Intel Core i9-9900K + MSI NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti 6GB + MSI MPG Z390 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7B17) v1.0 (1.50 BIOS) Various open-source benchmarks by the Phoronix Test Suite v8.6.1 (Spydeberg). Samsung SSD 970 EVO Plus: Processor: Intel Core i9-9900K @ 5.00GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads), Motherboard: MSI MPG Z390 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7B17) v1.0 (1.50 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Cannon Lake PCH Shared SRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 970 EVO Plus 500GB + 500GB Western Digital WDS500G2B0A + 1000GB Samsung SSD 860, Graphics: MSI NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti 6GB, Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Network: Intel I219-V OS: ManjaroLinux 18.0.4, Kernel: 4.19.42-1-MANJARO (x86_64), Desktop: KDE Plasma, Display Server: X Server 1.20.4, Compiler: GCC 8.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Phoronix Test Suite Self Test 1.0 Test: List Suites Seconds < Lower Is Better Samsung SSD 970 EVO Plus . 0.61 |============================================== LAME MP3 Encoding 3.100 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better Samsung SSD 970 EVO Plus . 23.75 |============================================= Unpacking The Linux Kernel linux-4.15.tar.xz Seconds < Lower Is Better Samsung SSD 970 EVO Plus . 4.54 |============================================== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Initial Create MB/s > Higher Is Better Samsung SSD 970 EVO Plus . 618.19 |============================================ Flexible IO Tester 3.1 Type: Random Read - IO Engine: POSIX AIO - Buffered: Yes - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better Samsung SSD 970 EVO Plus . 32.88 |============================================= Flexible IO Tester 3.1 Type: Random Read - IO Engine: POSIX AIO - Buffered: Yes - Direct: No - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better Samsung SSD 970 EVO Plus . 31.67 |============================================= Flexible IO Tester 3.1 Type: Random Read - IO Engine: POSIX AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better Samsung SSD 970 EVO Plus . 34.70 |============================================= Flexible IO Tester 3.1 Type: Random Read - IO Engine: POSIX AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: No - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better Samsung SSD 970 EVO Plus . 33.77 |=============================================