I/O NVMe SSD Temperature Testing
AMD EPYC 7551 32-Core testing with a GIGABYTE MZ31-AR0-00 v01010101 (F03 BIOS) and llvmpipe 28032MB on Ubuntu 18.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite.


Samsung 960 EVO: 

	Processor: AMD EPYC 7551 32-Core @ 2.00GHz (32 Cores / 64 Threads), Motherboard: GIGABYTE MZ31-AR0-00 v01010101 (F03 BIOS), Chipset: AMD Family 17h, Memory: 8 x 4096 MB DDR4-2666MT/s 9ASF51272PZ-2G6E1, Disk: Samsung SSD 960 EVO 500GB, Graphics: llvmpipe 28032MB, Audio: NVIDIA GP104 HD Audio, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411

	OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 4.15.0-10-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.27.92, Display Server: X Server 1.19.6, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 18.0.0-rc4 (LLVM 5.0 128 bits), Compiler: GCC 7.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768

Samsung 960 EVO + TP02-M2: 

	Processor: AMD EPYC 7551 32-Core @ 2.00GHz (32 Cores / 64 Threads), Motherboard: GIGABYTE MZ31-AR0-00 v01010101 (F03 BIOS), Chipset: AMD Family 17h, Memory: 8 x 4096 MB DDR4-2666MT/s 9ASF51272PZ-2G6E1, Disk: Samsung SSD 960 EVO 500GB, Graphics: llvmpipe 28032MB, Audio: NVIDIA GP104 HD Audio, Monitor: ASUS PB278, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411

	OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 4.15.0-10-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.27.92, Display Server: X Server 1.19.6, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.6, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 18.0.0-rc4 (LLVM 5.0 128 bits), Compiler: GCC 7.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080


Flexible IO Tester 3.1
Type: Random Read - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 64KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Samsung 960 EVO ........... 925 |==============================================
Samsung 960 EVO + TP02-M2 . 918 |==============================================


Flexible IO Tester 3.1
Type: Random Read - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 64KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory
IOPS > Higher Is Better
Samsung 960 EVO ........... 14800 |============================================
Samsung 960 EVO + TP02-M2 . 14700 |============================================


Flexible IO Tester 3.1
Drive Temperature (nvme0n1) Monitor
Celsius < Lower Is Better
Samsung 960 EVO ........... MIN: 31.0  AVG: 39.9  MAX: 46.0 
Samsung 960 EVO + TP02-M2 . MIN: 31.0  AVG: 36.6  MAX: 41.0 


Flexible IO Tester 3.1
Type: Random Write - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 64KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Samsung 960 EVO ........... 1606 |=============================================
Samsung 960 EVO + TP02-M2 . 1598 |=============================================


Flexible IO Tester 3.1
Type: Random Write - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 64KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory
IOPS > Higher Is Better
Samsung 960 EVO ........... 25367 |============================================
Samsung 960 EVO + TP02-M2 . 25533 |============================================


Flexible IO Tester 3.1
Drive Temperature (nvme0n1) Monitor
Celsius < Lower Is Better
Samsung 960 EVO ........... MIN: 39.0  AVG: 44.9  MAX: 49.0 
Samsung 960 EVO + TP02-M2 . MIN: 37.0  AVG: 41.6  MAX: 45.0 


Flexible IO Tester 3.1
Type: Sequential Read - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 64KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Samsung 960 EVO ........... 1900 |=============================================
Samsung 960 EVO + TP02-M2 . 1906 |=============================================


Flexible IO Tester 3.1
Type: Sequential Read - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 64KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory
IOPS > Higher Is Better
Samsung 960 EVO ........... 30400 |============================================
Samsung 960 EVO + TP02-M2 . 30500 |============================================


Flexible IO Tester 3.1
Drive Temperature (nvme0n1) Monitor
Celsius < Lower Is Better
Samsung 960 EVO ........... MIN: 42.0  AVG: 47.5  MAX: 51.0 
Samsung 960 EVO + TP02-M2 . MIN: 41.0  AVG: 45.3  MAX: 48.0 


Flexible IO Tester 3.1
Type: Sequential Write - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 64KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Samsung 960 EVO ........... 1816 |=============================================
Samsung 960 EVO + TP02-M2 . 1808 |=============================================


Flexible IO Tester 3.1
Type: Sequential Write - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 64KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory
IOPS > Higher Is Better
Samsung 960 EVO ........... 29033 |============================================
Samsung 960 EVO + TP02-M2 . 28900 |============================================


Flexible IO Tester 3.1
Drive Temperature (nvme0n1) Monitor
Celsius < Lower Is Better
Samsung 960 EVO ........... MIN: 42.0  AVG: 47.3  MAX: 52.0 
Samsung 960 EVO + TP02-M2 . MIN: 42.0  AVG: 46.6  MAX: 49.0 


BlogBench 1.0
Test: Read
Final Score > Higher Is Better
Samsung 960 EVO ........... 492304 |===========================================
Samsung 960 EVO + TP02-M2 . 488061 |===========================================


BlogBench 1.0
Drive Temperature (nvme0n1) Monitor
Celsius < Lower Is Better
Samsung 960 EVO ........... MIN: 42.0  AVG: 48.3  MAX: 51.0 
Samsung 960 EVO + TP02-M2 . MIN: 45.0  AVG: 48.8  MAX: 51.0 


BlogBench 1.0
Test: Write
Final Score > Higher Is Better
Samsung 960 EVO ........... 18703 |============================================
Samsung 960 EVO + TP02-M2 . 18272 |===========================================


BlogBench 1.0
Drive Temperature (nvme0n1) Monitor
Celsius < Lower Is Better
Samsung 960 EVO . 42.00 |======================================================


Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 4.13
Time To Compile
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Samsung 960 EVO ........... 39.70 |============================================
Samsung 960 EVO + TP02-M2 . 39.65 |============================================


Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 4.13
Drive Temperature (nvme0n1) Monitor
Celsius < Lower Is Better
Samsung 960 EVO ........... MIN: 35.0  AVG: 36.5  MAX: 39.0 
Samsung 960 EVO + TP02-M2 . MIN: 40.0  AVG: 41.8  MAX: 44.0 


IOzone 3.465
Record Size: 64Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Write Performance
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Samsung 960 EVO ........... 654.06 |==========================================
Samsung 960 EVO + TP02-M2 . 670.35 |===========================================


IOzone 3.465
Drive Temperature (nvme0n1) Monitor
Celsius < Lower Is Better
Samsung 960 EVO ........... MIN: 35.0  AVG: 43.6  MAX: 50.0 
Samsung 960 EVO + TP02-M2 . MIN: 40.0  AVG: 44.6  MAX: 48.0 


SQLite 3.22
Timed SQLite Insertions
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Samsung 960 EVO ........... 108.12 |===========================================
Samsung 960 EVO + TP02-M2 . 108.09 |===========================================


SQLite 3.22
Drive Temperature (nvme0n1) Monitor
Celsius < Lower Is Better
Samsung 960 EVO ........... MIN: 41.0  AVG: 42.1  MAX: 47.0 
Samsung 960 EVO + TP02-M2 . MIN: 42.0  AVG: 42.5  MAX: 45.0 


Compile Bench 0.6
Test: Initial Create
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Samsung 960 EVO ........... 368.25 |===========================================
Samsung 960 EVO + TP02-M2 . 366.41 |===========================================


Compile Bench 0.6
Drive Temperature (nvme0n1) Monitor
Celsius < Lower Is Better
Samsung 960 EVO ........... MIN: 41.0  AVG: 46.8  MAX: 52.0 
Samsung 960 EVO + TP02-M2 . MIN: 41.0  AVG: 44.2  MAX: 47.0 


FS-Mark 3.3
Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size
Files/s > Higher Is Better
Samsung 960 EVO ........... 183.27 |===========================================
Samsung 960 EVO + TP02-M2 . 183.17 |===========================================


FS-Mark 3.3
Drive Temperature (nvme0n1) Monitor
Celsius < Lower Is Better
Samsung 960 EVO ........... MIN: 46.0  AVG: 46.6  MAX: 48.0 
Samsung 960 EVO + TP02-M2 . MIN: 43.0  AVG: 43.6  MAX: 44.0 


FS-Mark 3.3
Test: 5000 Files, 1MB Size, 4 Threads
Files/s > Higher Is Better
Samsung 960 EVO ........... 208.60 |=========================================
Samsung 960 EVO + TP02-M2 . 220.40 |===========================================


FS-Mark 3.3
Drive Temperature (nvme0n1) Monitor
Celsius < Lower Is Better
Samsung 960 EVO ........... MIN: 44.0  AVG: 48.3  MAX: 50.0 
Samsung 960 EVO + TP02-M2 . MIN: 43.0  AVG: 45.1  MAX: 46.0 


FS-Mark 3.3
Test: 4000 Files, 32 Sub Dirs, 1MB Size
Files/s > Higher Is Better
Samsung 960 EVO ........... 124.53 |===========================================
Samsung 960 EVO + TP02-M2 . 124.43 |===========================================


FS-Mark 3.3
Drive Temperature (nvme0n1) Monitor
Celsius < Lower Is Better
Samsung 960 EVO ........... MIN: 45.0  AVG: 46.1  MAX: 47.0 
Samsung 960 EVO + TP02-M2 . MIN: 43.0  AVG: 43.9  MAX: 44.0 


Drive Temperature (nvme0n1) Monitor
Phoronix Test Suite System Monitoring
Celsius
Samsung 960 EVO ........... MIN: 31.0  AVG: 45.9  MAX: 52.0 
Samsung 960 EVO + TP02-M2 . MIN: 31.0  AVG: 45.5  MAX: 51.0