Intel Optane 16GB Ubuntu Linux MEMPEK1W016GA
Intel Core i7-7700K testing with a EVGA 134-KS-E279 v1.0 and NVIDIA GP102 [TITAN X] 64384MB on Ubuntu 17.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite.


Samsung 950 PRO: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-7700K @ 4.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Device 591f + Z270, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: MSI AMD Radeon RX 470/480 8192MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411

	OS: Ubuntu 17.04, Kernel: 4.10.0-20-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.19.3, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.3, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.2.0-devel- padoka PPA Gallium 0.4 (LLVM 5.0.0), Vulkan: 1.0.42, Compiler: GCC 6.3.0 20170406, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160

16GB Intel Optane: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-7700K @ 4.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Device 591f + Z270, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 14GB INTEL MEMPEK1W016GA, Graphics: MSI AMD Radeon RX 470/480 8192MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411

	OS: Ubuntu 17.04, Kernel: 4.10.0-20-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.19.3, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.3, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.0.3 Gallium 0.4 (LLVM 4.0.0), Compiler: GCC 6.3.0 20170406, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160

32GB Intel Optane: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-7700K @ 4.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: EVGA 134-KS-E279 v1.0, Chipset: Intel Device 591f + Z270, Memory: 64512MB, Disk: 500GB Seagate ST500DM002-1BD14 + 29GB INTEL MEMPEK1W032GA + 256GB INTEL SSDPEKKW256G7, Graphics: LLVMpipe, Audio: Creative CA0132, Monitor: SMS23A350H, Network: Intel Connection + Qualcomm Atheros QCA6174 802.11ac Wireless

	OS: Ubuntu 17.04, Kernel: 4.10.0-22-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.5.0, Display Server: X Server 1.19.3, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.14, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 17.0.3 Gallium 0.4 (LLVM 4.0 256 bits), Compiler: GCC 6.3.0 20170406, 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 950 PRO ... 776.19  |==============================
16GB Intel Optane . 895.92  |===================================
32GB Intel Optane . 1285.60 |==================================================


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 950 PRO ... 194043 |==============================
16GB Intel Optane . 223975 |===================================
32GB Intel Optane . 329100 |===================================================


Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13
Type: Random Write - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Samsung 950 PRO ... 325.32 |===================================================
16GB Intel Optane . 150.48 |========================
32GB Intel Optane . 277.15 |===========================================


Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13
Type: Random Write - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory
IOPS > Higher Is Better
Samsung 950 PRO ... 81327 |====================================================
16GB Intel Optane . 37616 |========================
32GB Intel Optane . 69284 |============================================


Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13
Type: Sequential Read - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Samsung 950 PRO ... 1078.50 |========================================
16GB Intel Optane . 908.01  |==================================
32GB Intel Optane . 1346.20 |==================================================


Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13
Type: Sequential Read - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory
IOPS > Higher Is Better
Samsung 950 PRO ... 276074 |=========================================
16GB Intel Optane . 227000 |==================================
32GB Intel Optane . 344616 |===================================================


Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13
Type: Sequential Write - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Samsung 950 PRO ... 931.53 |===================================================
16GB Intel Optane . 148.71 |========
32GB Intel Optane . 290.46 |================


Flexible IO Tester 2.1.13
Type: Sequential Write - IO Engine: Libaio - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory
IOPS > Higher Is Better
Samsung 950 PRO ... 232879 |===================================================
16GB Intel Optane . 37175  |========
32GB Intel Optane . 72611  |================


FS-Mark 3.3
Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size
Files/s > Higher Is Better
Samsung 950 PRO ... 120.20 |==================================
16GB Intel Optane . 101.23 |=============================
32GB Intel Optane . 177.72 |===================================================


FS-Mark 3.3
Test: 5000 Files, 1MB Size, 4 Threads
Files/s > Higher Is Better
Samsung 950 PRO . 311.33 |=====================================================


FS-Mark 3.3
Test: 4000 Files, 32 Sub Dirs, 1MB Size
Files/s > Higher Is Better
Samsung 950 PRO . 119.70 |=====================================================


Dbench 4.0
Client Count: 6
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Samsung 950 PRO . 225.66 |=====================================================


Threaded I/O Tester 20170503
Test: Read - Size Per Thread: 256MB - Thread Count: 8
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Samsung 950 PRO ... 23815.91 |=============================================
16GB Intel Optane . 25665.42 |=================================================


Threaded I/O Tester 20170503
Test: Write - Size Per Thread: 256MB - Thread Count: 8
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Samsung 950 PRO ... 3.05  |===
16GB Intel Optane . 47.73 |====================================================


Threaded I/O Tester 20170503
Test: Random Read - Size Per Thread: 256MB - Thread Count: 8
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Samsung 950 PRO ... 235096.50  |=========
16GB Intel Optane . 1181487.07 |===============================================


Threaded I/O Tester 20170503
Test: Random Write - Size Per Thread: 256MB - Thread Count: 8
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Samsung 950 PRO ... 212.27  |=
16GB Intel Optane . 9194.82 |==================================================


Compile Bench 0.6
Test: Initial Create
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Samsung 950 PRO . 670.14 |=====================================================


PostgreSQL pgbench 9.4.3
Scaling: On-Disk - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Write
TPS > Higher Is Better
Samsung 950 PRO . 2536.88 |====================================================