NVMe Disk Benchmarks
Intel Core i9-9900K testing with a ASUS PRIME Z390-A (0802 BIOS) and AMD Radeon RX 64 8GB on Ubuntu 18.10 via the Phoronix Test Suite.


Direct: 

	Processor: Intel Core i9-9900K @ 5.00GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME Z390-A (0802 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Cannon Lake PCH Shared SRAM, Memory: 2 x 8192 MB DDR4-3000MT/s, Disk: Samsung SSD 970 EVO 250GB, Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 64 8GB (1590/800MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel I219-V

	OS: Ubuntu 18.10, Kernel: 5.0.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20190307, Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.30.2, Display Server: X Server 1.20.1, Display Driver: modesetting 1.20.1, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 19.1.0-devel padoka PPA (LLVM 9.0.0), Vulkan: 1.1.90, Compiler: GCC 8.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160

QNINE USB-C To NVMe: 

	Processor: Intel Core i9-9900K @ 5.00GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME Z390-A (0802 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Cannon Lake PCH Shared SRAM, Memory: 2 x 8192 MB DDR4-3000MT/s, Disk: 250GB Tech, Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 64 8GB (1590/800MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel I219-V

	OS: Ubuntu 18.10, Kernel: 5.0.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20190307, Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.30.2, Display Server: X Server 1.20.1, Display Driver: modesetting 1.20.1, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 19.1.0-devel padoka PPA (LLVM 9.0.0), Vulkan: 1.1.90, Compiler: GCC 8.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160


PostgreSQL pgbench 10.3
Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Only
TPS > Higher Is Better
Direct .............. 265034 |=================================================
QNINE USB-C To NVMe . 260384 |================================================


Compile Bench 0.6
Test: Initial Create
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Direct .............. 632 |====================================================
QNINE USB-C To NVMe . 631 |====================================================


Compile Bench 0.6
Test: Compile
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Direct .............. 1117 |===================================================
QNINE USB-C To NVMe . 1041 |================================================


Compile Bench 0.6
Test: Read Compiled Tree
MB/s > Higher Is Better
Direct .............. 1614 |===================================================
QNINE USB-C To NVMe . 1471 |==============================================


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
Direct .............. 38.20 |==================================================
QNINE USB-C To NVMe . 28.27 |=====================================
QNINE USB-C To NVMe . 28.60 |=====================================


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
Direct .............. 3010 |===================================================
QNINE USB-C To NVMe . 3000 |===================================================


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
Direct .............. 770667 |=================================================
QNINE USB-C To NVMe . 768333 |=================================================


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
Direct .............. 5736 |==================================================
QNINE USB-C To NVMe . 5793 |===================================================


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
Direct .............. 4917 |===================================================
QNINE USB-C To NVMe . 4784 |==================================================


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
Direct .............. 1258667 |================================================
QNINE USB-C To NVMe . 1224667 |===============================================


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
Direct .............. 8934 |===================================================
QNINE USB-C To NVMe . 8971 |===================================================


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
Direct .............. 3559 |=================================================
QNINE USB-C To NVMe . 3683 |===================================================


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
Direct .............. 910667 |===============================================
QNINE USB-C To NVMe . 943000 |=================================================


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
Direct .............. 5786 |===================================================
QNINE USB-C To NVMe . 5604 |=================================================


Application Start-up Time 2.4.0
Background I/O Mix: Only Sequential Reads - Application To Start: GNOME Terminal - Disk Target: Default Test Directory
sec < Lower Is Better
Direct .............. 4.45 |==============================================
QNINE USB-C To NVMe . 4.98 |===================================================


Application Start-up Time 2.4.0
Background I/O Mix: Only Sequential Reads - Application To Start: xterm - Disk Target: Default Test Directory
sec < Lower Is Better
Direct .............. 1.26 |===================================================
QNINE USB-C To NVMe . 1.25 |===================================================


Application Start-up Time 2.4.0
Background I/O Mix: Only Sequential Reads - Application To Start: LibreOffice Writer - Disk Target: Default Test Directory
sec < Lower Is Better
Direct .............. 4.28 |===================================================
QNINE USB-C To NVMe . 3.59 |===========================================


Application Start-up Time 2.4.0
Background I/O Mix: Sequential Reads + Writes - Application To Start: GNOME Terminal - Disk Target: Default Test Directory
sec < Lower Is Better
Direct .............. 6.92 |===================================================
QNINE USB-C To NVMe . 3.33 |=========================


Application Start-up Time 2.4.0
Background I/O Mix: Sequential Reads + Writes - Application To Start: xterm - Disk Target: Default Test Directory
sec < Lower Is Better
Direct .............. 1.43 |===================================================
QNINE USB-C To NVMe . 0.82 |=============================


Application Start-up Time 2.4.0
Background I/O Mix: Sequential Reads + Writes - Application To Start: LibreOffice Writer - Disk Target: Default Test Directory
sec < Lower Is Better
Direct .............. 4.07 |===================================================
QNINE USB-C To NVMe . 2.45 |===============================


PostMark 1.51
Disk Transaction Performance
TPS > Higher Is Better
Direct .............. 8620 |===================================================
QNINE USB-C To NVMe . 8339 |=================================================


Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 4.18
Time To Compile
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Direct .............. 73.51 |=================================================
QNINE USB-C To NVMe . 75.11 |==================================================


Timed LLVM Compilation 6.0.1
Time To Compile
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Direct .............. 414 |====================================================
QNINE USB-C To NVMe . 408 |===================================================