Samsung 970 EVO Linux Ubuntu NVMe Disk Benchmarks Linux NVMe SSD benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article. Corsair Force MP500 120GB: Processor: Intel Core i9-7980XE @ 4.40GHz (18 Cores / 36 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME X299-A (1004 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Sky Lake-E DMI3 Registers, Memory: 4 x 4096 MB DDR4-3200MT/s Corsair CMK16GX4M4C3200C16, Disk: 256GB INTEL SSDPEKKW256G8 + 120GB Force MP500, Graphics: NV134 8192MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 4.17.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20180531, Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.28.1, Display Server: X Server 1.19.6, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 18.0.0-rc5, Compiler: GCC 7.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Intel 600p 256GB SSDPEKKW256G7: Processor: Intel Core i9-7980XE @ 4.40GHz (18 Cores / 36 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME X299-A (1004 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Sky Lake-E DMI3 Registers, Memory: 4 x 4096 MB DDR4-3200MT/s Corsair CMK16GX4M4C3200C16, Disk: 256GB INTEL SSDPEKKW256G8 + 256GB INTEL SSDPEKKW256G7, Graphics: NV134 8192MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 4.17.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20180531, Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.28.1, Display Server: X Server 1.19.6, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 18.0.0-rc5, Compiler: GCC 7.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Intel 760p 256GB SSDPEKKW256G8: Processor: Intel Core i9-7980XE @ 4.40GHz (18 Cores / 36 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME X299-A (1004 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Sky Lake-E DMI3 Registers, Memory: 4 x 4096 MB DDR4-3200MT/s Corsair CMK16GX4M4C3200C16, Disk: 256GB INTEL SSDPEKKW256G8, Graphics: NV134 8192MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 4.17.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20180531, Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.28.1, Display Server: X Server 1.19.6, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 18.0.0-rc5, Compiler: GCC 7.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Intel 800p 120GB SSDPEK1W120GA: Processor: Intel Core i9-7980XE @ 4.40GHz (18 Cores / 36 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME X299-A (1004 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Sky Lake-E DMI3 Registers, Memory: 4 x 4096 MB DDR4-3200MT/s Corsair CMK16GX4M4C3200C16, Disk: 256GB INTEL SSDPEKKW256G8 + 118GB INTEL SSDPEK1W120GA, Graphics: NV134 8192MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 4.17.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20180531, Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.28.1, Display Server: X Server 1.19.6, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 18.0.0-rc5, Compiler: GCC 7.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Samsung 950 PRO 256GB: Processor: Intel Core i9-7980XE @ 4.40GHz (18 Cores / 36 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME X299-A (1004 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Sky Lake-E DMI3 Registers, Memory: 4 x 4096 MB DDR4-3200MT/s Corsair CMK16GX4M4C3200C16, Disk: Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB + 256GB INTEL SSDPEKKW256G8, Graphics: NV134 8192MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 4.17.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20180531, Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.28.1, Display Server: X Server 1.19.6, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 18.0.0-rc5, Compiler: GCC 7.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Samsung 970 EVO 250GB: Processor: Intel Core i9-7980XE @ 4.40GHz (18 Cores / 36 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME X299-A (1004 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Sky Lake-E DMI3 Registers, Memory: 4 x 4096 MB DDR4-3200MT/s Corsair CMK16GX4M4C3200C16, Disk: 256GB INTEL SSDPEKKW256G8 + Samsung SSD 970 EVO 250GB, Graphics: NV134 8192MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 4.17.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20180531, Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.28.1, Display Server: X Server 1.19.6, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 18.0.0-rc5, Compiler: GCC 7.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 NTEvo970Plus500GB: 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: 8GB, 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), Desktop: MATE 1.24.0, 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 Flexible IO Tester 3.1 Type: Sequential Read - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better Corsair Force MP500 120GB ...... 1419 |===================================== Intel 600p 256GB SSDPEKKW256G7 . 655 |================= Intel 760p 256GB SSDPEKKW256G8 . 986 |========================= Intel 800p 120GB SSDPEK1W120GA . 1379 |=================================== Samsung 950 PRO 256GB .......... 990 |========================= Samsung 970 EVO 250GB .......... 1554 |======================================== 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 Corsair Force MP500 120GB ...... 2223 |============================ Intel 600p 256GB SSDPEKKW256G7 . 1451 |=================== Intel 760p 256GB SSDPEKKW256G8 . 2892 |===================================== Intel 800p 120GB SSDPEK1W120GA . 1388 |================== Samsung 950 PRO 256GB .......... 2944 |====================================== Samsung 970 EVO 250GB .......... 3131 |======================================== Flexible IO Tester 3.1 Type: Sequential Write - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better Corsair Force MP500 120GB ...... 310 |========= Intel 600p 256GB SSDPEKKW256G7 . 527 |============== Intel 760p 256GB SSDPEKKW256G8 . 992 |=========================== Intel 800p 120GB SSDPEK1W120GA . 613 |================= Samsung 950 PRO 256GB .......... 1014 |============================ Samsung 970 EVO 250GB .......... 1458 |======================================== 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 Corsair Force MP500 120GB ...... 316 |========= Intel 600p 256GB SSDPEKKW256G7 . 540 |=============== Intel 760p 256GB SSDPEKKW256G8 . 1095 |============================== Intel 800p 120GB SSDPEK1W120GA . 620 |================= Samsung 950 PRO 256GB .......... 1139 |=============================== Samsung 970 EVO 250GB .......... 1466 |======================================== FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size Files/s > Higher Is Better Corsair Force MP500 120GB ...... 423.67 |====================================== Intel 600p 256GB SSDPEKKW256G7 . 270.40 |======================== Intel 760p 256GB SSDPEKKW256G8 . 221.70 |==================== Intel 800p 120GB SSDPEK1W120GA . 404.20 |==================================== Samsung 950 PRO 256GB .......... 193.10 |================= Samsung 970 EVO 250GB .......... 219.43 |==================== FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 5000 Files, 1MB Size, 4 Threads Files/s > Higher Is Better Intel 600p 256GB SSDPEKKW256G7 . 100.93 |======= Intel 760p 256GB SSDPEKKW256G8 . 128.40 |========= Intel 800p 120GB SSDPEK1W120GA . 535.93 |====================================== Samsung 950 PRO 256GB .......... 123.00 |========= Samsung 970 EVO 250GB .......... 202.80 |============== IOzone 3.465 Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better Corsair Force MP500 120GB ...... 279.69 |======= Intel 600p 256GB SSDPEKKW256G7 . 165.18 |==== Intel 760p 256GB SSDPEKKW256G8 . 290.50 |======= Intel 800p 120GB SSDPEK1W120GA . 582.10 |============== Samsung 950 PRO 256GB .......... 309.00 |======= Samsung 970 EVO 250GB .......... 741.45 |================= NTEvo970Plus500GB .............. 1588.35 |===================================== IOzone 3.465 Record Size: 64Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better Corsair Force MP500 120GB ...... 283.52 |============= Intel 600p 256GB SSDPEKKW256G7 . 116.33 |===== Intel 760p 256GB SSDPEKKW256G8 . 300.57 |============== Intel 800p 120GB SSDPEK1W120GA . 588.15 |=========================== Samsung 950 PRO 256GB .......... 307.83 |============== Samsung 970 EVO 250GB .......... 479.69 |====================== NTEvo970Plus500GB .............. 819.36 |====================================== PostgreSQL pgbench 10.3 Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Write TPS > Higher Is Better Corsair Force MP500 120GB ...... 12318.85 |============= Intel 600p 256GB SSDPEKKW256G7 . 12344.50 |============= Intel 760p 256GB SSDPEKKW256G8 . 8959.06 |========= Intel 800p 120GB SSDPEK1W120GA . 35389.12 |==================================== Samsung 950 PRO 256GB .......... 9192.13 |========= Samsung 970 EVO 250GB .......... 14295.12 |=============== NTEvo970Plus500GB .............. 7692.22 |======== PostgreSQL pgbench 10.3 Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Heavy Contention - Mode: Read Write TPS > Higher Is Better Corsair Force MP500 120GB ...... 11414.82 |============ Intel 600p 256GB SSDPEKKW256G7 . 14781.63 |=============== Intel 760p 256GB SSDPEKKW256G8 . 11089.67 |=========== Intel 800p 120GB SSDPEK1W120GA . 35426.47 |==================================== Samsung 950 PRO 256GB .......... 9931.30 |========== Samsung 970 EVO 250GB .......... 14114.15 |============== NTEvo970Plus500GB .............. 8315.05 |======== SQLite 3.22 Timed SQLite Insertions Seconds < Lower Is Better Corsair Force MP500 120GB ...... 22.60 |====================== Intel 600p 256GB SSDPEKKW256G7 . 18.91 |================== Intel 760p 256GB SSDPEKKW256G8 . 18.45 |================== Samsung 950 PRO 256GB .......... 13.83 |============= Samsung 970 EVO 250GB .......... 40.67 |======================================= NTEvo970Plus500GB .............. 40.18 |======================================= Drive Temperature (nvme1n1) Monitor Phoronix Test Suite System Monitoring Celsius Corsair Force MP500 120GB ...... MIN: 52.0 AVG: 62.5 MAX: 80.0 Intel 600p 256GB SSDPEKKW256G7 . MIN: 35.0 AVG: 55.2 MAX: 70.0 Intel 760p 256GB SSDPEKKW256G8 . MIN: 31.0 AVG: 42.7 MAX: 54.0 Intel 800p 120GB SSDPEK1W120GA . MIN: 39.0 AVG: 53.0 MAX: 65.0 Samsung 950 PRO 256GB .......... MIN: 28.0 AVG: 30.0 MAX: 33.0 Samsung 970 EVO 250GB .......... MIN: 30.0 AVG: 42.5 MAX: 64.0 Flexible IO Tester 3.1 Performance / Cost - Type: Sequential Read - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s Per Dollar > Higher Is Better Samsung 970 EVO 250GB .......... 14.66 |================================ Intel 800p 120GB SSDPEK1W120GA . 6.93 |=============== Intel 760p 256GB SSDPEKKW256G8 . 8.29 |================== Intel 600p 256GB SSDPEKKW256G7 . 7.36 |================ Corsair Force MP500 120GB ...... 17.74 |======================================= 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 Samsung 970 EVO 250GB .......... 29.54 |======================================= Intel 800p 120GB SSDPEK1W120GA . 6.97 |========= Intel 760p 256GB SSDPEKKW256G8 . 24.30 |================================ Intel 600p 256GB SSDPEKKW256G7 . 16.30 |====================== Corsair Force MP500 120GB ...... 27.79 |===================================== Flexible IO Tester 3.1 Performance / Cost - Type: Sequential Write - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s Per Dollar > Higher Is Better Samsung 970 EVO 250GB .......... 13.75 |======================================= Intel 800p 120GB SSDPEK1W120GA . 3.08 |========= Intel 760p 256GB SSDPEKKW256G8 . 8.34 |======================== Intel 600p 256GB SSDPEKKW256G7 . 5.92 |================= Corsair Force MP500 120GB ...... 3.88 |=========== 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 Samsung 970 EVO 250GB .......... 13.83 |======================================= Intel 800p 120GB SSDPEK1W120GA . 3.12 |========= Intel 760p 256GB SSDPEKKW256G8 . 9.20 |========================== Intel 600p 256GB SSDPEKKW256G7 . 6.07 |================= Corsair Force MP500 120GB ...... 3.95 |=========== FS-Mark 3.3 Performance / Cost - Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size Files/s Per Dollar > Higher Is Better Samsung 970 EVO 250GB .......... 2.07 |================ Intel 800p 120GB SSDPEK1W120GA . 2.03 |=============== Intel 760p 256GB SSDPEKKW256G8 . 1.86 |============== Intel 600p 256GB SSDPEKKW256G7 . 3.04 |======================= Corsair Force MP500 120GB ...... 5.30 |======================================== FS-Mark 3.3 Performance / Cost - Test: 5000 Files, 1MB Size, 4 Threads Files/s Per Dollar > Higher Is Better Samsung 970 EVO 250GB .......... 1.91 |============================ Intel 800p 120GB SSDPEK1W120GA . 2.69 |======================================== Intel 760p 256GB SSDPEKKW256G8 . 1.08 |================ Intel 600p 256GB SSDPEKKW256G7 . 1.13 |================= IOzone 3.465 Performance / Cost - Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Write Performance MB/s Per Dollar > Higher Is Better Samsung 970 EVO 250GB .......... 6.99 |======================================== Intel 800p 120GB SSDPEK1W120GA . 2.93 |================= Intel 760p 256GB SSDPEKKW256G8 . 2.44 |============== Intel 600p 256GB SSDPEKKW256G7 . 1.86 |=========== Corsair Force MP500 120GB ...... 3.50 |==================== IOzone 3.465 Performance / Cost - Record Size: 64Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Write Performance MB/s Per Dollar > Higher Is Better Samsung 970 EVO 250GB .......... 4.53 |======================================== Intel 800p 120GB SSDPEK1W120GA . 2.96 |========================== Intel 760p 256GB SSDPEKKW256G8 . 2.53 |====================== Intel 600p 256GB SSDPEKKW256G7 . 1.31 |============ Corsair Force MP500 120GB ...... 3.54 |=============================== PostgreSQL pgbench 10.3 Performance / Cost - Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Write TPS Per Dollar > Higher Is Better Samsung 970 EVO 250GB .......... 134.86 |============================= Intel 800p 120GB SSDPEK1W120GA . 177.83 |====================================== Intel 760p 256GB SSDPEKKW256G8 . 75.29 |================ Intel 600p 256GB SSDPEKKW256G7 . 138.70 |============================== Corsair Force MP500 120GB ...... 153.99 |================================= PostgreSQL pgbench 10.3 Performance / Cost - Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Heavy Contention - Mode: Read Write TPS Per Dollar > Higher Is Better Samsung 970 EVO 250GB .......... 133.15 |============================ Intel 800p 120GB SSDPEK1W120GA . 178.02 |====================================== Intel 760p 256GB SSDPEKKW256G8 . 93.19 |==================== Intel 600p 256GB SSDPEKKW256G7 . 166.09 |=================================== Corsair Force MP500 120GB ...... 142.69 |============================== SQLite 3.22 Performance / Cost - Timed SQLite Insertions Seconds x Dollar < Lower Is Better Samsung 970 EVO 250GB .......... 4311.02 |===================================== Intel 760p 256GB SSDPEKKW256G8 . 2195.55 |=================== Intel 600p 256GB SSDPEKKW256G7 . 1682.99 |============== Corsair Force MP500 120GB ...... 1808.00 |================