fio-random Intel Xeon E3-1220 v3 testing on Gentoo/Linux via the Phoronix Test Suite. New SSD: Processor: Intel Core i7-3770 @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Dell 0YJPT1, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 128GB KINGSTON SKC400S + 500GB Seagate ST500DM002-1BD14, Graphics: Zotac NVIDIA GeForce GT 610 1024MB (810/666MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC887-VD, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 + Qualcomm Atheros AR9485 Wireless OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-42-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: NVIDIA 361.42, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3360x1050 Old SSD: Processor: Intel Core i7-3770 @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Dell 0YJPT1, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 60GB ADATA SSD S510 6 + 500GB Seagate ST500DM002-1BD14, Graphics: Zotac NVIDIA GeForce GT 610 1024MB (810/666MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC887-VD, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 + Qualcomm Atheros AR9485 Wireless OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-42-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: NVIDIA 361.42, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3360x1050 Intel SSD: Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1220 v3 @ 3.50GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Supermicro X10SLL-F v1.02, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 2 x 32GB SATA SSD + 4 x 1000GB Seagate ST1000NM0045 OS: Gentoo/Linux, Kernel: 4.4.26-gentoo-test (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.9.3, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 800x600 Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Random Read - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: Yes - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 16KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: IOPS IOPS > Higher Is Better New SSD ... 4170 |============================================== Old SSD ... 3659 |======================================== Intel SSD . 5573 |============================================================= Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Random Read - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: Yes - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 16KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: MB/s MB/s > Higher Is Better New SSD ... 66.90 |============================================= Old SSD ... 57.46 |======================================= Intel SSD . 89.48 |============================================================