The Intel Optane SSD 900P 280GB Review
by Billy Tallis on October 27, 2017 9:30 AM ESTMixed Random Performance
Our test of mixed random reads and writes covers mixes varying from pure reads to pure writes at 10% increments. Each mix is tested for up to 1 minute or 32GB of data transferred. The test is conducted with a queue depth of 4, and is limited to a 64GB span of the drive. In between each mix, the drive is given idle time of up to one minute so that the overall duty cycle is 50%.
The mixed random I/O performance of the Intel Optane SSD 900P is completely unmatched. The small Optane Memory M.2 is the second fastest drive we've tested, and the fastest flash-based SSD is only a third as fast as the Optane SSD overall.
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At the very end of the test, when the workload shifts to pure random writes, Samsung's fastest SSDs are able to batch the writes and dramatically improve throughput, almost enough to catch up to the slowest speed the Optane SSD hits during this test.
Mixed Sequential Performance
Our test of mixed sequential reads and writes differs from the mixed random I/O test by performing 128kB sequential accesses rather than 4kB accesses at random locations, and the sequential test is conducted at queue depth 1. The range of mixes tested is the same, and the timing and limits on data transfers are also the same as above.
The Intel Optane SSD 900P doesn't quite dominate the mixed sequential I/O test to the extent that it trounced the competition in the mixed random I/O test, but it still breaks the record with a 40% higher average throughput than the fastest flash-based SSD.
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The Optane SSD 900P's performance wavers a bit as the workload changes, but the general trend is a gradual reduction in performance as the proportion of writes increases. The flash-based SSDs tend to show an sharper decline in performance during the first half of the test, and the good ones recover most of that performance over the course of the second half. But the low performance in the middle of the test brings the averages way down and leaves the Optane SSD alone at the top.
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eddman - Friday, October 27, 2017 - link
Nice deflection with "I did not meant it as fact since I didn't use such words."Notmyusualid - Friday, October 27, 2017 - link
@ eddmanI wish AT WERE bothered by him - he is distracting in so many articles, with his nonsense opinions, that I can't see any real discussion anymore.
I doubt he has any foot in anyone's IT door, as he seems to have amazing amounts of free time to spend commenting on here. Meanwhile - I've been on the go since 05:30 this morning, come here to read about new tech, and yet again, this troll clogging up potentially useful discussion.
I believe ddriver has a mental personality disorder, I'm just not sure which one, since schizoids and narcissists can be similar in some ways, and in no way am I a psych doctor.
Therefore, I wish him nothing but the worst life has to offer.
lmcd - Friday, October 27, 2017 - link
I don't care if he ends up with the worst life has to offer, I just want his internet to die for a month or two so we can see what normal comment sections look like.MamiyaOtaru - Tuesday, November 7, 2017 - link
the fact that you think you need to explain the "hypetane" "joke", or that there's anyone who wouldn't get it, says everything that needs to be said about you. You probably felt super clever coming up with that one, cramming two words together like it was the height of humor, and that it was subtle enough some people wouldn't get it. Meanwhile, it was super obvious to *everyone*, so obvious that it isn't even close to funny. It's like you are operating on a lower mental plane and don't even know it, a dunning-kruger of humor.sonny73n - Tuesday, October 31, 2017 - link
Lol. Brutal.Meteor2 - Tuesday, October 31, 2017 - link
Ha ha, indeed!Please folks, don't reply to posts to ddriver. Don't even bother reading them. Don't feed trolls!
melgross - Friday, October 27, 2017 - link
Trust me, you’ve already reached the level of pointless mediocrity. You can applaud your achievement.ddriver - Friday, October 27, 2017 - link
Rule N1 - never trust people who say "trust me" ;)lmcd - Friday, October 27, 2017 - link
So I'll never trust your objectivity.As if I needed incentive.
investlite - Monday, November 6, 2017 - link
LOL! Mediocrity? It's only 2.7x faster. Since you love analogies, the tesla goes 0-60 in 3 seconds. This does it in 1.4 and you're calling it mediocre. We get it, your disappointed that it's not 1000x faster. Here's my question, how have you not let go of something a company said two years ago?Talk about limiting your mindset, you've restricted your expectations to a statement two years ago when we have a tangible product in our hands now. How about you worry about what we've got instead of what was said about it two years ago?