{"id":820,"date":"2014-03-28T04:15:22","date_gmt":"2014-03-28T04:15:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/poojanwagh.opalstacked.com\/techblog\/?p=820"},"modified":"2014-04-06T17:49:19","modified_gmt":"2014-04-06T17:49:19","slug":"kingston-sv100s232-and-sv100s264-benchmarks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tech.poojanblog.com\/blog\/unix-linux\/kingston-sv100s232-and-sv100s264-benchmarks\/","title":{"rendered":"Kingston SV100S2\/32 and SV100S2\/64 benchmarks"},"content":{"rendered":"

Update 2014-04-06: Tests on the 64GB with a $10 Sabrent USB 3.0 Enclosure<\/b>
\nAdded to the end<\/p>\n

The 64GB SSD has been my solid-state workhorse in my ZFS pool for a while. First, it was the L2ARC, then it was the ZIL.<\/p>\n

In fact, I used to have two, but I broke the connector off of one. Which is a different story.<\/p>\n

Curiously, I never benchmarked these drives using Crystal Disk Mark. (I did benchmark<\/a> them several times using dd.) I recently bought the 32GB drive on eBay, and so I took the opportunity to benchmark both.<\/p>\n

First, I benchmarked the 32GB via a USB 3.0 dock:<\/p>\n

\r\n-----------------------------------------------------------------------\r\nCrystalDiskMark 3.0.2 x64 (C) 2007-2013 hiyohiyo\r\nCrystal Dew World : http:\/\/crystalmark.info\/\r\n-----------------------------------------------------------------------\r\n* MB\/s = 1,000,000 byte\/s [SATA\/300 = 300,000,000 byte\/s]\r\n\r\nSequential Read : 159.310 MB\/s\r\nSequential Write : 73.194 MB\/s\r\nRandom Read 512KB : 125.037 MB\/s\r\nRandom Write 512KB : 49.578 MB\/s\r\nRandom Read 4KB (QD=1) : 11.245 MB\/s [ 2745.3 IOPS]\r\nRandom Write 4KB (QD=1) : 7.347 MB\/s [ 1793.7 IOPS]\r\nRandom Read 4KB (QD=32) : 11.552 MB\/s [ 2820.3 IOPS]\r\nRandom Write 4KB (QD=32) : 7.556 MB\/s [ 1844.7 IOPS]\r\n\r\nTest : 1000 MB [F: 0.3% (0.1\/29.7 GB)] (x5)\r\nDate : 2014\/03\/27 7:27:29\r\nOS : Windows 7 Ultimate Edition SP1 [6.1 Build 7601] (x64)\r\n\r\n<\/pre>\n
This wasn’t much different than the native SATA performance:<\/p>\n
\r\n-----------------------------------------------------------------------\r\nCrystalDiskMark 3.0.2 x64 (C) 2007-2013 hiyohiyo\r\nCrystal Dew World : http:\/\/crystalmark.info\/\r\n-----------------------------------------------------------------------\r\n* MB\/s = 1,000,000 byte\/s [SATA\/300 = 300,000,000 byte\/s]\r\n\r\nSequential Read :\u00a0\u00a0 158.252 MB\/s\r\nSequential Write :\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 68.284 MB\/s\r\nRandom Read 512KB :\u00a0\u00a0 127.111 MB\/s\r\nRandom Write 512KB :\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 51.429 MB\/s\r\nRandom Read 4KB (QD=1) :\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 11.633 MB\/s [\u00a0 2840.1 IOPS]\r\nRandom Write 4KB (QD=1) :\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 7.923 MB\/s [\u00a0 1934.3 IOPS]\r\nRandom Read 4KB (QD=32) :\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 13.769 MB\/s [\u00a0 3361.5 IOPS]\r\nRandom Write 4KB (QD=32) :\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 7.806 MB\/s [\u00a0 1905.9 IOPS]\r\n\r\nTest : 1000 MB [D: 0.3% (0.1\/29.7 GB)] (x5)\r\nDate : 2014\/03\/27 18:44:07\r\nOS : Windows 7 Ultimate Edition SP1 [6.1 Build 7601] (x64)\r\n<\/pre>\n
The USB 3.0 and SATA results are the same, except that the queue depth 32 read gets slightly faster on SATA (presumably due to native command queuing).<\/p>\n
And finally, here’s the 64 GB numbers (native SATA only):<\/p>\n
\r\n\r\n-----------------------------------------------------------------------\r\nCrystalDiskMark 3.0.2 x64 (C) 2007-2013 hiyohiyo\r\nCrystal Dew World : http:\/\/crystalmark.info\/\r\n-----------------------------------------------------------------------\r\n* MB\/s = 1,000,000 byte\/s [SATA\/300 = 300,000,000 byte\/s]\r\n\r\nSequential Read :\u00a0\u00a0 204.800 MB\/s\r\nSequential Write :\u00a0\u00a0 108.335 MB\/s\r\nRandom Read 512KB :\u00a0\u00a0 191.600 MB\/s\r\nRandom Write 512KB :\u00a0\u00a0 104.423 MB\/s\r\nRandom Read 4KB (QD=1) :\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 19.490 MB\/s [\u00a0 4758.3 IOPS]\r\nRandom Write 4KB (QD=1) :\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 62.145 MB\/s [ 15172.2 IOPS]\r\nRandom Read 4KB (QD=32) :\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 87.811 MB\/s [ 21438.2 IOPS]\r\nRandom Write 4KB (QD=32) :\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 91.051 MB\/s [ 22229.2 IOPS]\r\n\r\nTest : 1000 MB [C: 59.3% (66.2\/111.7 GB)] (x5)\r\nDate : 2014\/03\/27 22:57:44\r\nOS : Windows 7 Ultimate Edition SP1 [6.1 Build 7601] (x64)\r\n<\/pre>\n
Update 2014-04-06<\/h2>\n
Tested the 64GB using a $10 Sabrent USB3.0 bus-powered 2.5″ enclosure. This beats any $30 USB 3.0 drive out there, although it is comparatively bulky (enclosure + cable).<\/p>\n
\r\n-----------------------------------------------------------------------\r\nCrystalDiskMark 3.0.2 x64 (C) 2007-2013 hiyohiyo\r\n                           Crystal Dew World : http:\/\/crystalmark.info\/\r\n-----------------------------------------------------------------------\r\n* MB\/s = 1,000,000 byte\/s [SATA\/300 = 300,000,000 byte\/s]\r\n\r\n           Sequential Read :   207.701 MB\/s\r\n          Sequential Write :   152.898 MB\/s\r\n         Random Read 512KB :   158.479 MB\/s\r\n        Random Write 512KB :    96.748 MB\/s\r\n    Random Read 4KB (QD=1) :    11.088 MB\/s [  2706.9 IOPS]\r\n   Random Write 4KB (QD=1) :    21.789 MB\/s [  5319.5 IOPS]\r\n   Random Read 4KB (QD=32) :    11.507 MB\/s [  2809.4 IOPS]\r\n  Random Write 4KB (QD=32) :    20.872 MB\/s [  5095.8 IOPS]\r\n\r\n  Test : 1000 MB [F: 0.2% (0.1\/59.6 GB)] (x5)\r\n  Date : 2014\/04\/06 12:42:16\r\n    OS : Windows 7 Ultimate Edition SP1 [6.1 Build 7601] (x64)\r\n<\/pre>\n<\/p>\n