Samsung 980 NVMe SSD Linux Benchmarks
Samsung 980 NVMe SSD Linux benchmarks by Michael Larabel.


Corsair Force MP600 1TB: 

	Processor: AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12-Core @ 3.70GHz (12 Cores / 24 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO (3202 BIOS), Chipset: AMD Starship/Matisse, Memory: 16GB, Disk: 1000GB Sabrent Rocket 4.0 Plus + 1000GB Corsair Force MP600, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon RX 5600 OEM/5600 XT / 5700/5700 6GB (1780/875MHz), Audio: AMD Navi 10 HDMI Audio, Monitor: ASUS VP28U, Network: Realtek RTL8125 2.5GbE + Intel I211

	OS: Ubuntu 20.10, Kernel: 5.12.0-051200rc2-generic (x86_64) 20210306, Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.38.1, Display Server: X Server 1.20.9, OpenGL: 4.6 Mesa 20.2.1 (LLVM 11.0.0), Vulkan: 1.2.131, Compiler: GCC 10.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160

WD_BLACK SN850 1TB: 

	Processor: AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12-Core @ 3.70GHz (12 Cores / 24 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO (3202 BIOS), Chipset: AMD Starship/Matisse, Memory: 16GB, Disk: 1000GB Sabrent Rocket 4.0 Plus + 1000GB Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850 1TB, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon RX 5600 OEM/5600 XT / 5700/5700 6GB (1780/875MHz), Audio: AMD Navi 10 HDMI Audio, Monitor: ASUS VP28U, Network: Realtek RTL8125 2.5GbE + Intel I211

	OS: Ubuntu 20.10, Kernel: 5.12.0-051200rc2-generic (x86_64) 20210306, Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.38.1, Display Server: X Server 1.20.9, OpenGL: 4.6 Mesa 20.2.1 (LLVM 11.0.0), Vulkan: 1.2.131, Compiler: GCC 10.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160

Sabrent Rocket 4.0 1TB: 

	Processor: AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12-Core @ 3.70GHz (12 Cores / 24 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO (3202 BIOS), Chipset: AMD Starship/Matisse, Memory: 16GB, Disk: 1000GB Sabrent Rocket 4.0 Plus + 1000GB Sabrent Rocket 4.0 1TB, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon RX 5600 OEM/5600 XT / 5700/5700 6GB (1780/875MHz), Audio: AMD Navi 10 HDMI Audio, Monitor: ASUS VP28U, Network: Realtek RTL8125 2.5GbE + Intel I211

	OS: Ubuntu 20.10, Kernel: 5.12.0-051200rc2-generic (x86_64) 20210306, Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.38.1, Display Server: X Server 1.20.9, OpenGL: 4.6 Mesa 20.2.1 (LLVM 11.0.0), Vulkan: 1.2.131, Compiler: GCC 10.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160

Samsung 980 1TB: 

	Processor: AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12-Core @ 3.70GHz (12 Cores / 24 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO (3202 BIOS), Chipset: AMD Starship/Matisse, Memory: 16GB, Disk: 1000GB Sabrent Rocket 4.0 Plus + 1000GB Samsung SSD 980 1TB, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon RX 5600 OEM/5600 XT / 5700/5700 6GB (1780/875MHz), Audio: AMD Navi 10 HDMI Audio, Monitor: ASUS VP28U, Network: Realtek RTL8125 2.5GbE + Intel I211

	OS: Ubuntu 20.10, Kernel: 5.12.0-051200rc2-generic (x86_64) 20210306, Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.38.1, Display Server: X Server 1.20.9, OpenGL: 4.6 Mesa 20.2.1 (LLVM 11.0.0), Vulkan: 1.2.131, Compiler: GCC 10.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160


Dbench 4.0
Client Count: 6
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Corsair Force MP600 1TB . 1492.14 |=========================
WD_BLACK SN850 1TB ...... 2656.17 |============================================
Sabrent Rocket 4.0 1TB .. 1485.24 |=========================
Samsung 980 1TB ......... 1369.54 |=======================


Flexible IO Tester 3.25
Type: Random Read - Engine: IO_uring - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory
IOPS > Higher Is Better
Corsair Force MP600 1TB . 478667 |============================
WD_BLACK SN850 1TB ...... 768000 |=============================================
Sabrent Rocket 4.0 1TB .. 475000 |============================
Samsung 980 1TB ......... 481667 |============================


Flexible IO Tester 3.25
Type: Random Write - Engine: IO_uring - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory
IOPS > Higher Is Better
Corsair Force MP600 1TB . 880333 |=============================================
WD_BLACK SN850 1TB ...... 712000 |====================================
Sabrent Rocket 4.0 1TB .. 870333 |============================================
Samsung 980 1TB ......... 466667 |========================


Flexible IO Tester 3.25
Type: Sequential Read - Engine: IO_uring - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 2MB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Corsair Force MP600 1TB . 4690 |===================================
WD_BLACK SN850 1TB ...... 6362 |===============================================
Sabrent Rocket 4.0 1TB .. 4493 |=================================
Samsung 980 1TB ......... 3436 |=========================


Flexible IO Tester 3.25
Type: Sequential Write - Engine: IO_uring - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 2MB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Corsair Force MP600 1TB . 4088 |======================================
WD_BLACK SN850 1TB ...... 5075 |===============================================
Sabrent Rocket 4.0 1TB .. 3736 |===================================
Samsung 980 1TB ......... 2750 |=========================


FS-Mark 3.3
Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size
Files/s > Higher Is Better
Corsair Force MP600 1TB . 721.6  |===============================
WD_BLACK SN850 1TB ...... 1038.1 |=============================================
Sabrent Rocket 4.0 1TB .. 718.7  |===============================
Samsung 980 1TB ......... 564.1  |========================


FS-Mark 3.3
Test: 5000 Files, 1MB Size, 4 Threads
Files/s > Higher Is Better
Corsair Force MP600 1TB . 1333.0 |========================
WD_BLACK SN850 1TB ...... 2472.9 |=============================================
Sabrent Rocket 4.0 1TB .. 1288.8 |=======================
Samsung 980 1TB ......... 1088.9 |====================


FS-Mark 3.3
Test: 4000 Files, 32 Sub Dirs, 1MB Size
Files/s > Higher Is Better
Corsair Force MP600 1TB . 721.2  |================================
WD_BLACK SN850 1TB ...... 1016.2 |=============================================
Sabrent Rocket 4.0 1TB .. 720.9  |================================
Samsung 980 1TB ......... 565.9  |=========================


IOR 3.3.0
Block Size: 2MB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Corsair Force MP600 1TB . 1502.69 |=========================================
WD_BLACK SN850 1TB ...... 1608.29 |============================================
Sabrent Rocket 4.0 1TB .. 1524.07 |==========================================
Samsung 980 1TB ......... 877.93  |========================


MariaDB 10.5.2
Clients: 8
Queries Per Second > Higher Is Better
Corsair Force MP600 1TB . 578  |========
WD_BLACK SN850 1TB ...... 3565 |===============================================
Sabrent Rocket 4.0 1TB .. 1872 |=========================
Samsung 980 1TB ......... 370  |=====


MariaDB 10.5.2
Clients: 16
Queries Per Second > Higher Is Better
Corsair Force MP600 1TB . 674  |=========
WD_BLACK SN850 1TB ...... 3469 |===============================================
Sabrent Rocket 4.0 1TB .. 1805 |========================
Samsung 980 1TB ......... 324  |====


PostgreSQL pgbench 13.0
Scaling Factor: 1000 - Clients: 1 - Mode: Read Write
TPS > Higher Is Better
Corsair Force MP600 1TB . 280  |======
WD_BLACK SN850 1TB ...... 2156 |===============================================
Sabrent Rocket 4.0 1TB .. 776  |=================
Samsung 980 1TB ......... 316  |=======


PostgreSQL pgbench 13.0
Scaling Factor: 1000 - Clients: 1 - Mode: Read Write - Average Latency
ms < Lower Is Better
Corsair Force MP600 1TB . 3.602 |==============================================
WD_BLACK SN850 1TB ...... 0.464 |======
Sabrent Rocket 4.0 1TB .. 1.361 |=================
Samsung 980 1TB ......... 3.220 |=========================================


PostgreSQL pgbench 13.0
Scaling Factor: 1000 - Clients: 50 - Mode: Read Write
TPS > Higher Is Better
Corsair Force MP600 1TB . 3089  |========
WD_BLACK SN850 1TB ...... 17144 |==============================================
Sabrent Rocket 4.0 1TB .. 10828 |=============================
Samsung 980 1TB ......... 4717  |=============


PostgreSQL pgbench 13.0
Scaling Factor: 1000 - Clients: 50 - Mode: Read Write - Average Latency
ms < Lower Is Better
Corsair Force MP600 1TB . 16.439 |=============================================
WD_BLACK SN850 1TB ...... 2.948  |========
Sabrent Rocket 4.0 1TB .. 4.658  |=============
Samsung 980 1TB ......... 10.654 |=============================