fio2 Intel Core i5-2310 testing with a ASUS P8H67-M PRO (3904 BIOS) and Gigabyte NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 4GB on Arch rolling via the Phoronix Test Suite. Seagate ST500DM002-1BD14: Processor: Intel Core i5-2310 @ 3.20GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS P8H67-M PRO (3904 BIOS), Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core DRAM, Memory: 16GB, Disk: 500GB Seagate ST500DM002-1BD14 + 120GB KINGSTON SH100S3, Graphics: Gigabyte NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 4GB (1485/4001MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: S24R35x, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Arch rolling, Kernel: 5.6.11-arch1-1 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.36.2, Display Server: X Server 1.20.8, Display Driver: NVIDIA 440.82, OpenGL: 4.6.0, Compiler: GCC 10.1.0 + Clang 10.0.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Flexible IO Tester 3.18 Type: Random Read - Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: /data MB/s > Higher Is Better Seagate ST500DM002-1BD14 . 0.625 |============================================= Flexible IO Tester 3.18 Type: Random Read - Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: /data IOPS > Higher Is Better Seagate ST500DM002-1BD14 . 153 |=============================================== Flexible IO Tester 3.18 Type: Random Write - Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: /data MB/s > Higher Is Better Seagate ST500DM002-1BD14 . 1.312 |============================================= Flexible IO Tester 3.18 Type: Random Write - Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: /data IOPS > Higher Is Better Seagate ST500DM002-1BD14 . 324 |=============================================== Flexible IO Tester 3.18 Type: Sequential Read - Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: /data MB/s > Higher Is Better Seagate ST500DM002-1BD14 . 92.7 |============================================== Flexible IO Tester 3.18 Type: Sequential Read - Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: /data IOPS > Higher Is Better Seagate ST500DM002-1BD14 . 23733 |============================================= Flexible IO Tester 3.18 Type: Sequential Write - Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: /data MB/s > Higher Is Better Seagate ST500DM002-1BD14 . 89.2 |============================================== Flexible IO Tester 3.18 Type: Sequential Write - Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: /data IOPS > Higher Is Better Seagate ST500DM002-1BD14 . 22200 |============================================= Flexible IO Tester 3.18 Type: Random Read - Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better Seagate ST500DM002-1BD14 . 18.2 |============================================== Flexible IO Tester 3.18 Type: Random Read - Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory IOPS > Higher Is Better Seagate ST500DM002-1BD14 . 4665 |============================================== Flexible IO Tester 3.18 Type: Random Write - Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better Seagate ST500DM002-1BD14 . 46.9 |============================================== Flexible IO Tester 3.18 Type: Random Write - Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory IOPS > Higher Is Better Seagate ST500DM002-1BD14 . 12000 |============================================= Flexible IO Tester 3.18 Type: Sequential Read - Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better Seagate ST500DM002-1BD14 . 114 |=============================================== Flexible IO Tester 3.18 Type: Sequential Read - Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory IOPS > Higher Is Better Seagate ST500DM002-1BD14 . 29100 |============================================= 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 Seagate ST500DM002-1BD14 . 132.4 |============================================= 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 Seagate ST500DM002-1BD14 . 33869 |=============================================