Page 2 - Ordering Information
Intel® Solid-State Drive 750 Series Ordering Information Contact your local Intel sales representative for ordering information. Tests document performance of components on a particular test, in specific systems. Differences in hardware, software, or configuration will affect actual performance. Con...
Page 3 - Contents
Intel® Solid-State Drive 750 Series Contents Revision History ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 4 Terms and Acronyms ................................
Page 4 - Revision History
Intel® Solid-State Drive 750 Series Revision History Revision Description Date 001 Initial release March 2015 Terms and Acronyms Term Definition AHCI Advanced Host Controller Interface API Application Programming Interface ATA Advanced Technology Attachment DIPM Device Initiated Power Management GB ...
Page 5 - Overview
Intel® Solid-State Drive 750 Series 1 Overview This guide is intended for publications, OEMs, technical analysts, and individuals who plan to test or evaluate the Intel Solid-State Drive 750 Series performance benefits and features. This guide gives specific and detailed instruction on how evaluate ...
Page 6 - System Requirements; Hardware Requirements
Intel® Solid-State Drive 750 Series 2 System Requirements To replicate the performance numbers stated in the benchmark, your system will need to meet the following hardware and software requirements. 2.1 Hardware Requirements The following hardware is necessary to replicate the performance numbers s...
Page 7 - System Setup and Configuration; System Setup and Driver Installation
Intel® Solid-State Drive 750 Series 3 System Setup and Configuration System configuration and SSD states can affect run-to-run performance. To overcome this, use a consistent system configuration for repeatable benchmark results. 3.1 System Setup and Driver Installation Once you have installed your ...
Page 8 - Properties; Apply; IOMeter
Intel® Solid-State Drive 750 Series The objective is to disable any automatic services which may interrupt or disrupt the performance test. Once complete, the next step it to set up permissions for IOMeter: 1. Open the directory to IOMeter, right click on the IOMeter.exe icon and click Properties . ...
Page 9 - SSD Pre-Conditioning; Erasing the SSD; Intel® SSD Toolbox; Secure Erase; Intel® SSD Data Center Tool; Windows
Intel® Solid-State Drive 750 Series 3.3 SSD Pre-Conditioning The performance of an SSD is at its best when the SSD is new (out-of-the-box). As the SSD fills with data, performance will degrade. Performance degradation varies based on the workload applied to the drive. Because performance measurement...
Page 10 - Prefilling the drive; Setting up the Disk Target; Disk Target; Setting up Access Specifications; Access Specification
Intel® Solid-State Drive 750 Series 3.3.2 Prefilling the drive As standard in the industry, the drive must be sequentially filled prior to running a workload. This can be done with IOMeter by running a sequential write operation. 3.3.2.1 Setting up the Disk Target 1. Click on the Disk Target tab. 2....
Page 11 - OK; Add
Intel® Solid-State Drive 750 Series 3. Create a name for your workload. 4. Copy the settings below to setup a 128KB, aligned, sequential write workload. 5. After completion, click OK . You now have created a new workload. 6. Click Add to assign it to Worker 1, NVMe Intel Disk. March 2015 Evaluation ...
Page 12 - Setting Up Test Duration; Test Setup; Running the Test; Results Display
Intel® Solid-State Drive 750 Series 3.3.2.3 Setting Up Test Duration 1. Click on the Test Setup tab. 2. Set the number of minutes to 20. 3.3.2.4 Running the Test 1. Click on the Results Display tab. 2. Under the Results Since setting, click the Last Update radio button. 3. Set Update Frequency to 1 ...
Page 13 - Evaluating the Intel® SSD 750 Series; 28KB Sequential Writes; Setting the Disk Target
Intel® Solid-State Drive 750 Series 4 Evaluating the Intel® SSD 750 Series This section provides the steps for evaluating the Intel SSD 750 Series with IOMeter. After the IOMeter workload is configured, you can save the configuration file as an .icf file for later testing. The workload order is: • 1...
Page 14 - Setting Access Specifications
Intel® Solid-State Drive 750 Series 4.1.2 Setting Access Specifications 1. Reuse/Recreate the same workload as the Prefill workload. 2. After the workload is created, click Add to assign it to Worker 1. 4.1.3 Setting Up Test Duration 1. Click the Test Setup tab. 2. Set for 20 minutes. 4.1.4 Running ...
Page 15 - 28KB Sequential Reads; Access Specifications
Intel® Solid-State Drive 750 Series Once the test is complete, you can refer to your output file which will provide various statistics of the workload. 4.2 128KB Sequential Reads The second workload is the sequential read workload. Just like the sequential writes workload, it only uses 1 worker at 3...
Page 16 - Setting Up the Test Duration
Intel® Solid-State Drive 750 Series 4.2.3 Setting Up the Test Duration 1. Click the Test Setup tab. 2. Set for 20 minutes. 4.2.4 Running the Test 1. Click the Results Display Tab. 2. Set Last Update and Update Frequency to 1 second. 3. Click the green flag to run the workload. 4. Name and save the o...
Page 17 - KB Random Writes
Intel® Solid-State Drive 750 Series 4.3 4KB Random Writes The third workload is the 4KB, aligned, random writes. Although many parameters are similar (Maximum Disk Size to 16777216 sectors and # of Outstanding I/Os to 32 per target), there is one key difference. To take advantage of NVMe technology,...
Page 20 - KB Random Reads
Intel® Solid-State Drive 750 Series 4.4 4KB Random Reads The final workload is 4KB random reads. The setup is essentially the same as the random writes workloads. The only thing that differs is the workload. If you still have the random writes setup, change the workload to 4K random reads and assign...
Page 22 - Evaluating the Results
Intel® Solid-State Drive 750 Series 5 Evaluating the Results After running the workload, IOMeter will produce .csv files you can view in excel to analyze additional data. The .csv files will contain average data and will not necessarily show maximum or peak values (up to numbers). However, the avera...