z12 Intel Core i5-6600K testing with a MSI Z170A PC MATE (MS-7971) v2.0 and Gigabyte NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 on Arch Linux via the Phoronix Test Suite. Piers: Processor: Intel Core i5-6600K @ 3.90GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: MSI Z170A PC MATE (MS-7971) v2.0, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 840 + 2 x 2000GB Western Digital WD20EFRX-68E + 1000GB Western Digital WD10EFRX-68P, Graphics: Gigabyte NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750, Audio: Realtek ALC887-VD, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Arch Linux, Kernel: 4.3.3-2-ARCH (x86_64), Display Driver: modesetting 1.18.0, Compiler: GCC 5.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768 Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Random Read - IO Engine: POSIX AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: MB/s MB/s > Higher Is Better Piers . 38.04 |================================================================ Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Random Write - IO Engine: POSIX AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: MB/s MB/s > Higher Is Better Piers . 92.68 |================================================================ Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Sequential Read - IO Engine: POSIX AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: MB/s MB/s > Higher Is Better Piers . 148.76 |=============================================================== Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13 Type: Sequential Write - IO Engine: POSIX AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: MB/s MB/s > Higher Is Better Piers . 91.82 |================================================================ FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size Files/s > Higher Is Better Piers . 53.98 |================================================================ John The Ripper 1.8.0 Test: Traditional DES Real C/S > Higher Is Better Piers . 23255333 |============================================================= C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Piers . 21.44 |================================================================ FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.1 WAV To FLAC Seconds < Lower Is Better Piers . 5.11 |================================================================= LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better Piers . 11.08 |================================================================ FFmpeg 2.8.1 H.264 HD To NTSC DV Seconds < Lower Is Better Piers . 9.14 |=================================================================