Ubuntu 17.10 Boot Times
Intel Core i7-8700K testing with a ASUS PRIME Z370-A and MSI AMD Radeon RX 580 8192MB on Ubuntu 17.10 via the Phoronix Test Suite.


Samsung 950 PRO NVMe: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-8700K @ 4.70GHz (6 Cores / 12 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME Z370-A, Chipset: Intel Device 3ec2, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 525GB Crucial_CT525MX3 + Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: MSI AMD Radeon RX 580 8192MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 17.10, Kernel: 4.14.0-041400-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.26.1, Display Server: Wayland, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.5, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.4.0-devel- padoka PPA (LLVM 6.0.0), Vulkan: 1.0.61, Compiler: GCC 7.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160


Systemd Total Boot Time
Test: Total
ms < Lower Is Better
Samsung 950 PRO NVMe . 39530 |=================================================


Systemd Total Boot Time
Test: Kernel
ms < Lower Is Better
Samsung 950 PRO NVMe . 2320 |==================================================


Systemd Total Boot Time
Test: Loader
ms < Lower Is Better
Samsung 950 PRO NVMe . 3420 |==================================================


Systemd Total Boot Time
Test: Firmware
ms < Lower Is Better
Samsung 950 PRO NVMe . 12040 |=================================================


Systemd Total Boot Time
Test: Userspace
ms < Lower Is Better
Samsung 950 PRO NVMe . 21730 |=================================================