Device | IOPS | Interface | Notes |
| 7200 RPM SATA drives | ~90 IOPS | SATA II | |
| 10k RPM SATA drives, queue depth 1 | ~130 IOPS | SATA II | fio -readonly -name iops -rw=randread -bs=512 -runtime=20 -iodepth 1 -filename /dev/sda -ioengine libaio -direct=1 |
| 10k RPM Serial Attached SCSI drives | ~140 IOPS | SAS | |
| 15k RPM Serial Attached SCSI drives | ~180 IOPS | SAS | |
| 10k RPM SATA drives, queue depth 24 | ~290 IOPS | SATA II | fio -readonly -name iops -rw=randread -bs=512 -runtime=20 -iodepth 24 -filename /dev/sda -ioengine libaio -direct=1 |
| Simple SLC SSD | ~400 IOPS | SATA II | |
| Intel X25-M G2 (MLC; As of March 2010) | ~8,600 IOPS | SATA II | Intel's data sheet claims 6,600/8,600 IOPS (80GB/160GB version) and 35,000 IOPS for random 4KB writes and reads, respectively. |
| Intel X25-E (SLC; As of March 2009) | ~5,000 IOPS | SATA II | Intel's data sheet claims 3,300 IOPS and 35,000 IOPS for writes and reads, respectively. 5,000 IOPS are measured for a mix. Intel X25-E G1 has around 3 times higher IOPS compared to the Intel X25-M G2. |
| OCZ Z-Drive e84, a PCI Express SLC Solid State Drive | 16,000 IOPS | PCIe | Maximum read/write speed of 800/750 MB/s). |
| G.Skill Phoenix Pro et. al. | ~20,000 IOPS | SATA III | SandForce-1200 based SSD drives with enhanced firmware, states up to 50,000 IOPS, but real-world performance shows for all drives from different manufacturers ~25,000 IOPS for random read and ~15,000 IOPS for random write. |
| ioDrive, a PCI-Express card with Flash | 140,000 Read IOPS, 135,000 Write IOPS | PCIe | |
| ioDrive Duo | 250,000+ IOPS | PCIe | |
| DDRdrive X1, a May 2009 PCI Express based solid-state drive | 300,000+ (512B Random Read IOPS) and 200,000+ (512B Random Write IOPS) | PCIe | |
| Texas Memory System RamSan-20 | 120,000+ Random Read/Write IOPS | PCIe | Inlude RAM cache and UltraCapacitor to preserve the memory non-volatile |
| Texas Memory System RamSan-630 Appliance | 1,000,000+ Random Read/Write IOPS | FC / InfiniBand | |
| Violin Memory Appliance | 1,000,000+ Random Read/Write IOPS | Proprietary interconnect | |
| ioDrive Octal (single PCI Express card) | 1,000,000+ Random Read/Write IOPS | PCIe | |