disk-io-randon-read20170401 Intel Core i7-7700K testing with a ASUS TUF Z270 MARK 1 and Intel Kabylake GT2 3072MB on Ubuntu 16.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite. Samsung SSD 960 EVO: Processor: Intel Core i7-7700K @ 4.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS TUF Z270 MARK 1, Chipset: Intel Device 591f, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 960 EVO 500GB, Graphics: Intel Kabylake GT2 3072MB, Audio: Realtek Generic, Monitor: LG TV, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.8.0-41-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: modesetting 1.18.4, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 12.0.6, Vulkan: 1.0.24, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609 + CUDA 8.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Random Read - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better Samsung SSD 960 EVO . 673.85 |================================================= Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Random Read - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory IOPS > Higher Is Better Samsung SSD 960 EVO . 168459 |=================================================