How fast are your disks? Find out with fio.

English Forums Feedback
1

Disk performance primarily depends on the interface, disk usage, RAM caching, disk controller and media. The following drives have been tested with fio: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2020/02/how-fast-are-your-disks-find-out-the-open-source-way-with-fio/

erlangen:/home # inxi -zMSCDm 
System:    Kernel: 5.16.0-1-default x86_64 bits: 64 Console: pty pts/1 Distro: openSUSE Tumbleweed 20220114 
Machine:   Type: Desktop Mobo: ASRock model: Z170 Pro4S serial: <filter> UEFI: American Megatrends v: P3.50 date: 06/23/2016 
Memory:    RAM: total: 31.29 GiB used: 5.28 GiB (16.9%) 
           Array-1: capacity: 64 GiB slots: 4 EC: None 
           Device-1: ChannelA-DIMM0 size: No Module Installed 
           Device-2: ChannelA-DIMM1 size: 16 GiB speed: 2133 MT/s 
           Device-3: ChannelB-DIMM0 size: No Module Installed 
           Device-4: ChannelB-DIMM1 size: 16 GiB speed: 2133 MT/s 
CPU:       Info: Quad Core model: Intel Core i7-6700K bits: 64 type: MT MCP cache: L2: 8 MiB 
           Speed: 1512 MHz min/max: 800/4200 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 1512 2: 1415 3: 1458 4: 1513 5: 1403 6: 1182 7: 1273 
           8: 1521 
Drives:    Local Storage: total: 7.28 TiB used: 3.77 TiB (51.8%) 
           ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 970 EVO Plus 2TB size: 1.82 TiB 
           ID-2: /dev/sda vendor: Crucial model: CT2000BX500SSD1 size: 1.82 TiB 
           ID-3: /dev/sdb vendor: Western Digital model: WD40EZRX-22SPEB0 size: 3.64 TiB 
erlangen:/home #

Performed runs:

fio --name=random-write --ioengine=posixaio --rw=randwrite --bs=4k --size=4g --numjobs=1 --iodepth=1 --runtime=60 --time_based --end_fsync=1 > 4k-4g-1j-32G 
fio --name=random-write --ioengine=posixaio --rw=randwrite --bs=64k --size=256m --numjobs=16 --iodepth=16 --runtime=60 --time_based --end_fsync=1 > 64k-256m-16j-32G 
fio --name=random-write --ioengine=posixaio --rw=randwrite --bs=1m --size=16g --numjobs=1 --iodepth=1 --runtime=60 --time_based --end_fsync=1 > 1m-16g-1j-32G

Results:

SSD 950 Pro 512 GB 
1m-16g-1j-32G:  WRITE: bw=1065MiB/s (1117MB/s), 1065MiB/s-1065MiB/s (1117MB/s-1117MB/s), io=64.0GiB (68.7GB), run=61522-61522msec 
64k-256m-16j-32G:  WRITE: bw=1286MiB/s (1349MB/s), 78.9MiB/s-86.9MiB/s (82.8MB/s-91.1MB/s), io=77.8GiB (83.5GB), run=60054-61887msec 
4k-4g-1j-32G:  WRITE: bw=504MiB/s (529MB/s), 504MiB/s-504MiB/s (529MB/s-529MB/s), io=31.2GiB (33.5GB), run=63287-63287msec 

Replaced by 
SSD 970 EVO Plus 2 TB 
1m-16g-1j-32G:  WRITE: bw=2324MiB/s (2437MB/s), 2324MiB/s-2324MiB/s (2437MB/s-2437MB/s), io=139GiB (150GB), run=61450-61450msec 
64k-256m-16j-32G:  WRITE: bw=2928MiB/s (3070MB/s), 165MiB/s-194MiB/s (173MB/s-204MB/s), io=173GiB (186GB), run=60194-60632msec 
4k-4g-1j-32G:  WRITE: bw=351MiB/s (368MB/s), 351MiB/s-351MiB/s (368MB/s-368MB/s), io=20.9GiB (22.5GB), run=61065-61065msec 

CT2000BX500SSD1 2 TB 
1m-16g-1j-32G:  WRITE: bw=211MiB/s (222MB/s), 211MiB/s-211MiB/s (222MB/s-222MB/s), io=21.3GiB (22.8GB), run=102963-102963msec 
64k-256m-16j-32G:  WRITE: bw=393MiB/s (413MB/s), 20.3MiB/s-28.8MiB/s (21.3MB/s-30.2MB/s), io=24.8GiB (26.6GB), run=60979-64419msec 
4k-4g-1j-32G:  WRITE: bw=129MiB/s (135MB/s), 129MiB/s-129MiB/s (135MB/s-135MB/s), io=11.9GiB (12.7GB), run=94156-94156msec 

WD40EZRX-22SPEB0 4 TB 
1m-16g-1j-32G:  WRITE: bw=94.4MiB/s (99.0MB/s), 94.4MiB/s-94.4MiB/s (99.0MB/s-99.0MB/s), io=9.92GiB (10.7GB), run=107582-107582msec 
64k-256m-16j-32G:  WRITE: bw=90.4MiB/s (94.8MB/s), 5608KiB/s-8577KiB/s (5743kB/s-8783kB/s), io=8449MiB (8859MB), run=86566-93500msec 
4k-4g-1j-32G:  WRITE: bw=94.3MiB/s (98.9MB/s), 94.3MiB/s-94.3MiB/s (98.9MB/s-98.9MB/s), io=8192MiB (8590MB), run=86837-86837msec
2 
**i3-4130:~/benchmark #** inxi -zMSCDm  
**System:    Kernel:** 5.16.1-1-default x86_64 **bits:** 64 **Console:** pty pts/1 **Distro:** openSUSE Tumbleweed 20220120 
**Machine:   Type:** Desktop **Mobo:** ASRock **model:** Z87 Pro3 **serial:** <filter> **UEFI:** American Megatrends **v:** P2.90 **date:** 07/11/2014 
**Memory:    RAM:****total:** 15.29 GiB **used:** 2.1 GiB (13.7%) 
           **Array-1:****capacity:** 32 GiB **slots:** 4 **EC:** None 
           **Device-1:** ChannelA-DIMM0 **size:** No Module Installed 
           **Device-2:** ChannelA-DIMM1 **size:** 8 GiB **speed:** 1600 MT/s 
           **Device-3:** ChannelB-DIMM0 **size:** No Module Installed 
           **Device-4:** ChannelB-DIMM1 **size:** 8 GiB **speed:** 1600 MT/s 
**CPU:       Info:** Dual Core **model:** Intel Core i3-4130 **bits:** 64 **type:** MT MCP **cache:****L2:** 3 MiB 
           **Speed:** 1092 MHz **min/max:** 800/3400 MHz **Core speeds (MHz):****1:** 1092 **2:** 999 **3:** 1000 **4:** 1200 
**Drives:    Local Storage:****total:** 698.65 GiB **used:** 70.87 GiB (10.1%) 
           **ID-1:** /dev/sda **vendor:** Crucial **model:** CT250MX500SSD1 **size:** 232.89 GiB 
           **ID-2:** /dev/sdb **vendor:** Samsung **model:** SSD 850 EVO 500GB **size:** 465.76 GiB 
**i3-4130:~/benchmark #**

Crucial model: CT250MX500SSD1:

**i3-4130:~/benchmark #** grep WRITE * 
1m-16g-1j:**WRITE**: bw=231MiB/s (242MB/s), 231MiB/s-231MiB/s (242MB/s-242MB/s), io=16.0GiB (17.2GB), run=70996-70996msec 
4k-4g-1j:**WRITE**: bw=159MiB/s (167MB/s), 159MiB/s-159MiB/s (167MB/s-167MB/s), io=9.79GiB (10.5GB), run=62932-62932msec 
64k-256m-16j:**WRITE**: bw=345MiB/s (362MB/s), 20.4MiB/s-23.7MiB/s (21.4MB/s-24.9MB/s), io=24.6GiB (26.4GB), run=72729-72835msec 
**i3-4130:~/benchmark #**

Samsung model: SSD 850 EVO 500GB:


**i3-4130:/mnt/home/benchmark #** grep WRITE * 
1m-16g-1j:**WRITE**: bw=400MiB/s (419MB/s), 400MiB/s-400MiB/s (419MB/s-419MB/s), io=26.0GiB (28.0GB), run=66746-66746msec 
4k-4g-1j:**WRITE**: bw=302MiB/s (316MB/s), 302MiB/s-302MiB/s (316MB/s-316MB/s), io=18.9GiB (20.3GB), run=64036-64036msec 
64k-256m-16j:**WRITE**: bw=473MiB/s (496MB/s), 26.1MiB/s-32.9MiB/s (27.3MB/s-34.4MB/s), io=30.0GiB (32.2GB), run=60958-64831msec 
**i3-4130:/mnt/home/benchmark #**