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 JNJT Evo 970 Plus 500GB Linux Mint 20: Processor: Intel Core i7-6700T @ 3.60GHz (4 Cores / 8 Threads), Motherboard: HP 8169 (N22 Ver. 02.20 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v5/E3-1500, Memory: 1 x 8192 MB DDR4-2133MT/s HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF, Disk: Samsung SSD 970 EVO Plus 500GB + 1000GB Western Digital WD10JPVX-00J, Graphics: Intel HD 530 3GB (1100MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC221, Monitor: SMBX2231, Network: Intel I219-LM OS: Linuxmint 20, Kernel: 5.4.0-58-generic (x86_64), Display Server: X Server 1.20.8, Display Driver: modesetting 1.20.8, OpenGL: 4.6 Mesa 20.0.8, Vulkan: 1.2.131, Compiler: GCC 9.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 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 ...................... 0.730000 |=========== Intel DC P3600 800GB .................. 0.350000 |===== Intel Optane 900p 280GB ............... 0.530000 |======== Samsung 850 PRO 256GB ................. 1.890000 |============================= Samsung 970 EVO 250GB ................. 0.930000 |============== Samsung 970 EVO 500GB ................. 0.610000 |========= Samsung 970 EVO Plus 500GB ............ 0.360000 |====== Samsung 970 PRO 512GB ................. 0.250000 |==== JNJT Evo 970 Plus 500GB Linux Mint 20 . 0.399444 |====== 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 ...................... 3.16000 |=========== Intel DC P3600 800GB .................. 1.35000 |===== Intel Optane 900p 280GB ............... 2.07000 |======== Samsung 850 PRO 256GB ................. 8.28000 |============================== Samsung 970 EVO 250GB ................. 4.62000 |================= Samsung 970 EVO 500GB ................. 2.36000 |========= Samsung 970 EVO Plus 500GB ............ 1.50000 |===== Samsung 970 PRO 512GB ................. 0.98000 |==== JNJT Evo 970 Plus 500GB Linux Mint 20 . 1.51111 |===== 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 ...................... 2.33000 |=========== Intel DC P3600 800GB .................. 1.16000 |====== Intel Optane 900p 280GB ............... 1.40000 |======= Samsung 850 PRO 256GB ................. 6.17000 |============================== Samsung 970 EVO 250GB ................. 4.04000 |==================== Samsung 970 EVO 500GB ................. 1.99000 |========== Samsung 970 EVO Plus 500GB ............ 1.23000 |====== Samsung 970 PRO 512GB ................. 0.86000 |==== JNJT Evo 970 Plus 500GB Linux Mint 20 . 1.19334 |====== 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 ...................... 2.51000 |= Intel DC P3600 800GB .................. 2.83000 |= Intel Optane 900p 280GB ............... 3.62000 |== Samsung 850 PRO 256GB ................. 55.14000 |============================= Samsung 970 EVO 250GB ................. 3.88000 |== Samsung 970 EVO 500GB ................. 3.22000 |== Samsung 970 EVO Plus 500GB ............ 2.83000 |= Samsung 970 PRO 512GB ................. 3.22000 |== JNJT Evo 970 Plus 500GB Linux Mint 20 . 4.22394 |== 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 ...................... 2.03000 |= Intel DC P3600 800GB .................. 2.60000 |== Intel Optane 900p 280GB ............... 2.08000 |== Samsung 850 PRO 256GB ................. 39.81000 |============================= Samsung 970 EVO 250GB ................. 3.13000 |== Samsung 970 EVO 500GB ................. 3.03000 |== Samsung 970 EVO Plus 500GB ............ 2.16000 |== Samsung 970 PRO 512GB ................. 2.35000 |== JNJT Evo 970 Plus 500GB Linux Mint 20 . 3.05417 |== SQLite 3.22 Timed SQLite Insertions Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel 600p 512GB ...................... 14.570 |========= Intel DC P3600 800GB .................. 2.360 |= Intel Optane 900p 280GB ............... 2.350 |= Samsung 850 PRO 256GB ................. 50.600 |=============================== Samsung 970 EVO 250GB ................. 37.090 |======================= Samsung 970 EVO 500GB ................. 36.150 |====================== Samsung 970 EVO Plus 500GB ............ 33.590 |===================== Samsung 970 PRO 512GB ................. 43.840 |=========================== JNJT Evo 970 Plus 500GB Linux Mint 20 . 37.619 |======================= 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 |============================================ 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 |=============================== 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 |============================= 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 |============================= 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 |========================================== 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 |========================================== 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 |========================== 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 |=============================== 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 |========= JNJT Evo 970 Plus 500GB Linux Mint 20 . 235.80 |=========== 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 |========= JNJT Evo 970 Plus 500GB Linux Mint 20 . 236.20 |========== 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 |================================ JNJT Evo 970 Plus 500GB Linux Mint 20 . 38313 |======================= 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 |============================== JNJT Evo 970 Plus 500GB Linux Mint 20 . 954.23 |=================== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Compile MB/s > Higher Is Better Intel 600p 512GB ...................... 1474.00 |====================== Intel DC P3600 800GB .................. 1895.00 |============================ Intel Optane 900p 280GB ............... 2041.00 |============================== Samsung 850 PRO 256GB ................. 1327.00 |=================== Samsung 970 EVO 250GB ................. 1688.00 |========================= Samsung 970 EVO 500GB ................. 1937.00 |============================ Samsung 970 EVO Plus 500GB ............ 2056.00 |============================== Samsung 970 PRO 512GB ................. 2037.00 |============================== JNJT Evo 970 Plus 500GB Linux Mint 20 . 1248.56 |================== PostgreSQL pgbench 10.3 Scaling: Mostly RAM - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Write TPS > Higher Is Better Intel 600p 512GB ...................... 968.00 |= Intel DC P3600 800GB .................. 19678.00 |============================= Intel Optane 900p 280GB ............... 19247.00 |============================ Samsung 850 PRO 256GB ................. 1292.00 |== Samsung 970 EVO 250GB ................. 4000.00 |====== Samsung 970 EVO 500GB ................. 4959.00 |======= Samsung 970 EVO Plus 500GB ............ 6513.00 |========== Samsung 970 PRO 512GB ................. 7595.00 |=========== JNJT Evo 970 Plus 500GB Linux Mint 20 . 3182.71 |===== 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 |====================