disk io perf benchmarks
Intel Core i7 870 testing with a ASRock H55DE3 and Zotac NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 4096MB on Ubuntu 16.10 via the Phoronix Test Suite.


Samsung SSD 850: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7 870 @ 2.93GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock H55DE3, Chipset: Intel Core DMI, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 1000GB Samsung SSD 850 + 2000GB Western Digital WD20EZRX-00D + 1000GB TOSHIBA DT01ACA1, Graphics: Zotac NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 4096MB (993/3004MHz), Audio: VIA VT1718S, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 + Realtek RTL8192CE PCIe Wireless

	OS: Ubuntu 16.10, Kernel: 4.8.0-34-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: NVIDIA 367.57, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Vulkan: 1.0.8, Compiler: GCC 6.2.0 20161005, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080


Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13
Type: Random Read - IO Engine: POSIX AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: No - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: /media/slow-lv - Result: IOPS
IOPS > Higher Is Better
Samsung SSD 850 . 120 |========================================================


Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13
Type: Random Read - IO Engine: POSIX AIO - Buffered: Yes - Direct: No - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: /media/slow-lv - Result: IOPS
IOPS > Higher Is Better
Samsung SSD 850 . 121 |========================================================


Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13
Type: Random Write - IO Engine: POSIX AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: No - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: /media/slow-lv - Result: IOPS
IOPS > Higher Is Better
Samsung SSD 850 . 273 |========================================================


Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13
Type: Random Write - IO Engine: POSIX AIO - Buffered: Yes - Direct: No - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: /media/slow-lv - Result: IOPS
IOPS > Higher Is Better
Samsung SSD 850 . 19183 |======================================================


Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13
Type: Random Read - IO Engine: POSIX AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: No - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: /media/striped-lv - Result: IOPS
IOPS > Higher Is Better
Samsung SSD 850 . 122 |========================================================


Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13
Type: Random Read - IO Engine: POSIX AIO - Buffered: Yes - Direct: No - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: /media/striped-lv - Result: IOPS
IOPS > Higher Is Better
Samsung SSD 850 . 132 |========================================================


Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13
Type: Random Write - IO Engine: POSIX AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: No - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: /media/striped-lv - Result: IOPS
IOPS > Higher Is Better
Samsung SSD 850 . 315 |========================================================


Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13
Type: Sequential Read - IO Engine: POSIX AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: No - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: /media/slow-lv - Result: IOPS
IOPS > Higher Is Better
Samsung SSD 850 . 9276 |=======================================================


Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13
Type: Random Write - IO Engine: POSIX AIO - Buffered: Yes - Direct: No - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: /media/striped-lv - Result: IOPS
IOPS > Higher Is Better
Samsung SSD 850 . 57640 |======================================================


Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13
Type: Sequential Read - IO Engine: POSIX AIO - Buffered: Yes - Direct: No - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: /media/slow-lv - Result: IOPS
IOPS > Higher Is Better
Samsung SSD 850 . 27476 |======================================================


Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13
Type: Sequential Write - IO Engine: POSIX AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: No - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: /media/slow-lv - Result: IOPS
IOPS > Higher Is Better
Samsung SSD 850 . 6648 |=======================================================


Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13
Type: Sequential Write - IO Engine: POSIX AIO - Buffered: Yes - Direct: No - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: /media/slow-lv - Result: IOPS
IOPS > Higher Is Better
Samsung SSD 850 . 32793 |======================================================


Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13
Type: Sequential Read - IO Engine: POSIX AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: No - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: /media/striped-lv - Result: IOPS
IOPS > Higher Is Better
Samsung SSD 850 . 9928 |=======================================================


Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13
Type: Random Read - IO Engine: POSIX AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: No - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: IOPS
IOPS > Higher Is Better
Samsung SSD 850 . 5659 |=======================================================


Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13
Type: Sequential Read - IO Engine: POSIX AIO - Buffered: Yes - Direct: No - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: /media/striped-lv - Result: IOPS
IOPS > Higher Is Better
Samsung SSD 850 . 59549 |======================================================


Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13
Type: Sequential Write - IO Engine: POSIX AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: No - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: /media/striped-lv - Result: IOPS
IOPS > Higher Is Better
Samsung SSD 850 . 6992 |=======================================================


Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13
Type: Random Read - IO Engine: POSIX AIO - Buffered: Yes - Direct: No - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: IOPS
IOPS > Higher Is Better
Samsung SSD 850 . 5515 |=======================================================


Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13
Type: Random Write - IO Engine: POSIX AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: No - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: IOPS
IOPS > Higher Is Better
Samsung SSD 850 . 12157 |======================================================


Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13
Type: Sequential Write - IO Engine: POSIX AIO - Buffered: Yes - Direct: No - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: /media/striped-lv - Result: IOPS
IOPS > Higher Is Better
Samsung SSD 850 . 65883 |======================================================


Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13
Type: Random Write - IO Engine: POSIX AIO - Buffered: Yes - Direct: No - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: IOPS
IOPS > Higher Is Better
Samsung SSD 850 . 83433 |======================================================


Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13
Type: Sequential Read - IO Engine: POSIX AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: No - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: IOPS
IOPS > Higher Is Better
Samsung SSD 850 . 13151 |======================================================


Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13
Type: Sequential Read - IO Engine: POSIX AIO - Buffered: Yes - Direct: No - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: IOPS
IOPS > Higher Is Better
Samsung SSD 850 . 39460 |======================================================


Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13
Type: Sequential Write - IO Engine: POSIX AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: No - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: IOPS
IOPS > Higher Is Better
Samsung SSD 850 . 12330 |======================================================


Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13
Type: Sequential Write - IO Engine: POSIX AIO - Buffered: Yes - Direct: No - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory - Result: IOPS
IOPS > Higher Is Better
Samsung SSD 850 . 78822 |======================================================