Sabrent USB 3.2 NVMe adapter testing compared to direct NVMe interface on motherobard. Sabrent Rocket Q 2TB NVMe SSD used for testing. Benchmarks by Michael Larabel.
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Sabrent USB 3.2 NVMe PCIe Key + Sabrent Rocket Q
Sabrent USB 3.2 NVMe adapter testing compared to direct NVMe interface on motherobard. Sabrent Rocket Q 2TB NVMe SSD used for testing. Benchmarks by Michael Larabel.
Sabrent USB 3.2:
Processor: Intel Core i9-10900K @ 5.30GHz (10 Cores / 20 Threads), Motherboard: Gigabyte Z490 AORUS MASTER (F3 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Comet Lake PCH, Memory: 16GB, Disk: 2000GB Sabrent Rocket Q + Samsung SSD 970 EVO 250GB, Graphics: llvmpipe 16GB, Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Network: Intel Device 15f3 + Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX201
OS: Ubuntu 20.04, Kernel: 5.7.4-050704-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.36.2, Display Server: X Server 1.20.8, Display Driver: modesetting 1.20.8, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 20.0.4 (LLVM 9.0.1 256 bits), Compiler: GCC 9.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768
NVMe Direct:
Processor: Intel Core i9-10900K @ 5.30GHz (10 Cores / 20 Threads), Motherboard: Gigabyte Z490 AORUS MASTER (F3 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Comet Lake PCH, Memory: 16GB, Disk: 2000GB Sabrent Rocket Q + Samsung SSD 970 EVO 250GB, Graphics: llvmpipe 16GB, Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Network: Intel Device 15f3 + Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX201
OS: Ubuntu 20.04, Kernel: 5.7.4-050704-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.36.2, Display Server: X Server 1.20.8, Display Driver: modesetting 1.20.8, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 20.0.4 (LLVM 9.0.1 256 bits), Compiler: GCC 9.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768
Facebook RocksDB 6.3.6
Test: Random Fill
Op/s > Higher Is Better
Sabrent USB 3.2 . 979000 |=====================================================
NVMe Direct ..... 980533 |=====================================================
Flexible IO Tester 3.18
Type: Sequential Write - Engine: IO_uring - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 2MB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Sabrent USB 3.2 . 845 |=================================================
NVMe Direct ..... 974 |========================================================
Facebook RocksDB 6.3.6
Test: Random Fill Sync
Op/s > Higher Is Better
Sabrent USB 3.2 . 2799 |======================================================
NVMe Direct ..... 2871 |=======================================================
Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 5.4
Time To Compile
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Sabrent USB 3.2 . 62.95 |======================================================
NVMe Direct ..... 63.49 |======================================================
Facebook RocksDB 6.3.6
Test: Read While Writing
Op/s > Higher Is Better
Sabrent USB 3.2 . 2991618 |==================================================
NVMe Direct ..... 3106306 |====================================================
Facebook RocksDB 6.3.6
Test: Random Read
Op/s > Higher Is Better
Sabrent USB 3.2 . 68418111 |===================================================
NVMe Direct ..... 68185330 |===================================================
SQLite Speedtest 3.30
Timed Time - Size 1,000
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Sabrent USB 3.2 . 46.28 |======================================================
NVMe Direct ..... 45.76 |=====================================================
Flexible IO Tester 3.18
Type: Random Read - Engine: IO_uring - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory
IOPS > Higher Is Better
Sabrent USB 3.2 . 76400 |========================
NVMe Direct ..... 166333 |=====================================================
Flexible IO Tester 3.18
Type: Random Write - Engine: IO_uring - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory
IOPS > Higher Is Better
Sabrent USB 3.2 . 85300 |=========
NVMe Direct ..... 531333 |=====================================================
Flexible IO Tester 3.18
Type: Sequential Read - Engine: IO_uring - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 2MB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Sabrent USB 3.2 . 1006 |==================
NVMe Direct ..... 3066 |=======================================================
LevelDB 1.22
Benchmark: Sequential Fill
Microseconds Per Op < Lower Is Better
Sabrent USB 3.2 . 45.63 |=====================================================
NVMe Direct ..... 46.27 |======================================================
LevelDB 1.22
Benchmark: Sequential Fill
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Sabrent USB 3.2 . 48.5 |=======================================================
NVMe Direct ..... 47.8 |======================================================
LevelDB 1.22
Benchmark: Random Delete
Microseconds Per Op < Lower Is Better
Sabrent USB 3.2 . 45.17 |======================================================
NVMe Direct ..... 45.41 |======================================================
Facebook RocksDB 6.3.6
Test: Sequential Fill
Op/s > Higher Is Better
Sabrent USB 3.2 . 1437392 |===================================================
NVMe Direct ..... 1475340 |====================================================
LevelDB 1.22
Benchmark: Seek Random
Microseconds Per Op < Lower Is Better
Sabrent USB 3.2 . 10.05 |======================================================
NVMe Direct ..... 10.01 |======================================================
LevelDB 1.22
Benchmark: Random Read
Microseconds Per Op < Lower Is Better
Sabrent USB 3.2 . 8.206 |======================================================
NVMe Direct ..... 8.273 |======================================================
LevelDB 1.22
Benchmark: Hot Read
Microseconds Per Op < Lower Is Better
Sabrent USB 3.2 . 8.208 |======================================================
NVMe Direct ..... 8.280 |======================================================
LevelDB 1.22
Benchmark: Fill Sync
Microseconds Per Op < Lower Is Better
Sabrent USB 3.2 . 6504.88 |====================================================
NVMe Direct ..... 6538.47 |====================================================
LevelDB 1.22
Benchmark: Fill Sync
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Sabrent USB 3.2 . 0.3 |========================================================
NVMe Direct ..... 0.3 |========================================================
LevelDB 1.22
Benchmark: Overwrite
Microseconds Per Op < Lower Is Better
Sabrent USB 3.2 . 47.82 |======================================================
NVMe Direct ..... 48.00 |======================================================
LevelDB 1.22
Benchmark: Overwrite
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Sabrent USB 3.2 . 46.2 |=======================================================
NVMe Direct ..... 46.1 |=======================================================
LevelDB 1.22
Benchmark: Random Fill
Microseconds Per Op < Lower Is Better
Sabrent USB 3.2 . 47.86 |======================================================
NVMe Direct ..... 48.08 |======================================================
LevelDB 1.22
Benchmark: Random Fill
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Sabrent USB 3.2 . 46.2 |=======================================================
NVMe Direct ..... 46.0 |=======================================================
Drive Temperature Monitor
Phoronix Test Suite System Monitoring
Celsius
Sabrent USB 3.2 . MIN: 34.9 AVG: 41.2 MAX: 54.9
NVMe Direct ..... MIN: 26.9 AVG: 42.6 MAX: 62.9