970+rwrite Intel Core i7-8700K testing with a Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Gaming K3-CF (F3 BIOS) and MSI NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 4GB on ManjaroLinux 18.0.3 via the Phoronix Test Suite. 970+rwrite4k: Processor: Intel Core i7-8700K @ 4.70GHz (6 Cores / 12 Threads), Motherboard: Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Gaming K3-CF (F3 BIOS), Chipset: Intel 8th Gen Core, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 500GB Western Digital WD5000AAKX-0 + 1000GB Samsung SSD 970 EVO Plus 1TB, Graphics: MSI NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 4GB (1113/3505MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: IPS237, Network: Intel Connection OS: ManjaroLinux 18.0.3, Kernel: 4.20.11-1-MANJARO (x86_64), Desktop: KDE Plasma 5.15.1, Display Server: X Server 1.20.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 415.27, OpenGL: 4.6.0, Compiler: GCC 8.2.1 20181127, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1080 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 970+rwrite4k . 1256 |========================================================== 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 970+rwrite4k . 321333 |========================================================