Fio_enabled Intel Core i7-6700 testing with a ASUS H170M-PLUS (0301 BIOS) and ASUS Intel HD 530 3GB on Ubuntu 16.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite. My_Test: Processor: Intel Core i7-6700 @ 4.00GHz (4 Cores / 8 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS H170M-PLUS (0301 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v5/E3-1500, Memory: 16GB, Disk: 512GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: ASUS Intel HD 530 3GB (1150MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC887-VD, Monitor: DELL U2312HM, Network: Intel I219-V OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.15.0-101-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.5, Display Server: X Server 1.19.6, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.6, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 18.0.5, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Flexible IO Tester 3.18 Type: Random Write - Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: No - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better My_Test . 340 |================================================================ Flexible IO Tester 3.18 Type: Random Write - Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: No - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory IOPS > Higher Is Better My_Test . 86933 |============================================================== 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 My_Test . 342 |================================================================ 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 My_Test . 87667 |============================================================== Flexible IO Tester 3.18 Type: Random Write - Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: Yes - Direct: No - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better My_Test . 385 |================================================================ Flexible IO Tester 3.18 Type: Random Write - Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: Yes - Direct: No - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory IOPS > Higher Is Better My_Test . 98557 |============================================================== Flexible IO Tester 3.18 Type: Random Write - Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: Yes - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better My_Test . 378 |================================================================ Flexible IO Tester 3.18 Type: Random Write - Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: Yes - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory IOPS > Higher Is Better My_Test . 96800 |==============================================================