7960x linux Intel Core i9-7960X testing with a MSI X299 SLI PLUS (MS-7A93) v1.0 (1.A0 BIOS) and Gigabyte AMD Radeon RX 550/550X 2GB on Ubuntu 18.10 via the Phoronix Test Suite. INTEL SSDPEKKW256G8 - Intel Core i9-7960X: Processor: Intel Core i9-7960X @ 4.40GHz (16 Cores / 32 Threads), Motherboard: MSI X299 SLI PLUS (MS-7A93) v1.0 (1.A0 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Sky Lake-E DMI3 Registers, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 256GB INTEL SSDPEKKW256G8, Graphics: Gigabyte AMD Radeon RX 550/550X 2GB (1206/1750MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: ASUS VP28U, Network: Intel I219-V + Intel I211 OS: Ubuntu 18.10, Kernel: 4.18.0-13-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.30.1, Display Server: X Server 1.20.1, Display Driver: modesetting 1.20.1, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 18.2.2 (LLVM 7.0.0), Compiler: GCC 8.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Flexible IO Tester 3.1 Type: Random Read - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: No - Block Size: 2MB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better INTEL SSDPEKKW256G8 - Intel Core i9-7960X . 2513 |============================= Flexible IO Tester 3.1 Type: Random Read - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: No - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better INTEL SSDPEKKW256G8 - Intel Core i9-7960X . 490 |============================== Flexible IO Tester 3.1 Type: Random Read - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: No - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory IOPS > Higher Is Better INTEL SSDPEKKW256G8 - Intel Core i9-7960X . 125333 |=========================== Flexible IO Tester 3.1 Type: Random Read - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 2MB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better INTEL SSDPEKKW256G8 - Intel Core i9-7960X . 2482 |============================= Flexible IO Tester 3.1 Type: Random Read - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better INTEL SSDPEKKW256G8 - Intel Core i9-7960X . 485 |============================== Flexible IO Tester 3.1 Type: Random Read - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory IOPS > Higher Is Better INTEL SSDPEKKW256G8 - Intel Core i9-7960X . 124333 |=========================== Flexible IO Tester 3.1 Type: Random Read - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: Yes - Direct: No - Block Size: 2MB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better INTEL SSDPEKKW256G8 - Intel Core i9-7960X . 7502 |============================= Flexible IO Tester 3.1 Type: Random Read - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: Yes - Direct: No - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better INTEL SSDPEKKW256G8 - Intel Core i9-7960X . 863 |============================== Flexible IO Tester 3.1 Type: Random Read - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: Yes - Direct: No - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory IOPS > Higher Is Better INTEL SSDPEKKW256G8 - Intel Core i9-7960X . 220889 |=========================== Flexible IO Tester 3.1 Type: Random Write - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: No - Block Size: 2MB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better INTEL SSDPEKKW256G8 - Intel Core i9-7960X . 1109 |============================= Flexible IO Tester 3.1 Type: Random Write - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: No - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better INTEL SSDPEKKW256G8 - Intel Core i9-7960X . 921 |============================== Flexible IO Tester 3.1 Type: Random Write - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: No - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory IOPS > Higher Is Better INTEL SSDPEKKW256G8 - Intel Core i9-7960X . 235667 |=========================== Flexible IO Tester 3.1 Type: Random Read - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: Yes - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 2MB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better INTEL SSDPEKKW256G8 - Intel Core i9-7960X . 7487 |============================= Flexible IO Tester 3.1 Type: Random Read - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: Yes - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better INTEL SSDPEKKW256G8 - Intel Core i9-7960X . 1591 |============================= Flexible IO Tester 3.1 Type: Random Read - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: Yes - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory IOPS > Higher Is Better INTEL SSDPEKKW256G8 - Intel Core i9-7960X . 407333 |=========================== Flexible IO Tester 3.1 Type: Random Write - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 2MB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better INTEL SSDPEKKW256G8 - Intel Core i9-7960X . 1109 |============================= Flexible IO Tester 3.1 Type: Random Write - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better INTEL SSDPEKKW256G8 - Intel Core i9-7960X . 911 |============================== Flexible IO Tester 3.1 Type: Random Write - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory IOPS > Higher Is Better INTEL SSDPEKKW256G8 - Intel Core i9-7960X . 233000 |=========================== Flexible IO Tester 3.1 Type: Random Write - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: Yes - Direct: No - Block Size: 2MB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better INTEL SSDPEKKW256G8 - Intel Core i9-7960X . 4672 |============================= Flexible IO Tester 3.1 Type: Random Write - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: Yes - Direct: No - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better INTEL SSDPEKKW256G8 - Intel Core i9-7960X . 2238 |============================= Flexible IO Tester 3.1 Type: Random Write - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: Yes - Direct: No - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory IOPS > Higher Is Better INTEL SSDPEKKW256G8 - Intel Core i9-7960X . 573000 |=========================== Flexible IO Tester 3.1 Type: Random Write - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: Yes - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 2MB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better INTEL SSDPEKKW256G8 - Intel Core i9-7960X . 4730 |============================= Flexible IO Tester 3.1 Type: Random Write - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: Yes - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better INTEL SSDPEKKW256G8 - Intel Core i9-7960X . 2231 |============================= Flexible IO Tester 3.1 Type: Random Write - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: Yes - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory IOPS > Higher Is Better INTEL SSDPEKKW256G8 - Intel Core i9-7960X . 571143 |=========================== Flexible IO Tester 3.1 Type: Sequential Read - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: No - Block Size: 2MB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better INTEL SSDPEKKW256G8 - Intel Core i9-7960X . 2943 |============================= Flexible IO Tester 3.1 Type: Sequential Read - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: No - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better INTEL SSDPEKKW256G8 - Intel Core i9-7960X . 994 |============================== Flexible IO Tester 3.1 Type: Sequential Read - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: No - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory IOPS > Higher Is Better INTEL SSDPEKKW256G8 - Intel Core i9-7960X . 254667 |=========================== Flexible IO Tester 3.1 Type: Sequential Read - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 2MB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better INTEL SSDPEKKW256G8 - Intel Core i9-7960X . 2942 |============================= Flexible IO Tester 3.1 Type: Sequential Read - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better INTEL SSDPEKKW256G8 - Intel Core i9-7960X . 995 |============================== Flexible IO Tester 3.1 Type: Sequential Read - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory IOPS > Higher Is Better INTEL SSDPEKKW256G8 - Intel Core i9-7960X . 255000 |=========================== Flexible IO Tester 3.1 Type: Sequential Read - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: Yes - Direct: No - Block Size: 2MB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better INTEL SSDPEKKW256G8 - Intel Core i9-7960X . 6938 |============================= Flexible IO Tester 3.1 Type: Sequential Read - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: Yes - Direct: No - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better INTEL SSDPEKKW256G8 - Intel Core i9-7960X . 3003 |============================= Flexible IO Tester 3.1 Type: Sequential Read - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: Yes - Direct: No - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory IOPS > Higher Is Better INTEL SSDPEKKW256G8 - Intel Core i9-7960X . 769000 |=========================== Flexible IO Tester 3.1 Type: Sequential Write - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: No - Block Size: 2MB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better INTEL SSDPEKKW256G8 - Intel Core i9-7960X . 1138 |============================= Flexible IO Tester 3.1 Type: Sequential Write - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: No - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better INTEL SSDPEKKW256G8 - Intel Core i9-7960X . 983 |============================== Flexible IO Tester 3.1 Type: Sequential Write - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: No - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory IOPS > Higher Is Better INTEL SSDPEKKW256G8 - Intel Core i9-7960X . 251667 |=========================== Flexible IO Tester 3.1 Type: Sequential Read - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: Yes - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 2MB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better INTEL SSDPEKKW256G8 - Intel Core i9-7960X . 6828 |============================= Flexible IO Tester 3.1 Type: Sequential Read - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: Yes - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better INTEL SSDPEKKW256G8 - Intel Core i9-7960X . 3008 |============================= Flexible IO Tester 3.1 Type: Sequential Read - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: Yes - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory IOPS > Higher Is Better INTEL SSDPEKKW256G8 - Intel Core i9-7960X . 770333 |=========================== Flexible IO Tester 3.1 Type: Sequential Write - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 2MB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better INTEL SSDPEKKW256G8 - Intel Core i9-7960X . 1133 |============================= Flexible IO Tester 3.1 Type: Sequential Write - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better INTEL SSDPEKKW256G8 - Intel Core i9-7960X . 988 |============================== Flexible IO Tester 3.1 Type: Sequential Write - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory IOPS > Higher Is Better INTEL SSDPEKKW256G8 - Intel Core i9-7960X . 252750 |=========================== Flexible IO Tester 3.1 Type: Sequential Write - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: Yes - Direct: No - Block Size: 2MB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better INTEL SSDPEKKW256G8 - Intel Core i9-7960X . 4371 |============================= Flexible IO Tester 3.1 Type: Sequential Write - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: Yes - Direct: No - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better INTEL SSDPEKKW256G8 - Intel Core i9-7960X . 2651 |============================= Flexible IO Tester 3.1 Type: Sequential Write - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: Yes - Direct: No - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory IOPS > Higher Is Better INTEL SSDPEKKW256G8 - Intel Core i9-7960X . 678667 |=========================== Flexible IO Tester 3.1 Type: Sequential Write - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: Yes - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 2MB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better INTEL SSDPEKKW256G8 - Intel Core i9-7960X . 4331 |============================= Flexible IO Tester 3.1 Type: Sequential Write - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: Yes - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better INTEL SSDPEKKW256G8 - Intel Core i9-7960X . 2657 |============================= Flexible IO Tester 3.1 Type: Sequential Write - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: Yes - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory IOPS > Higher Is Better INTEL SSDPEKKW256G8 - Intel Core i9-7960X . 680333 |=========================== x265 3.0 H.265 1080p Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better INTEL SSDPEKKW256G8 - Intel Core i9-7960X . 51.18 |============================