Samsung 980 NVMe SSD Linux Performance
Samsung 980 NVMe SSD Linux benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article.


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 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

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 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 970 EVO 500GB: 

	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: Samsung SSD 970 EVO 500GB, 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 970 EVO Plus 250GB: 

	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: Samsung SSD 970 EVO Plus 250GB, 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 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

WD_BLACK SN750 500GB: 

	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: 500GB Western Digital WDS500G3X0C-00SJG0, 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 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


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 |==========================
Sabrent Rocket 4.0 1TB ..... 475000 |==========================
Samsung 970 EVO 500GB ...... 256333 |==============
Samsung 970 EVO Plus 250GB . 142000 |========
Samsung 980 1TB ............ 481667 |==========================
WD_BLACK SN750 500GB ....... 387667 |=====================
WD_BLACK SN850 1TB ......... 768000 |==========================================


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 |================================
Sabrent Rocket 4.0 1TB ..... 4493 |===============================
Samsung 970 EVO 500GB ...... 3461 |========================
Samsung 970 EVO Plus 250GB . 3431 |========================
Samsung 980 1TB ............ 3436 |========================
WD_BLACK SN750 500GB ....... 3268 |=======================
WD_BLACK SN850 1TB ......... 6362 |============================================


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 |===================================
Sabrent Rocket 4.0 1TB ..... 3736 |================================
Samsung 970 EVO 500GB ...... 2404 |=====================
Samsung 970 EVO Plus 250GB . 2306 |====================
Samsung 980 1TB ............ 2750 |========================
WD_BLACK SN750 500GB ....... 2593 |======================
WD_BLACK SN850 1TB ......... 5075 |============================================


FS-Mark 3.3
Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size
Files/s > Higher Is Better
Corsair Force MP600 1TB .... 721.6  |=============================
Sabrent Rocket 4.0 1TB ..... 718.7  |=============================
Samsung 970 EVO 500GB ...... 261.7  |===========
Samsung 970 EVO Plus 250GB . 279.0  |===========
Samsung 980 1TB ............ 564.1  |=======================
WD_BLACK SN750 500GB ....... 836.2  |==================================
WD_BLACK SN850 1TB ......... 1038.1 |==========================================


FS-Mark 3.3
Test: 5000 Files, 1MB Size, 4 Threads
Files/s > Higher Is Better
Corsair Force MP600 1TB .... 1333.0 |=======================
Sabrent Rocket 4.0 1TB ..... 1288.8 |======================
Samsung 970 EVO 500GB ...... 286.0  |=====
Samsung 970 EVO Plus 250GB . 232.1  |====
Samsung 980 1TB ............ 1088.9 |==================
WD_BLACK SN750 500GB ....... 751.6  |=============
WD_BLACK SN850 1TB ......... 2472.9 |==========================================


FS-Mark 3.3
Test: 4000 Files, 32 Sub Dirs, 1MB Size
Files/s > Higher Is Better
Corsair Force MP600 1TB .... 721.2  |==============================
Sabrent Rocket 4.0 1TB ..... 720.9  |==============================
Samsung 970 EVO 500GB ...... 219.1  |=========
Samsung 970 EVO Plus 250GB . 165.2  |=======
Samsung 980 1TB ............ 565.9  |=======================
WD_BLACK SN750 500GB ....... 543.4  |======================
WD_BLACK SN850 1TB ......... 1016.2 |==========================================


PostgreSQL pgbench 13.0
Scaling Factor: 1000 - Clients: 1 - Mode: Read Write
TPS > Higher Is Better
Corsair Force MP600 1TB .... 280  |======
Sabrent Rocket 4.0 1TB ..... 776  |================
Samsung 970 EVO 500GB ...... 311  |======
Samsung 970 EVO Plus 250GB . 345  |=======
Samsung 980 1TB ............ 316  |======
WD_BLACK SN750 500GB ....... 1830 |=====================================
WD_BLACK SN850 1TB ......... 2156 |============================================


IOR 3.3.0
Block Size: 2MB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Corsair Force MP600 1TB .... 1502.69 |======================================
Sabrent Rocket 4.0 1TB ..... 1524.07 |=======================================
Samsung 970 EVO 500GB ...... 1192.28 |==============================
Samsung 970 EVO Plus 250GB . 1108.73 |============================
Samsung 980 1TB ............ 877.93  |======================
WD_BLACK SN750 500GB ....... 1382.91 |===================================
WD_BLACK SN850 1TB ......... 1608.29 |=========================================