",486.71,497.39,516.48 "240GB PNY CS900",517.43,518.44,527.18 "1TB WD Black WD1003FZEX-0",480.4,458.06,473.04 "500GB WD Green WD5000AZRX-0",529.58,468.89,455.73 "500GB Samsung 860 EVO",500.03,525.94,512.61 "250GB Samsung 970 EVO Plus",461.89,513.37,482.3 "EXT4 2 Kingston RAID1",568.84,565.91,574.77 "Compile Bench 0.6 - Test: Read Compiled Tree", Higher Results Are Better "256GB SAMSUNG MZVPW256HEGL",1150.2,1185.16,1088.78 "240GB CT240BX500SSD1",993.59,1024.49,1029.42 "256GB SPCC",1092.07,995.53,1022.16 "240GB KINGSTON SA400S3",940.41,970.25,966.32 "240GB PNY CS900",988.7,1024.15,990.99 "1TB WD Black WD1003FZEX-0",912.09,997.71,912.18 "500GB WD Green WD5000AZRX-0",994.91,1027.33,994.78 "500GB Samsung 860 EVO",987.56,1041.77,1044.86 "250GB Samsung 970 EVO Plus",1294.41,1286.77,1300.72 "EXT4 2 Kingston RAID1",1037.14,1036.73,1068.64 "PostgreSQL pgbench 10.3 - Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Write", Higher Results Are Better "256GB SAMSUNG MZVPW256HEGL",1604.233095,1648.966261,1570.240429 "240GB CT240BX500SSD1",3041.528614,3810.807835,4251.032527,4693.8059,5016.056229,4983.134398,5160.616449,5465.313435,4705.250793,4935.101595,4826.042439,4980.55807,4934.18349,4669.265286,4545.801132 "256GB SPCC",3556.421434,3453.321995,3479.432168 "240GB KINGSTON SA400S3",2389.123667,2620.296781,2605.788039,2642.473739,2616.561062,2713.613919,2584.732579,2635.797596,2641.292308,2619.215433,2558.946562,2545.772165,2579.973299 "240GB PNY CS900",4015.965167,4086.357906,4111.538989 "1TB WD Black WD1003FZEX-0",315.332077,321.049061,334.606195,314.06243 "500GB WD Green WD5000AZRX-0",288.421901,303.897174,283.566821,294.819738,302.483 "500GB Samsung 860 EVO",2085.417523,2239.241834,2126.918627,2111.85237,2239.950383,2135.254327,2116.866025 "250GB Samsung 970 EVO Plus",2710.950815,3333.629956,3815.392101,3934.374531,4065.422687,3915.441156,3835.942391,3889.204712,3872.357169,4021.341497,3820.853801,3816.71842,3882.718982,3900.935491,4075.874227 "EXT4 2 Kingston RAID1",6997.996404,7132.524421,6857.130058 "Application Start-up Time 3.4.0 - Background I/O Mix: Only Sequential Reads - Application To Start: xterm - Disk Target: Default Test Directory", Lower Results Are Better "256GB SAMSUNG MZVPW256HEGL",0.385333,0.388,0.380667 "240GB CT240BX500SSD1",2.469,2.347,2.41533 "256GB SPCC",1.84033,1.84667,1.815 "240GB KINGSTON SA400S3",3.119,2.478,2.50067,2.36833,2.05367,2.05467,2.08467,2.52033,2.616,2.16767,2.49267,2.50933 "240GB PNY CS900",1.834,1.832,1.82367 "1TB WD Black WD1003FZEX-0",84.963,79.927,81.3873,91.599,69.572,80.851 "500GB WD Green WD5000AZRX-0",92.7847,85.813,89.7903,79.2913,65.423,70.4833 "500GB Samsung 860 EVO",1.86633,1.87667,1.85767 "250GB Samsung 970 EVO Plus",0.421333,0.520333,0.539667,0.532667,0.530667,0.525667,0.522667,0.542333,0.529333,0.529333,0.531,0.53 "EXT4 2 Kingston RAID1",2.898,3.11733,3.415,3.03267,3.198,3.19133,3.33767,3.18733,3.369,3.39133,3.04567,2.90633 "Application Start-up Time 3.4.0 - Background I/O Mix: Sequential Reads + Writes - Application To Start: xterm - Disk Target: Default Test Directory", Lower Results Are Better "256GB SAMSUNG MZVPW256HEGL",1.03433,1.08567,1.13167,1.27667,1.06333,1.002,1.08933,1.01967,1.181 "240GB CT240BX500SSD1",1.98533,6.26167,1.715,1.71967,3.28333,1.725,2.79433,1.73133,1.72633,2.95833,1.707,2.98267 "256GB SPCC",0.989667,1.01,1.01333 "240GB KINGSTON SA400S3",1.22233,1.43067,1.37333,1.22033,1.33933,1.314,1.37033,1.379,1.373,1.376,1.349,1.306 "240GB PNY CS900",1.00367,1.017,1.01533 "1TB WD Black WD1003FZEX-0",26.3567,25.182,26.5367 "500GB WD Green WD5000AZRX-0",45.743,39.071,42.412,42.8307,41.218,39.86,38.773,43.2467,42.4757,43.067,44.52,40.5193 "500GB Samsung 860 EVO",1.333,1.361,1.41233 "250GB Samsung 970 EVO Plus",0.927333,0.936667,0.888667 "EXT4 2 Kingston RAID1",2.803,2.693,3.19633,3.245,2.63367,2.71667,3.14633,3.13367,3.258,3.61433,3.20667,3.64733 "Application Start-up Time 3.4.0 - Background I/O Mix: Only Sequential Reads - Application To Start: GNOME Terminal - Disk Target: Default Test Directory", Lower Results Are Better "256GB SAMSUNG MZVPW256HEGL",1.797,1.50367,1.54667,1.43033,1.46367,1.541,1.51233,1.49933,1.671,1.62033,1.55,1.60567 "240GB CT240BX500SSD1",11.1067,11.1063,11.3317 "256GB SPCC",7.86633,7.903,7.95733 "240GB KINGSTON SA400S3",9.391,8.55633,8.44267,9.095,8.683,8.595,8.522,8.959,8.542,8.63167,8.63033,8.71467 "240GB PNY CS900",8.46933,7.96367,8.328,8.39367 "500GB Samsung 860 EVO",7.96433,7.841,8.03633 "250GB Samsung 970 EVO Plus",1.97067,2.05833,2.02667 "EXT4 2 Kingston RAID1",7.36933,7.19967,7.56667 "Application Start-up Time 3.4.0 - Background I/O Mix: Only Sequential Reads - Application To Start: LibreOffice Writer - Disk Target: Default Test Directory", Lower Results Are Better "256GB SAMSUNG MZVPW256HEGL",1.14467,1.199,1.14067 "240GB CT240BX500SSD1",8.55967,8.48267,8.79867 "256GB SPCC",5.889,5.86667,5.88067 "240GB KINGSTON SA400S3",7.4,7.316,7.31133 "240GB PNY CS900",5.995,5.917,5.898 "500GB Samsung 860 EVO",5.93967,5.98767,5.90167 "250GB Samsung 970 EVO Plus",1.67533,1.70033,1.70233 "EXT4 2 Kingston RAID1",5.27633,5.18267,4.87767,5.53,5.45133,5.64,4.86233,5.60567,5.539,5.184,5.23533,5.07567 "Application Start-up Time 3.4.0 - Background I/O Mix: Sequential Reads + Writes - Application To Start: GNOME Terminal - Disk Target: Default Test Directory", Lower Results Are Better "256GB SAMSUNG MZVPW256HEGL",4.27933,4.63133,4.41367,4.40767,4.17567,4.27467,4.47567,4.068,4.214,4.39,4.225,4.232 "240GB CT240BX500SSD1",9.053,9.92567,8.73567,9.98867,8.023,10.0713,8.38033,8.592,9.92633,8.73233,9.21,8.734 "256GB SPCC",4.14633,4.11633,4.18467 "240GB KINGSTON SA400S3",5.325,5.712,5.91333,5.29933,5.96667,5.953,5.87967,5.69833,5.89233,5.90967,5.50633,4.83467 "240GB PNY CS900",4.15367,4.13533,4.169 "1TB WD Black WD1003FZEX-0",105.231,103.869,109.356 "500GB Samsung 860 EVO",5.90133,5.87833,5.85133 "250GB Samsung 970 EVO Plus",3.31367,3.535,3.629,3.51467,3.52867,3.6,3.527 "EXT4 2 Kingston RAID1",6.40933,6.27133,5.883,5.78467,6.67033,6.207,5.846,6.05033,6.2,6.25,6.09567,6.71267 "Application Start-up Time 3.4.0 - Background I/O Mix: Sequential Reads + Writes - Application To Start: LibreOffice Writer - Disk Target: Default Test Directory", Lower Results Are Better "256GB SAMSUNG MZVPW256HEGL",3.305,3.329,3.31633 "240GB CT240BX500SSD1",6.93833,7.007,6.53967,5.81567,6.947,5.90133,8.20133,6.95767,7.15167 "256GB SPCC",3.09367,3.06867,3.032 "240GB KINGSTON SA400S3",4.44,4.35767,4.47333 "240GB PNY CS900",3.03833,3.069,3.08167 "1TB WD Black WD1003FZEX-0",113.316,109.88 "500GB Samsung 860 EVO",4.23867,4.355,4.35 "250GB Samsung 970 EVO Plus",2.54933,2.59367,2.52867 "EXT4 2 Kingston RAID1",4.507,3.85667,3.31933,4.477,4.40567,4.11133,4.043,4.22633,3.73633,4.159,3.61533,3.58967 "SQLite 3.22 - Timed SQLite Insertions", Lower Results Are Better "256GB SAMSUNG MZVPW256HEGL",119.79561185837,119.53721499443,119.85120391846 "240GB CT240BX500SSD1",20.796991825104,19.513654947281,20.131118059158,19.909802913666 "256GB SPCC",39.506364107132,39.319351911545,39.114470005035 "240GB KINGSTON SA400S3",54.821926116943,43.01308298111,45.214248895645,54.625677108765,40.967805862427,43.853339910507,45.734714031219,45.263965129852,43.644699811935,46.52174115181,52.63174200058,45.900717973709,41.411149024963,43.750128030777,46.131586074829 "240GB PNY CS900",43.269120931625,43.364344120026,43.121366024017 "1TB WD Black WD1003FZEX-0",362.17899107933,281.88924789429,282.83572292328,282.21080899239,363.54724383354,280.74292802811,281.2971599102,358.48139119148,282.65640592575 "500GB WD Green WD5000AZRX-0",641.15211200714,488.08155107498,474.73189115524,542.71524405479,516.99366402626,485.66459393501,477.31128907204,468.74959802628,468.10315203667 "500GB Samsung 860 EVO",32.968331813812,33.035078048706,32.997179985046 "250GB Samsung 970 EVO Plus",39.177237987518,39.169395923615,39.130542993546 "EXT4 2 Kingston RAID1",73.230806827545,73.251399993896,73.104917049408