sandisk Intel Core i7-8700K testing with a ASUS ROG MAXIMUS X HERO (1602 BIOS) and amdgpudrmfb on Gentoo via the Phoronix Test Suite. purplehaze: Processor: Intel Core i7-8700K @ 5.00GHz (6 Cores / 12 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS ROG MAXIMUS X HERO (1602 BIOS), Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 480GB SanDisk SSD PLUS + 2 x 750GB Crucial_CT750MX3, Graphics: amdgpudrmfb, Monitor: XF270HU OS: Gentoo, Kernel: 4.18.9-gentoo (x86_64), Desktop: KDE Plasma 5.12.5, Display Server: X Server 1.19.5, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.5, Compiler: GCC 7.3.0 + Clang 6.0.1 + LLVM 6.0.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440 IOzone 3.465 Record Size: 1MB - File Size: 512MB - Disk Test: Read Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better purplehaze . 6655 |============================================================ IOzone 3.465 Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 512MB - Disk Test: Read Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better purplehaze . 5255 |============================================================ IOzone 3.465 Record Size: 1MB - File Size: 512MB - Disk Test: Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better purplehaze . 317 |============================================================= IOzone 3.465 Record Size: 4Kb - File Size: 512MB - Disk Test: Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better purplehaze . 310.58 |========================================================== IOzone 3.465 Record Size: 64Kb - File Size: 512MB - Disk Test: Read Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better purplehaze . 6770 |============================================================ IOzone 3.465 Record Size: 64Kb - File Size: 512MB - Disk Test: Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better purplehaze . 313.90 |==========================================================