Intel Optane DC P4800X 750GB SSD Review

1. Introduction2. Intel Optane SSD DC P4800X3. Testing Methodology4. ATTO Disk Benchmark5. Sustained Sequential Read/Write Performance6. 4KB Random Read/Write Performance7. 8KB Random Read/Write Performance8. 8K Random 70/30 Mix Read/Write9. Intel 3D XPoint v Standard NAND10. Throughput11. Workload Scenarios12. PCMark 8 - Individual Test Suites13. Performance Stability14. Real Life File Testing15. Closing Thoughts16. View All Pages

We also tested the drive with a number of workload scenarios that it may be used for in its natural environment of the data centre.

Database
Transfer Size: 8K Reads: 67% Writes: 33% Random: 100%
Boundary: 4K Outstanding IO: 64 Threads/Workers: 8

SQL Server 2008 OLTP
Transfer Size: 8K Reads: 70% Writes: 30% Random: 100%
Boundary: 8K Outstanding IO: 60 Threads/Workers: 1

Web File Server 64KB
Transfer Size: 64K Reads: 95% Writes 5% Random: 75%
Boundary: 4K Outstanding IO: 64 Threads/Workers: 8

Web File Server 8KB
Transfer Size: 8K Reads: 95% Writes: 5% Random: 75%
Boundary: 4K Outstanding IO: 64 Threads/Workers: 8

Web File Server 4KB
Transfer Size: 8K Reads: 95% Writes: 5% Random: 75%
Boundary: 4K Outstanding IO: 64 Threads/Workers: 8

Media Streaming
Transfer Size: 64K Reads: 98% Writes: 2% Sequential: 100%
Boundary: 4K Outstanding IO: 64 Threads/Workers: 8

Video On Demand
Transfer Size: 128K Reads: 100% Writes: 0% Random: 100%
Boundary: 4K Outstanding IO: 512 Threads/Workers: 8

Decision Support DB
Transfer Size: 1MB Reads: 100% Writes: 0% Random: 100%
Boundary: 4K Outstanding IO: 64 Threads/Workers: 8

Mail Server
Transfer Size: 32K Reads: 58% Writes: 42% Random: 95%
Boundary: 4k Outstanding IO: 64 Threads/Workers:8

Search Engine
Transfer Size: 4K Reads: 100% Writes: 0% Random: 100%
Boundary: 4K Outstanding IO: 64 Threads/Workers:8

OS Paging
Transfer Size: 64K Reads: 90% Writes: 10% Sequential: 100%
Boundary: 4K Outstanding IO: 64 Threads/Workers:1

Digital Video Surveillance
Transfer Size: 512K Reads: 90% Writes: 10% Sequential: 100%
Boundary: 512K Outstanding IO: 64 Threads/Workers:8

Workstation
Transfer Size: 8K Reads: 80% Writes: 20% Random: 80%
Boundary: 8K Outstanding IO: 64 Threads/Workers 4

The DC P4800X showed some very strong performance figures in workload scenario tests with high IOPS bandwidth figures for the Search Engine and 4K Web Server test traces in particular.

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