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256GB SAMSUNG MZVPW256HEGL
May 31 2019
  2 Hours, 34 Minutes
240GB CT240BX500SSD1
May 31 2019
  3 Hours, 14 Minutes
256GB SPCC
May 31 2019
  1 Hour, 13 Minutes
240GB KINGSTON SA400S3
June 01 2019
  3 Hours, 15 Minutes
240GB PNY CS900
June 01 2019
  1 Hour, 9 Minutes
1TB WD Black WD1003FZEX-0
June 01 2019
  3 Hours, 45 Minutes
500GB WD Green WD5000AZRX-0
June 02 2019
  3 Hours, 35 Minutes
500GB Samsung 860 EVO
June 02 2019
  1 Hour, 38 Minutes
250GB Samsung 970 EVO Plus
June 02 2019
  2 Hours, 30 Minutes
BX500
February 20 2020
 
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Cheap SSD Linux Benchmarks vs. Other HDDs / SSDs Tests for a future article. 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 1TB WD Black WD1003FZEX-0: 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 + 1000GB Western Digital WD1003FZEX-0, 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 500GB WD Green WD5000AZRX-0: 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 + 500GB Western Digital WD5000AZRX-0, 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 500GB Samsung 860 EVO: 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 + 500GB Samsung SSD 860, 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 250GB Samsung 970 EVO Plus: 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: Samsung SSD 970 EVO Plus 250GB, 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 BX500: Processor: Intel Core i5-3570 @ 3.80GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: HP 339A, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 240GB CT240BX500SSD1, Graphics: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd Gen Core, Audio: Realtek ALC221, Monitor: DELL 1905FP, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection OS: LinuxMint 19.2, Kernel: 4.15.0-88-generic (x86_64), Desktop: MATE 1.22.0, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.6, OpenGL: 4.2 Mesa 19.2.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1280x1024 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 |= 1TB WD Black WD1003FZEX-0 ... 81.38 |========================================== 500GB WD Green WD5000AZRX-0 . 80.60 |========================================== 500GB Samsung 860 EVO ....... 1.87 |= 250GB Samsung 970 EVO Plus .. 0.52 | 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 |= 1TB WD Black WD1003FZEX-0 ... 26.03 |========================== 500GB WD Green WD5000AZRX-0 . 41.98 |========================================== 500GB Samsung 860 EVO ....... 1.37 |= 250GB Samsung 970 EVO Plus .. 0.92 |= 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 |================================ 500GB Samsung 860 EVO ...... 7.95 |=============================== 250GB Samsung 970 EVO Plus . 2.02 |======== 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 |============================== 500GB Samsung 860 EVO ...... 5.94 |============================== 250GB Samsung 970 EVO Plus . 1.69 |========= 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 |== 1TB WD Black WD1003FZEX-0 .. 106.15 |========================================== 500GB Samsung 860 EVO ...... 5.88 |== 250GB Samsung 970 EVO Plus . 3.52 |= 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 |= 1TB WD Black WD1003FZEX-0 .. 111.60 |========================================== 500GB Samsung 860 EVO ...... 4.31 |== 250GB Samsung 970 EVO Plus . 2.56 |= Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Compile MB/s > Higher Is Better 256GB SAMSUNG MZVPW256HEGL .. 831.00 |================================= 240GB CT240BX500SSD1 ........ 715.00 |============================ 256GB SPCC .................. 988.00 |======================================= 240GB KINGSTON SA400S3 ...... 836.00 |================================= 240GB PNY CS900 ............. 1019.00 |======================================== 1TB WD Black WD1003FZEX-0 ... 758.00 |============================== 500GB WD Green WD5000AZRX-0 . 736.00 |============================= 500GB Samsung 860 EVO ....... 879.00 |=================================== 250GB Samsung 970 EVO Plus .. 851.00 |================================= BX500 ....................... 273.65 |=========== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Initial Create MB/s > Higher Is Better 256GB SAMSUNG MZVPW256HEGL .. 481.00 |====================================== 240GB CT240BX500SSD1 ........ 452.00 |==================================== 256GB SPCC .................. 514.00 |======================================== 240GB KINGSTON SA400S3 ...... 500.00 |======================================= 240GB PNY CS900 ............. 521.00 |========================================= 1TB WD Black WD1003FZEX-0 ... 471.00 |===================================== 500GB WD Green WD5000AZRX-0 . 485.00 |====================================== 500GB Samsung 860 EVO ....... 513.00 |======================================== 250GB Samsung 970 EVO Plus .. 486.00 |====================================== BX500 ....................... 263.29 |===================== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Read Compiled Tree MB/s > Higher Is Better 256GB SAMSUNG MZVPW256HEGL .. 1141.00 |=================================== 240GB CT240BX500SSD1 ........ 1016.00 |=============================== 256GB SPCC .................. 1037.00 |================================ 240GB KINGSTON SA400S3 ...... 959.00 |============================== 240GB PNY CS900 ............. 1001.00 |=============================== 1TB WD Black WD1003FZEX-0 ... 941.00 |============================= 500GB WD Green WD5000AZRX-0 . 1006.00 |=============================== 500GB Samsung 860 EVO ....... 1025.00 |================================ 250GB Samsung 970 EVO Plus .. 1294.00 |======================================== BX500 ....................... 732.93 |======================= 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 .. 2919.00 |=================================== 240GB CT240BX500SSD1 ........ 518.00 |====== 256GB SPCC .................. 524.00 |====== 240GB KINGSTON SA400S3 ...... 501.00 |====== 240GB PNY CS900 ............. 541.00 |======= 1TB WD Black WD1003FZEX-0 ... 82.27 |= 500GB WD Green WD5000AZRX-0 . 92.97 |= 500GB Samsung 860 EVO ....... 544.00 |======= 250GB Samsung 970 EVO Plus .. 3306.00 |======================================== 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 .. 1469.00 |========================== 240GB CT240BX500SSD1 ........ 453.00 |======== 256GB SPCC .................. 479.00 |======== 240GB KINGSTON SA400S3 ...... 478.00 |======== 240GB PNY CS900 ............. 495.00 |========= 1TB WD Black WD1003FZEX-0 ... 82.07 |= 500GB WD Green WD5000AZRX-0 . 91.27 |== 500GB Samsung 860 EVO ....... 510.00 |========= 250GB Samsung 970 EVO Plus .. 2295.00 |======================================== 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 .. 3013.00 |======================================= 240GB CT240BX500SSD1 ........ 539.00 |======= 256GB SPCC .................. 531.00 |======= 240GB KINGSTON SA400S3 ...... 501.00 |======= 240GB PNY CS900 ............. 541.00 |======= 1TB WD Black WD1003FZEX-0 ... 98.13 |= 500GB WD Green WD5000AZRX-0 . 111.00 |= 500GB Samsung 860 EVO ....... 544.00 |======= 250GB Samsung 970 EVO Plus .. 3069.00 |======================================== 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 .. 1470.00 |========================== 240GB CT240BX500SSD1 ........ 481.00 |======== 256GB SPCC .................. 483.00 |======== 240GB KINGSTON SA400S3 ...... 476.00 |======== 240GB PNY CS900 ............. 497.00 |========= 1TB WD Black WD1003FZEX-0 ... 93.17 |== 500GB WD Green WD5000AZRX-0 . 107.00 |== 500GB Samsung 860 EVO ....... 510.00 |========= 250GB Samsung 970 EVO Plus .. 2296.00 |======================================== 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 |================================== 1TB WD Black WD1003FZEX-0 ... 10.50 |=== 500GB WD Green WD5000AZRX-0 . 20.80 |===== 500GB Samsung 860 EVO ....... 145.33 |==================================== 250GB Samsung 970 EVO Plus .. 165.00 |========================================= BX500 ....................... 119.37 |============================== 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 |========================================= 1TB WD Black WD1003FZEX-0 ... 47.82 |======= 500GB WD Green WD5000AZRX-0 . 42.40 |====== 500GB Samsung 860 EVO ....... 172.43 |======================== 250GB Samsung 970 EVO Plus .. 190.73 |=========================== BX500 ....................... 93.98 |============= 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 |======================================= 1TB WD Black WD1003FZEX-0 ... 20.53 |====== 500GB WD Green WD5000AZRX-0 . 18.60 |===== 500GB Samsung 860 EVO ....... 79.20 |======================= 250GB Samsung 970 EVO Plus .. 66.13 |=================== BX500 ....................... 77.88 |======================= PostgreSQL pgbench 10.3 Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Write TPS > Higher Is Better 256GB SAMSUNG MZVPW256HEGL .. 1608.00 |============= 240GB CT240BX500SSD1 ........ 4668.00 |====================================== 256GB SPCC .................. 3496.00 |============================= 240GB KINGSTON SA400S3 ...... 2596.00 |===================== 240GB PNY CS900 ............. 4071.00 |================================= 1TB WD Black WD1003FZEX-0 ... 321.00 |=== 500GB WD Green WD5000AZRX-0 . 295.00 |== 500GB Samsung 860 EVO ....... 2151.00 |================== 250GB Samsung 970 EVO Plus .. 3793.00 |=============================== BX500 ....................... 4901.42 |======================================== 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 |=== 1TB WD Black WD1003FZEX-0 ... 308.43 |========================= 500GB WD Green WD5000AZRX-0 . 507.06 |========================================= 500GB Samsung 860 EVO ....... 33.00 |=== 250GB Samsung 970 EVO Plus .. 39.16 |=== BX500 ....................... 23.18 |==