fio_test 2 x Intel Xeon Platinum 8168 testing with a Supermicro X11DPH-T v1.01 (3.1-NSr1 BIOS) and ASPEED on CentOS Linux 7 via the Phoronix Test Suite. fio: Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon Platinum 8168 @ 3.70GHz (48 Cores / 96 Threads), Motherboard: Supermicro X11DPH-T v1.01 (3.1-NSr1 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Device 2020, Memory: 12 x 32 GB DDR4-2666MHz HMA84GR7AFR4N-VK, Disk: 56003GB MR9361-8i + 240GB INTEL SSDSC2KB24, Graphics: ASPEED, Network: 2 x Intel X722 for 10GBASE-T + Napatech A/S OS: CentOS Linux 7, Kernel: 3.10.0-957.10.1.el7.x86_64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.8.5 20150623, File-System: ext3, Screen Resolution: 1024x768 Flexible IO Tester 3.18 Type: Sequential Write - Engine: Sync - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better fio . 83.0 |=================================================================== Flexible IO Tester 3.18 Type: Sequential Write - Engine: Sync - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory IOPS > Higher Is Better fio . 21260 |================================================================== Flexible IO Tester 3.18 Type: Sequential Write - Engine: Sync - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 8MB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better fio . 266 |==================================================================== Flexible IO Tester 3.18 Type: Sequential Write - Engine: Sync - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 8MB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory IOPS > Higher Is Better fio . 33 |===================================================================== Flexible IO Tester 3.18 Type: Sequential Write - Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better fio . 260 |==================================================================== Flexible IO Tester 3.18 Type: Sequential Write - Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory IOPS > Higher Is Better fio . 66371 |================================================================== Flexible IO Tester 3.18 Type: Sequential Write - Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 8MB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better fio . 288 |==================================================================== Flexible IO Tester 3.18 Type: Sequential Write - Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 8MB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory IOPS > Higher Is Better fio . 32 |=====================================================================