|
AMCC 3WARE 9650SE-16ML
and 9690SA-8I RAID CONTROLLERS
Test Results Summaries
Now, let's tabulate the
results of both cards. Because both work with
SATA HDDs, we can compare their relative
performance. As for SAS HDDs, we will tabulate
those separately. Best scores in
AQUA.
8x Seagate Barracuda
ES 750GB, SATA
|
HDTach 3.0.1.0 8MB
Zones, RAID-0, 16k stripe |
| |
Burst Speed |
Random Access |
Ave. Read |
Ave. Write |
|
3Ware
9650SE-16ML |
365.9 MB/s |
11.1 ms |
234.1 MB/s |
160.3 MB/s |
|
3Ware 9690SA-8I |
289.3 MB/s |
10.9 ms |
191.9 MB/s |
138.2 MB/s |
|
HDTach 3.0.1.0
32MB Zones, RAID-0, 16k stripe |
| |
Burst Speed |
Random Access |
Ave. Read |
Ave. Write |
|
3Ware
9650SE-16ML |
365.0 MB/s |
11.1 ms |
243.8 MB/s |
237.5 MB/s |
|
3Ware
9690SA-8I |
292.6 MB/s |
11.5 ms |
197.7 MB/s |
192.2 MB/s |
|
ATTO Disk
Benchmark, RAID-0, 16k stripe |
| |
3Ware
9650SE-16ML |
3Ware
9690SA-8I |
| |
Write |
Read |
Write |
Read |
|
0.5 |
426 |
8192 |
83 |
6352 |
|
1.0 |
815 |
17457 |
240 |
12614 |
|
2.0 |
1445 |
32172 |
506 |
23433 |
|
4.0 |
2327 |
62816 |
1566 |
43555 |
|
8.0 |
4828 |
108313 |
4444 |
76211 |
|
16.0 |
15404 |
177592 |
6971 |
124388 |
|
32.0 |
36066 |
269223 |
6289 |
188040 |
|
64.0 |
69743 |
366351 |
5825 |
252472 |
|
128.0 |
94741 |
402653 |
4862 |
268761 |
|
256.0 |
126322 |
436207 |
5991 |
303548 |
|
512.0 |
196896 |
466265 |
7064 |
328160 |
|
1024.0 |
338850 |
509159 |
8995 |
336364 |
|
HDTach 3.0.1.0 8MB
Zones, RAID-0, 256k stripe |
| |
Burst Speed |
Random Access |
Ave. Read |
Ave. Write |
|
3Ware
9650SE-16ML |
198.6 MB/s |
11.0 ms |
156.0 MB/s |
151.5 MB/s |
|
3Ware 9690SA-8I |
181.5 MB/s |
10.9 ms |
144.8 MB/s |
135.4 MB/s |
|
HDTach 3.0.1.0
32MB Zones, RAID-0, 256k stripe |
| |
Burst Speed |
Random Access |
Ave. Read |
Ave. Write |
|
3Ware
9650SE-16ML |
203.5 MB/s |
11.0 ms |
161.0 MB/s |
260.3 MB/s |
|
3Ware 9690SA-8I |
179.1 MB/s |
11.1 ms |
148.2 MB/s |
240.5 MB/s |
|
ATTO Disk
Benchmark, RAID-0, 256k stripe |
| |
3Ware
9650SE-16ML |
3Ware 9690SA-8I |
| |
Write |
Read |
Write |
Read |
|
0.5 |
283 |
8064 |
62 |
6164 |
|
1.0 |
581 |
15224 |
127 |
12300 |
|
2.0 |
7474 |
28394 |
260 |
24396 |
|
4.0 |
8576 |
51989 |
561 |
46597 |
|
8.0 |
9708 |
89359 |
1314 |
87327 |
|
16.0 |
12004 |
124928 |
3531 |
143474 |
|
32.0 |
23780 |
213112 |
6501 |
224055 |
|
64.0 |
43671 |
301989 |
14979 |
285212 |
|
128.0 |
82040 |
408996 |
18170 |
336364 |
|
256.0 |
192399 |
503316 |
32577 |
449612 |
|
512.0 |
394758 |
550893 |
31506 |
537201 |
|
1024.0 |
444102 |
574505 |
31729 |
541200 |
For RAID-0 tests, the SATA-only 9650SE clearly
outperformed the 9690SA in nearly all the tests above. The scores
themselves are pretty impressive, and are within the range of top-end SATA
controllers we've reviewed in the past.
|
HDTach 3.0.1.0 8MB
Zones, RAID-1 |
| |
Burst Speed |
Random Access |
Ave. Read |
Ave. Write |
|
3Ware
9650SE-16ML |
184.6 MB/s |
14.1 ms |
66.8 MB/s |
56.5 MB/s |
|
3Ware 9690SA-8I |
184.0 MB/s |
14.0 ms |
66.6 MB/s |
52.4 MB/s |
|
HDTach 3.0.1.0
32MB Zones, RAID-1 |
| |
Burst Speed |
Random Access |
Ave. Read |
Ave. Write |
|
3Ware
9650SE-16ML |
184.7 MB/s |
14.1 ms |
66.8 MB/s |
63.0 MB/s |
|
3Ware 9690SA-8I |
182.7 MB/s |
14.6 ms |
66.6 MB/s |
60.9 MB/s |
|
ATTO Disk
Benchmark, RAID-1 |
| |
3Ware
9650SE-16ML |
3Ware 9690SA-8I |
| |
Write |
Read |
Write |
Read |
|
0.5 |
262 |
8171 |
60 |
6016 |
|
1.0 |
549 |
15556 |
121 |
12198 |
|
2.0 |
1965 |
28678 |
230 |
23945 |
|
4.0 |
7550 |
50010 |
445 |
45924 |
|
8.0 |
14317 |
76211 |
865 |
73252 |
|
16.0 |
14725 |
81847 |
1412 |
84193 |
|
32.0 |
69884 |
82452 |
2217 |
83898 |
|
64.0 |
64839 |
82443 |
3092 |
84077 |
|
128.0 |
75403 |
82646 |
3186 |
83676 |
|
256.0 |
78215 |
85637 |
3795 |
84461 |
|
512.0 |
71056 |
86846 |
3956 |
84850 |
|
1024.0 |
72944 |
87671 |
4107 |
86238 |
In RAID-1, the margin of victory
of the 9650SE is far smaller in the read tests,
but the write speeds in the ATTO results show
that the 9650SE still is the leader here.
Note the increased latency in the random access
times.
|
HDTach 3.0.1.0 8MB
Zones, RAID-5, 16k stripe |
| |
Burst Speed |
Random Access |
Ave. Read |
Ave. Write |
|
3Ware
9650SE-16ML |
337.6 MB/s |
12.0 ms |
166.3 MB/s |
64.9 MB/s |
|
3Ware 9690SA-8I |
300.5 MB/s |
11.9 ms |
144.8 MB/s |
55.2 MB/s |
|
HDTach 3.0.1.0
32MB Zones, RAID-5, 16k stripe |
| |
Burst Speed |
Random Access |
Ave. Read |
Ave. Write |
|
3Ware
9650SE-16ML |
342.6 MB/s |
11.2 ms |
229.8 MB/s |
129.7 MB/s |
|
3Ware 9690SA-8I |
301.0 MB/s |
12.0 ms |
142.7 MB/s |
81.9 MB/s |
|
ATTO Disk
Benchmark, RAID-5, 16k stripe |
| |
3Ware
9650SE-16ML |
3Ware 9690SA-8I |
| |
Write |
Read |
Write |
Read |
|
0.5 |
50 |
7259 |
46 |
5548 |
|
1.0 |
91 |
13308 |
97 |
9525 |
|
2.0 |
129 |
15699 |
133 |
17367 |
|
4.0 |
201 |
43810 |
211 |
33817 |
|
8.0 |
311 |
70325 |
297 |
58087 |
|
16.0 |
666 |
116862 |
728 |
93111 |
|
32.0 |
1271 |
164968 |
1293 |
64493 |
|
64.0 |
2349 |
63913 |
2489 |
55120 |
|
128.0 |
2208 |
74017 |
1895 |
54878 |
|
256.0 |
2810 |
120123 |
2819 |
163490 |
|
512.0 |
2998 |
191978 |
3192 |
133902 |
|
1024.0 |
3520 |
372827 |
3495 |
159403 |
|
HDTach 3.0.1.0
8MB Zones, RAID-5, 256k stripe |
| |
Burst Speed |
Random Access |
Ave. Read |
Ave. Write |
|
3Ware
9650SE-16ML |
210.6 MB/s |
12.4 ms |
108.3 MB/s |
34.1 MB/s |
|
3Ware
9690SA-8I |
220.5 MB/s |
11.8 ms |
115.6 MB/s |
33.7 MB/s |
|
HDTach 3.0.1.0
32MB Zones, RAID-5, 256k stripe |
| |
Burst Speed |
Random Access |
Ave. Read |
Ave. Write |
|
3Ware
9650SE-16ML |
197.6 MB/s |
11.5 ms |
47.7 MB/s |
86.0 MB/s |
|
3Ware
9690SA-8I |
183.3 MB/s |
11.7 ms |
47.7 MB/s |
83.7 MB/s |
|
ATTO Disk
Benchmark, RAID-5, 256k stripe |
| |
3Ware
9650SE-16ML |
3Ware
9690SA-8I |
| |
Write |
Read |
Write |
Read |
|
0.5 |
47 |
7350 |
24 |
5369 |
|
1.0 |
104 |
14020 |
48 |
10508 |
|
2.0 |
201 |
24721 |
103 |
20717 |
|
4.0 |
358 |
39111 |
217 |
38577 |
|
8.0 |
747 |
40827 |
436 |
32737 |
|
16.0 |
917 |
60692 |
775 |
37524 |
|
32.0 |
1490 |
73464 |
1064 |
59743 |
|
64.0 |
2433 |
112652 |
1525 |
58355 |
|
128.0 |
2353 |
98208 |
1662 |
64219 |
|
256.0 |
2716 |
172284 |
1935 |
85439 |
|
512.0 |
2739 |
114856 |
2077 |
141194 |
|
1024.0 |
3017 |
360976 |
1856 |
180048 |
The RAID-5 results above show
how the cards are on a more even playing field
now, but the edge still is with the 9650SE
especially when the larger 256k stripe is used.
|
HDTach 3.0.1.0
8MB Zones, RAID-6, 64k stripe |
| |
Burst Speed |
Random Access |
Ave. Read |
Ave. Write |
|
3Ware
9650SE-16ML |
291.9 MB/s |
12.2 ms |
154.1 MB/s |
52.1 MB/s |
|
3Ware
9690SA-8I |
271.8 MB/s |
12.4 ms |
140.4 MB/s |
42.3 MB/s |
|
HDTach 3.0.1.0
32MB Zones, RAID-6, 64k stripe |
| |
Burst Speed |
Random Access |
Ave. Read |
Ave. Write |
|
3Ware
9650SE-16ML |
285.2 MB/s |
11.6 ms |
173.2 MB/s |
91.7 MB/s |
|
3Ware
9690SA-8I |
266.4 MB/s |
12.2 ms |
137.9 MB/s |
73.8 MB/s |
|
ATTO Disk
Benchmark, RAID-6, 64k stripe |
| |
3Ware
9650SE-16ML |
3Ware
9690SA-8I |
| |
Write |
Read |
Write |
Read |
|
0.5 |
26 |
7641 |
25 |
4341 |
|
1.0 |
58 |
14788 |
51 |
10534 |
|
2.0 |
126 |
27519 |
100 |
21331 |
|
4.0 |
229 |
50973 |
188 |
41715 |
|
8.0 |
411 |
101946 |
359 |
72707 |
|
16.0 |
673 |
176722 |
594 |
126140 |
|
32.0 |
1129 |
116660 |
1001 |
200628 |
|
64.0 |
2126 |
91929 |
1894 |
80765 |
|
128.0 |
2009 |
111054 |
1700 |
48164 |
|
256.0 |
2656 |
160164 |
2358 |
86642 |
|
512.0 |
3156 |
211238 |
2779 |
122760 |
|
1024.0 |
3513 |
256203 |
2805 |
224249 |
In the single RAID-6 set of
tests above, the 9650Se again dominates the
results.
|
HDTach 3.0.1.0
8MB Zones, RAID-10, 16k stripe |
| |
Burst Speed |
Random Access |
Ave. Read |
Ave. Write |
|
3Ware
9650SE-16ML |
339.1 MB/s |
12.6 ms |
209.8 MB/s |
55.9 MB/s |
|
3Ware
9690SA-8I |
289.6 MB/s |
12.2 ms |
172.7 MB/s |
50.3 MB/s |
|
HDTach 3.0.1.0
32MB Zones, RAID-10, 16k stripe |
| |
Burst Speed |
Random Access |
Ave. Read |
Ave. Write |
|
3Ware
9650SE-16ML |
340.7 MB/s |
12.4 ms |
210.6 MB/s |
88.4 MB/s |
|
3Ware
9690SA-8I |
289.7 MB/s |
12.7 ms |
173.2 MB/s |
79.5 MB/s |
|
ATTO Disk
Benchmark, RAID-10, 16k stripe |
| |
3Ware
9650SE-16ML |
3Ware
9690SA-8I |
| |
Write |
Read |
Write |
Read |
|
0.5 |
218 |
7692 |
39 |
5800 |
|
1.0 |
509 |
14020 |
122 |
11432 |
|
2.0 |
708 |
30285 |
247 |
21734 |
|
4.0 |
1390 |
56475 |
624 |
40620 |
|
8.0 |
2232 |
99718 |
1308 |
71992 |
|
16.0 |
4380 |
161461 |
1950 |
114384 |
|
32.0 |
8009 |
245928 |
1816 |
170838 |
|
64.0 |
16249 |
285212 |
1954 |
224806 |
|
128.0 |
15286 |
289262 |
2974 |
288551 |
|
256.0 |
52428 |
287844 |
3883 |
286440 |
|
512.0 |
53871 |
312516 |
4456 |
324720 |
|
1024.0 |
59652 |
344568 |
5178 |
358024 |
|
HDTach 3.0.1.0
8MB Zones, RAID-10, 256k stripe |
| |
Burst Speed |
Random Access |
Ave. Read |
Ave. Write |
|
3Ware
9650SE-16ML |
188.7 MB/s |
12.3 ms |
143.9 MB/s |
52.7 MB/s |
|
3Ware
9690SA-8I |
188.5 MB/s |
12.5 ms |
138.8 MB/s |
52.6 MB/s |
|
HDTach 3.0.1.0
32MB Zones, RAID-10, 256k stripe |
| |
Burst Speed |
Random Access |
Ave. Read |
Ave. Write |
|
3Ware
9650SE-16ML |
194.6 MB/s |
12.6 ms |
154.3 MB/s |
90.3 MB/s |
|
3Ware
9690SA-8I |
183.9 MB/s |
13.0 ms |
144.2 MB/s |
86.0 MB/s |
|
ATTO Disk
Benchmark, RAID-10, 256k stripe |
| |
3Ware
9650SE-16ML |
3Ware
9690SA-8I |
| |
Write |
Read |
Write |
Read |
|
0.5 |
185 |
7692 |
42 |
5745 |
|
1.0 |
365 |
14678 |
82 |
11432 |
|
2.0 |
509 |
28829 |
164 |
22353 |
|
4.0 |
1828 |
51732 |
327 |
44240 |
|
8.0 |
3471 |
87327 |
738 |
82452 |
|
16.0 |
8011 |
129278 |
1699 |
144179 |
|
32.0 |
14051 |
212075 |
3347 |
201945 |
|
64.0 |
23685 |
268435 |
6145 |
260046 |
|
128.0 |
32350 |
271396 |
7216 |
288551 |
|
256.0 |
55659 |
299741 |
8214 |
295344 |
|
512.0 |
73121 |
306546 |
8234 |
316394 |
|
1024.0 |
78951 |
339686 |
8806 |
352772 |
The RAID-10 tests above again
tell the same story - the 9650SE still is the
better card for SATA drives. But do note
tat the HDTach 8MB results are extremely close,
statistically identical.
|
HDTach 3.0.1.0
8MB Zones, RAID-50, 16k stripe |
| |
Burst Speed |
Random Access |
Ave. Read |
Ave. Write |
|
3Ware
9650SE-16ML |
305.7 MB/s |
11.3 ms |
214.6 MB/s |
56.8 MB/s |
|
3Ware
9690SA-8I |
278.9 MB/s |
11.7 ms |
184.4 MB/s |
68.3 MB/s |
|
HDTach 3.0.1.0
32MB Zones, RAID-50, 16k stripe |
| |
Burst Speed |
Random Access |
Ave. Read |
Ave. Write |
|
3Ware
9650SE-16ML |
307.6 MB/s |
11.7 ms |
222.5 MB/s |
100.5 MB/s |
|
3Ware
9690SA-8I |
265.6 MB/s |
12.1 ms |
187.1 MB/s |
117.9 MB/s |
|
ATTO Disk
Benchmark, RAID-50, 16k stripe |
| |
3Ware
9650SE-16ML |
3Ware
9690SA-8I |
| |
Write |
Read |
Write |
Read |
|
0.5 |
60 |
7680 |
47 |
5760 |
|
1.0 |
113 |
15149 |
99 |
11375 |
|
2.0 |
181 |
29838 |
148 |
21385 |
|
4.0 |
273 |
54427 |
229 |
40319 |
|
8.0 |
457 |
98418 |
434 |
70499 |
|
16.0 |
850 |
161063 |
859 |
112305 |
|
32.0 |
1956 |
91392 |
2119 |
171672 |
|
64.0 |
3623 |
324720 |
3532 |
158986 |
|
128.0 |
3843 |
346261 |
3406 |
241458 |
|
256.0 |
4821 |
382055 |
3724 |
270732 |
|
512.0 |
5045 |
404967 |
4008 |
301236 |
|
1024.0 |
5068 |
403972 |
3749 |
309482 |
|
HDTach 3.0.1.0
8MB Zones, RAID-50, 256k stripe |
| |
Burst Speed |
Random Access |
Ave. Read |
Ave. Write |
|
3Ware
9650SE-16ML |
189.4 MB/s |
11.5 ms |
151.3 MB/s |
81.2 MB/s |
|
3Ware
9690SA-8I |
185.2 MB/s |
11.6 ms |
141.9 MB/s |
58.0 MB/s |
|
HDTach 3.0.1.0
32MB Zones, RAID-50, 256k stripe |
| |
Burst Speed |
Random Access |
Ave. Read |
Ave. Write |
|
3Ware
9650SE-16ML |
195.4 MB/s |
11.9 ms |
156.3 MB/s |
186.1 MB/s |
|
3Ware
9690SA-8I |
184.8 MB/s |
11.9 ms |
146.1 MB/s |
107.9 MB/s |
|
ATTO Disk
Benchmark, RAID-50, 256k stripe |
| |
3Ware
9650SE-16ML |
3Ware
9690SA-8I |
| |
Write |
Read |
Write |
Read |
|
0.5 |
61 |
7808 |
60 |
5760 |
|
1.0 |
122 |
15044 |
122 |
11543 |
|
2.0 |
224 |
27656 |
212 |
14020 |
|
4.0 |
453 |
46965 |
356 |
44240 |
|
8.0 |
835 |
87110 |
726 |
78805 |
|
16.0 |
1072 |
129601 |
960 |
134285 |
|
32.0 |
2060 |
212592 |
1869 |
202433 |
|
64.0 |
3086 |
310378 |
2915 |
288551 |
|
128.0 |
3039 |
366351 |
2779 |
338017 |
|
256.0 |
3558 |
387483 |
2910 |
365444 |
|
512.0 |
3699 |
440194 |
3226 |
443487 |
|
1024.0 |
3322 |
209192 |
3251 |
448499 |
In RAID-50, the 9650SE still wins the majority of
the tests, but it is interesting to note that the
9690SA is very close behind, winning several write
tests as well.
2x Seagate Cheetah
15k.5 + 2x Hitachi UltraStar 15K300, SAS
|
HDTach 3.0.1.0 8MB
Zones, RAID-0, 16k stripe |
| |
Burst Speed |
Random Access |
Ave. Read |
Ave. Write |
|
3Ware 9690SA-8I |
296.9 MB/s |
6.4 ms |
197.8 MB/s |
135.4 MB/s |
|
HDTach 3.0.1.0
32MB Zones, RAID-0, 16k stripe |
| |
Burst Speed |
Random Access |
Ave. Read |
Ave. Write |
|
3Ware
9690SA-8I |
297.9 MB/s |
6.4 ms |
197.5 MB/s |
205.6 MB/s |
|
ATTO Disk
Benchmark, RAID-0, 16k stripe |
| |
3Ware
9690SA-8I |
| |
Write |
Read |
|
0.5 |
12996 |
6272 |
|
1.0 |
24201 |
12453 |
|
2.0 |
43479 |
24783 |
|
4.0 |
65397 |
31855 |
|
8.0 |
68472 |
47259 |
|
16.0 |
127690 |
129925 |
|
32.0 |
195271 |
201129 |
|
64.0 |
242562 |
274763 |
|
128.0 |
310378 |
125515 |
|
256.0 |
83676 |
307305 |
|
512.0 |
308067 |
462819 |
|
1024.0 |
323916 |
446290 |
|
HDTach 3.0.1.0 8MB
Zones, RAID-0, 256k stripe |
| |
Burst Speed |
Random Access |
Ave. Read |
Ave. Write |
|
3Ware 9690SA-8I |
276.1 MB/s |
6.5 ms |
136.0 MB/s |
135.5 MB/s |
|
HDTach 3.0.1.0
32MB Zones, RAID-0, 256k stripe |
| |
Burst Speed |
Random Access |
Ave. Read |
Ave. Write |
|
3Ware 9690SA-8I |
276.5 MB/s |
9.7 ms |
168.3 MB/s |
228.1 MB/s |
|
ATTO Disk
Benchmark, RAID-0, 256k stripe |
| |
3Ware 9690SA-8I |
|
