NVMe IO Queue Test Intel Core i9-7980XE testing with a ASUS PRIME X299-A (1704 BIOS) and NVIDIA NV120 12GB on Ubuntu 19.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite. Default 0: Processor: Intel Core i9-7980XE @ 4.20GHz (18 Cores / 36 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME X299-A (1704 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Sky Lake-E DMI3 Registers, Memory: 4 x 4096 MB DDR4-3200MT/s Corsair CMK16GX4M4C3200C16, Disk: Samsung SSD 970 EVO 500GB, Graphics: NVIDIA NV120 12GB, Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: ASUS PB278, Network: Intel I219-V OS: Ubuntu 19.04, Kernel: 5.3.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20190901, Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.32.0, Display Server: X Server, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 19.0.2, Compiler: GCC 8.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440 Poll Queues: 18: Processor: Intel Core i9-7980XE @ 4.20GHz (18 Cores / 36 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME X299-A (1704 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Sky Lake-E DMI3 Registers, Memory: 4 x 4096 MB DDR4-3200MT/s Corsair CMK16GX4M4C3200C16, Disk: Samsung SSD 970 EVO 500GB, Graphics: NVIDIA NV120 12GB, Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: ASUS PB278, Network: Intel I219-V OS: Ubuntu 19.04, Kernel: 5.3.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20190901, Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.32.0, Display Server: X Server, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 19.0.2, Compiler: GCC 8.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440 Poll Queues: 8: Processor: Intel Core i9-7980XE @ 4.20GHz (18 Cores / 36 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME X299-A (1704 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Sky Lake-E DMI3 Registers, Memory: 4 x 4096 MB DDR4-3200MT/s Corsair CMK16GX4M4C3200C16, Disk: Samsung SSD 970 EVO 500GB, Graphics: NVIDIA NV120 12GB, Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: ASUS PB278, Network: Intel I219-V OS: Ubuntu 19.04, Kernel: 5.3.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20190901, Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.32.0, Display Server: X Server, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 19.0.2, Compiler: GCC 8.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440 Poll Queues: 4: Processor: Intel Core i9-7980XE @ 4.20GHz (18 Cores / 36 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME X299-A (1704 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Sky Lake-E DMI3 Registers, Memory: 4 x 4096 MB DDR4-3200MT/s Corsair CMK16GX4M4C3200C16, Disk: Samsung SSD 970 EVO 500GB, Graphics: NVIDIA NV120 12GB, Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: ASUS PB278, Network: Intel I219-V OS: Ubuntu 19.04, Kernel: 5.3.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20190901, Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.32.0, Display Server: X Server, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 19.0.2, Compiler: GCC 8.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440 Poll Queues: 2: Processor: Intel Core i9-7980XE @ 4.20GHz (18 Cores / 36 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME X299-A (1704 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Sky Lake-E DMI3 Registers, Memory: 4 x 4096 MB DDR4-3200MT/s Corsair CMK16GX4M4C3200C16, Disk: Samsung SSD 970 EVO 500GB, Graphics: NVIDIA NV120 12GB, Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: ASUS PB278, Network: Intel I219-V OS: Ubuntu 19.04, Kernel: 5.3.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20190901, Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.32.0, Display Server: X Server, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 19.0.2, Compiler: GCC 8.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440 Poll Queues: 1: Processor: Intel Core i9-7980XE @ 4.20GHz (18 Cores / 36 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME X299-A (1704 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Sky Lake-E DMI3 Registers, Memory: 4 x 4096 MB DDR4-3200MT/s Corsair CMK16GX4M4C3200C16, Disk: Samsung SSD 970 EVO 500GB, Graphics: NVIDIA NV120 12GB, Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: ASUS PB278, Network: Intel I219-V OS: Ubuntu 19.04, Kernel: 5.3.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20190901, Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.32.0, Display Server: X Server, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 19.0.2, Compiler: GCC 8.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440 Application Start-up Time 3.4.0 Background I/O Mix: Only Sequential Reads - Application To Start: xterm - Disk Target: Default Test Directory sec < Lower Is Better Default 0 ....... 0.60 |==================================================== Poll Queues: 18 . 0.61 |==================================================== Poll Queues: 8 .. 0.62 |===================================================== Poll Queues: 4 .. 0.64 |======================================================= Poll Queues: 2 .. 0.63 |====================================================== Poll Queues: 1 .. 0.63 |====================================================== Application Start-up Time 3.4.0 Background I/O Mix: Sequential Reads + Writes - Application To Start: xterm - Disk Target: Default Test Directory sec < Lower Is Better Default 0 ....... 0.91 |======================================= Poll Queues: 18 . 1.27 |======================================================= Poll Queues: 8 .. 1.26 |======================================================= Poll Queues: 4 .. 1.24 |====================================================== Poll Queues: 2 .. 1.22 |===================================================== Poll Queues: 1 .. 1.20 |==================================================== Application Start-up Time 3.4.0 Background I/O Mix: Only Sequential Reads - Application To Start: GNOME Terminal - Disk Target: Default Test Directory sec < Lower Is Better Default 0 ....... 2.44 |====================================================== Poll Queues: 18 . 2.46 |======================================================= Poll Queues: 8 .. 2.43 |====================================================== Poll Queues: 4 .. 2.45 |======================================================= Poll Queues: 2 .. 2.46 |======================================================= Poll Queues: 1 .. 2.47 |======================================================= Application Start-up Time 3.4.0 Background I/O Mix: Only Sequential Reads - Application To Start: LibreOffice Writer - Disk Target: Default Test Directory sec < Lower Is Better Default 0 ....... 2.05 |====================================================== Poll Queues: 18 . 2.07 |======================================================= Poll Queues: 8 .. 2.04 |====================================================== Poll Queues: 4 .. 2.06 |====================================================== Poll Queues: 2 .. 2.06 |====================================================== Poll Queues: 1 .. 2.08 |======================================================= Application Start-up Time 3.4.0 Background I/O Mix: Sequential Reads + Writes - Application To Start: GNOME Terminal - Disk Target: Default Test Directory sec < Lower Is Better Default 0 ....... 3.97 |========================================= Poll Queues: 18 . 5.33 |======================================================= Poll Queues: 8 .. 5.16 |===================================================== Poll Queues: 4 .. 5.02 |==================================================== Poll Queues: 2 .. 5.15 |===================================================== Poll Queues: 1 .. 5.06 |==================================================== Application Start-up Time 3.4.0 Background I/O Mix: Sequential Reads + Writes - Application To Start: LibreOffice Writer - Disk Target: Default Test Directory sec < Lower Is Better Default 0 ....... 3.22 |============================================ Poll Queues: 18 . 4.02 |======================================================= Poll Queues: 8 .. 4.02 |======================================================= Poll Queues: 4 .. 3.96 |====================================================== Poll Queues: 2 .. 3.93 |====================================================== Poll Queues: 1 .. 3.80 |==================================================== SQLite 3.22 Timed SQLite Insertions Seconds < Lower Is Better Default 0 ....... 38.78 |==================================================== Poll Queues: 18 . 40.26 |====================================================== Poll Queues: 8 .. 40.44 |====================================================== Poll Queues: 4 .. 40.26 |====================================================== Poll Queues: 2 .. 40.19 |====================================================== Poll Queues: 1 .. 40.24 |====================================================== Flexible IO Tester 3.1 Type: Random Read - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: Yes - Direct: No - Block Size: 4MB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better Default 0 ....... 7861 |===================================================== Poll Queues: 18 . 8147 |======================================================= Poll Queues: 8 .. 7951 |====================================================== Poll Queues: 4 .. 8046 |====================================================== Poll Queues: 2 .. 7996 |====================================================== Poll Queues: 1 .. 7983 |====================================================== Flexible IO Tester 3.1 Type: Random Write - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: Yes - Direct: No - Block Size: 4MB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better Default 0 ....... 4852 |====================================================== Poll Queues: 18 . 4910 |======================================================= Poll Queues: 8 .. 4893 |======================================================= Poll Queues: 4 .. 4886 |======================================================= Poll Queues: 2 .. 4893 |======================================================= Poll Queues: 1 .. 4896 |======================================================= Flexible IO Tester 3.1 Type: Sequential Read - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: Yes - Direct: No - Block Size: 4MB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better Default 0 ....... 7405 |====================================================== Poll Queues: 18 . 7421 |====================================================== Poll Queues: 8 .. 7457 |====================================================== Poll Queues: 4 .. 7589 |======================================================= Poll Queues: 2 .. 7431 |====================================================== Poll Queues: 1 .. 7363 |===================================================== Flexible IO Tester 3.1 Type: Sequential Write - IO Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: Yes - Direct: No - Block Size: 4MB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better Default 0 ....... 4763 |====================================================== Poll Queues: 18 . 4804 |======================================================= Poll Queues: 8 .. 4750 |====================================================== Poll Queues: 4 .. 4819 |======================================================= Poll Queues: 2 .. 4767 |====================================================== Poll Queues: 1 .. 4759 |====================================================== FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size Files/s > Higher Is Better Default 0 ....... 189.33 |===================================================== Poll Queues: 18 . 186.10 |==================================================== Poll Queues: 8 .. 184.87 |==================================================== Poll Queues: 4 .. 183.80 |=================================================== Poll Queues: 2 .. 185.93 |==================================================== Poll Queues: 1 .. 184.20 |==================================================== FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 5000 Files, 1MB Size, 4 Threads Files/s > Higher Is Better Default 0 ....... 247.44 |===================================================== Poll Queues: 18 . 160.64 |================================== Poll Queues: 8 .. 187.73 |======================================== Poll Queues: 4 .. 195.73 |========================================== Poll Queues: 2 .. 195.71 |========================================== Poll Queues: 1 .. 198.39 |========================================== FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 4000 Files, 32 Sub Dirs, 1MB Size Files/s > Higher Is Better Default 0 ....... 136.80 |===================================================== Poll Queues: 18 . 79.80 |=============================== Poll Queues: 8 .. 84.44 |================================= Poll Queues: 4 .. 119.70 |============================================== Poll Queues: 2 .. 124.04 |================================================ Poll Queues: 1 .. 120.47 |=============================================== FS-Mark 3.3 Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size, No Sync/FSync Files/s > Higher Is Better Default 0 ....... 2265.63 |=================================================== Poll Queues: 18 . 2319.63 |==================================================== Poll Queues: 8 .. 2280.97 |=================================================== Poll Queues: 4 .. 2261.10 |=================================================== Poll Queues: 2 .. 2268.37 |=================================================== Poll Queues: 1 .. 2276.30 |=================================================== BlogBench 1.1 Test: Read Final Score > Higher Is Better Default 0 ....... 383355 |========================= Poll Queues: 18 . 805089 |===================================================== Poll Queues: 8 .. 718225 |=============================================== Poll Queues: 4 .. 549951 |==================================== Poll Queues: 2 .. 533788 |=================================== Poll Queues: 1 .. 631157 |========================================== BlogBench 1.1 Test: Write Final Score > Higher Is Better Default 0 ....... 22136 |====================================================== Poll Queues: 18 . 10344 |========================= Poll Queues: 8 .. 11185 |=========================== Poll Queues: 4 .. 12602 |=============================== Poll Queues: 2 .. 13257 |================================ Poll Queues: 1 .. 12846 |=============================== IOzone 3.465 Record Size: 1MB - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better Default 0 ....... 371.93 |========================= Poll Queues: 18 . 754.30 |==================================================== Poll Queues: 8 .. 738.94 |================================================== Poll Queues: 4 .. 738.23 |================================================== Poll Queues: 2 .. 708.02 |================================================ Poll Queues: 1 .. 775.60 |===================================================== Timed GCC Compilation 8.2 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Default 0 ....... 957.47 |===================================================== Poll Queues: 18 . 955.42 |===================================================== Poll Queues: 8 .. 958.20 |===================================================== Poll Queues: 4 .. 954.14 |===================================================== Poll Queues: 2 .. 957.61 |===================================================== Poll Queues: 1 .. 955.24 |===================================================== Timed LLVM Compilation 6.0.1 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Default 0 ....... 212.88 |===================================================== Poll Queues: 18 . 205.15 |=================================================== Poll Queues: 8 .. 212.27 |===================================================== Poll Queues: 4 .. 204.51 |=================================================== Poll Queues: 2 .. 201.93 |================================================== Poll Queues: 1 .. 200.25 |================================================== PostgreSQL pgbench 10.3 Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Only TPS > Higher Is Better Default 0 ....... 473710.25 |================================================= Poll Queues: 18 . 480362.70 |================================================== Poll Queues: 8 .. 482492.29 |================================================== Poll Queues: 4 .. 473938.94 |================================================= Poll Queues: 2 .. 476063.73 |================================================= Poll Queues: 1 .. 480049.24 |================================================== PostgreSQL pgbench 10.3 Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Write TPS > Higher Is Better Default 0 ....... 4914.27 |================================================== Poll Queues: 18 . 4985.78 |=================================================== Poll Queues: 8 .. 4742.38 |================================================= Poll Queues: 4 .. 5074.25 |==================================================== Poll Queues: 2 .. 5024.06 |=================================================== Poll Queues: 1 .. 5044.41 |==================================================== PostgreSQL pgbench 10.3 Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Heavy Contention - Mode: Read Only TPS > Higher Is Better Default 0 ....... 445624.26 |================================================== Poll Queues: 18 . 445911.12 |================================================== Poll Queues: 8 .. 447586.90 |================================================== Poll Queues: 4 .. 446008.94 |================================================== Poll Queues: 2 .. 444280.06 |================================================== Poll Queues: 1 .. 446034.09 |================================================== PostgreSQL pgbench 10.3 Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Heavy Contention - Mode: Read Write TPS > Higher Is Better Default 0 ....... 4964.25 |=================================================== Poll Queues: 18 . 4965.10 |=================================================== Poll Queues: 8 .. 4813.69 |================================================== Poll Queues: 4 .. 5000.81 |==================================================== Poll Queues: 2 .. 4942.43 |=================================================== Poll Queues: 1 .. 5045.04 |==================================================== Apache Siege 2.4.29 Concurrent Users: 200 Transactions Per Second > Higher Is Better Default 0 ....... 69396.83 |============================ Poll Queues: 18 . 117277.30 |=============================================== Poll Queues: 8 .. 94951.54 |====================================== Poll Queues: 4 .. 117515.79 |=============================================== Poll Queues: 2 .. 126084.15 |================================================== Poll Queues: 1 .. 102939.05 |========================================= Apache Siege 2.4.29 Concurrent Users: 250 Transactions Per Second > Higher Is Better Default 0 ....... 129041.48 |=============================================== Poll Queues: 18 . 133107.35 |================================================= Poll Queues: 8 .. 125477.33 |============================================== Poll Queues: 4 .. 136825.74 |================================================== Poll Queues: 2 .. 131142.79 |================================================ Poll Queues: 1 .. 96726.82 |===================================