SM951-vs-980PRO
AMD Ryzen 7 1800X Eight-Core testing with a ASUS CROSSHAIR VI HERO (7901 BIOS) and eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 8GB on Arch rolling via the Phoronix Test Suite.


SM951 NVME 256GB PCIe-3: 

	Processor: AMD Ryzen 7 1800X Eight-Core @ 3.95GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS CROSSHAIR VI HERO (7901 BIOS), Chipset: AMD 17h, Memory: 32GB, Disk: 256GB SAMSUNG MZVPV256HDGL-00000 + 256GB Crucial_CT256MX1 + 4001GB Seagate ST4000DM000-1F21 + 4001GB Western Digital WD40EFRX-68N + 128GB Samsung SSD 840 + 256GB SPCC Solid State + 8GB USB Flash Drive, Graphics: eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 8GB (1594/4006MHz), Audio: NVIDIA GP104 HD Audio, Monitor: SAMSUNG + 2 x ROG PG279Q, Network: Intel I211

	OS: Arch rolling, Kernel: 5.10.7-111-tkg-upds (x86_64), Desktop: MATE 1.24.1, Display Server: X Server 1.20.10, Display Driver: NVIDIA 460.32.03, OpenGL: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 460.32.03, Compiler: GCC 10.2.0 + Clang 11.0.1Target: + LLVM 11.0.1 + CUDA 11.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 7040x1440

Samsung 980 PRO NVME PCIe-3 Limited: 

	Processor: AMD Ryzen 7 1800X Eight-Core @ 3.95GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS CROSSHAIR VI HERO (7901 BIOS), Chipset: AMD 17h, Memory: 32GB, Disk: 1000GB Samsung SSD 980 PRO 1TB + 256GB Crucial_CT256MX1 + 4001GB Seagate ST4000DM000-1F21 + 4001GB Western Digital WD40EFRX-68N + 128GB Samsung SSD 840 + 256GB SPCC Solid State + 8GB USB Flash Drive, Graphics: eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 8GB (1594/4006MHz), Audio: NVIDIA GP104 HD Audio, Monitor: SAMSUNG + 2 x ROG PG279Q, Network: Intel I211

	OS: Arch rolling, Kernel: 5.10.7-111-tkg-upds (x86_64), Desktop: MATE 1.24.1, Display Server: X Server 1.20.10, Display Driver: NVIDIA 460.32.03, OpenGL: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 460.32.03, Compiler: GCC 10.2.0 + Clang 11.0.1Target: + LLVM 11.0.1 + CUDA 11.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 7040x1440


Flexible IO Tester 3.25
Type: Random Read - Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory
MB/s > Higher Is Better
SM951 NVME 256GB PCIe-3 ............. 1154 |==================================
Samsung 980 PRO NVME PCIe-3 Limited . 1198 |===================================


Flexible IO Tester 3.25
Type: Random Read - Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory
IOPS > Higher Is Better
SM951 NVME 256GB PCIe-3 ............. 295333 |================================
Samsung 980 PRO NVME PCIe-3 Limited . 307000 |=================================


Flexible IO Tester 3.25
Type: Random Read - Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 8MB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory
MB/s > Higher Is Better
SM951 NVME 256GB PCIe-3 ............. 2063 |=====================
Samsung 980 PRO NVME PCIe-3 Limited . 3463 |===================================


Flexible IO Tester 3.25
Type: Random Read - Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 8MB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory
IOPS > Higher Is Better
SM951 NVME 256GB PCIe-3 ............. 254 |=====================
Samsung 980 PRO NVME PCIe-3 Limited . 429 |====================================


Flexible IO Tester 3.25
Type: Random Write - Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory
MB/s > Higher Is Better
SM951 NVME 256GB PCIe-3 ............. 58.6  |===
Samsung 980 PRO NVME PCIe-3 Limited . 787.0 |==================================


Flexible IO Tester 3.25
Type: Random Write - Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory
IOPS > Higher Is Better
SM951 NVME 256GB PCIe-3 ............. 14667  |==
Samsung 980 PRO NVME PCIe-3 Limited . 201667 |=================================


Flexible IO Tester 3.25
Type: Random Write - Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 8MB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory
MB/s > Higher Is Better
SM951 NVME 256GB PCIe-3 ............. 166  |==
Samsung 980 PRO NVME PCIe-3 Limited . 3382 |===================================


Flexible IO Tester 3.25
Type: Random Write - Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 8MB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory
IOPS > Higher Is Better
SM951 NVME 256GB PCIe-3 ............. 18  |==
Samsung 980 PRO NVME PCIe-3 Limited . 419 |====================================


Flexible IO Tester 3.25
Type: Sequential Read - Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory
MB/s > Higher Is Better
SM951 NVME 256GB PCIe-3 ............. 790  |=======================
Samsung 980 PRO NVME PCIe-3 Limited . 1204 |===================================


Flexible IO Tester 3.25
Type: Sequential Read - Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory
IOPS > Higher Is Better
SM951 NVME 256GB PCIe-3 ............. 202000 |======================
Samsung 980 PRO NVME PCIe-3 Limited . 308333 |=================================


Flexible IO Tester 3.25
Type: Sequential Read - Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 8MB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory
MB/s > Higher Is Better
SM951 NVME 256GB PCIe-3 ............. 2049 |=====================
Samsung 980 PRO NVME PCIe-3 Limited . 3461 |===================================


Flexible IO Tester 3.25
Type: Sequential Read - Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 8MB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory
IOPS > Higher Is Better
SM951 NVME 256GB PCIe-3 ............. 253 |=====================
Samsung 980 PRO NVME PCIe-3 Limited . 429 |====================================


Flexible IO Tester 3.25
Type: Sequential Write - Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory
MB/s > Higher Is Better
SM951 NVME 256GB PCIe-3 ............. 279 |=============
Samsung 980 PRO NVME PCIe-3 Limited . 797 |====================================


Flexible IO Tester 3.25
Type: Sequential Write - Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory
IOPS > Higher Is Better
SM951 NVME 256GB PCIe-3 ............. 71420  |============
Samsung 980 PRO NVME PCIe-3 Limited . 204000 |=================================


Flexible IO Tester 3.25
Type: Sequential Write - Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 8MB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory
MB/s > Higher Is Better
SM951 NVME 256GB PCIe-3 ............. 199  |==
Samsung 980 PRO NVME PCIe-3 Limited . 3384 |===================================


Flexible IO Tester 3.25
Type: Sequential Write - Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 8MB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory
IOPS > Higher Is Better
SM951 NVME 256GB PCIe-3 ............. 21  |==
Samsung 980 PRO NVME PCIe-3 Limited . 419 |====================================


FS-Mark 3.3
Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size
Files/s > Higher Is Better
SM951 NVME 256GB PCIe-3 ............. 44.1  |==========
Samsung 980 PRO NVME PCIe-3 Limited . 144.9 |==================================