mb direct linux fio Intel Core i7-4770K testing with a ASRock Z87 Extreme6 (P2.40 BIOS) and AMD Radeon RX 56/64 8GB on Arch rolling via the Phoronix Test Suite. SanDisk SDSSDX12: Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 4.20GHz (4 Cores / 8 Threads), Motherboard: ASRock Z87 Extreme6 (P2.40 BIOS), Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB SanDisk SDSSDX12 + 320GB Western Digital WD3200BPVT-2 + 1000GB Western Digital WD10EZEX-00K + 4001GB Seagate ST4000VX007-2DT1, Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 56/64 8GB (1630/945MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: HP LP2065 + DTV, Network: Intel I217-V + Intel I211 OS: Arch rolling, Kernel: 5.0.9-arch1-1-ARCH (x86_64), Display Server: X Server 1.20.4, Display Driver: amdgpu 19.0.1, Vulkan: 1.1.90, Compiler: GCC 8.3.0 + Clang 8.0.0 + LLVM 8.0.0, File-System: btrfs, Screen Resolution: 1600x1200 Flexible IO Tester 3.1 Type: Random Read - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 1MB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better SanDisk SDSSDX12 . 42.37 |===================================================== Flexible IO Tester 3.1 Type: Random Read - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 8MB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better SanDisk SDSSDX12 . 80.17 |===================================================== Flexible IO Tester 3.1 Type: Random Read - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 32MB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better SanDisk SDSSDX12 . 165 |======================================================= Flexible IO Tester 3.1 Type: Random Write - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 1MB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better SanDisk SDSSDX12 . 147 |======================================================= Flexible IO Tester 3.1 Type: Random Write - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 8MB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better SanDisk SDSSDX12 . 177 |======================================================= Flexible IO Tester 3.1 Type: Random Write - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 32MB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better SanDisk SDSSDX12 . 253 |======================================================= Flexible IO Tester 3.1 Type: Sequential Read - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 1MB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better SanDisk SDSSDX12 . 165 |======================================================= Flexible IO Tester 3.1 Type: Sequential Read - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 8MB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better SanDisk SDSSDX12 . 187 |======================================================= Flexible IO Tester 3.1 Type: Sequential Read - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 32MB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better SanDisk SDSSDX12 . 259 |======================================================= Flexible IO Tester 3.1 Type: Sequential Write - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 1MB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better SanDisk SDSSDX12 . 160 |======================================================= Flexible IO Tester 3.1 Type: Sequential Write - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 8MB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better SanDisk SDSSDX12 . 183 |======================================================= Flexible IO Tester 3.1 Type: Sequential Write - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 32MB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better SanDisk SDSSDX12 . 255 |=======================================================