pts-fio Intel Core i7-5930K testing with a ASUS X99-WS/IPMI (4001 BIOS) and eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB on Ubuntu 20.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite. Samsung SSD 950 PRO: Processor: Intel Core i7-5930K @ 4.00GHz (6 Cores / 12 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS X99-WS/IPMI (4001 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon, Memory: 48GB, Disk: Samsung SSD 950 PRO 512GB + 500GB Samsung SSD 850 + 2 x 500GB Samsung SSD 860, Graphics: eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: 2 x Intel I210 OS: Ubuntu 20.04, Kernel: 5.4.0-39-generic (x86_64), Display Server: X Server 1.20.8, Display Driver: modesetting 1.20.8, OpenCL: OpenCL 1.2 CUDA 10.2.185, Compiler: GCC 9.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 800x600 Flexible IO Tester 3.18 Type: Random Read - Engine: Sync - Buffered: No - Direct: No - Block Size: 8MB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better Samsung SSD 950 PRO . 752 |==================================================== Flexible IO Tester 3.18 Type: Random Read - Engine: Sync - Buffered: No - Direct: No - Block Size: 8MB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory IOPS > Higher Is Better Samsung SSD 950 PRO . 94 |===================================================== Flexible IO Tester 3.18 Type: Random Read - Engine: Sync - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 8MB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better Samsung SSD 950 PRO . 751 |==================================================== Flexible IO Tester 3.18 Type: Random Read - Engine: Sync - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 8MB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory IOPS > Higher Is Better Samsung SSD 950 PRO . 94 |===================================================== Flexible IO Tester 3.18 Type: Random Read - Engine: Sync - Buffered: Yes - Direct: No - Block Size: 8MB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better Samsung SSD 950 PRO . 541 |==================================================== Flexible IO Tester 3.18 Type: Random Read - Engine: Sync - Buffered: Yes - Direct: No - Block Size: 8MB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory IOPS > Higher Is Better Samsung SSD 950 PRO . 67 |===================================================== Flexible IO Tester 3.18 Type: Random Read - Engine: Sync - Buffered: Yes - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 8MB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better Samsung SSD 950 PRO . 534 |==================================================== Flexible IO Tester 3.18 Type: Random Read - Engine: Sync - Buffered: Yes - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 8MB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory IOPS > Higher Is Better Samsung SSD 950 PRO . 66 |===================================================== Flexible IO Tester 3.18 Type: Random Read - Engine: IO_uring - Buffered: No - Direct: No - Block Size: 8MB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better Samsung SSD 950 PRO . 815 |==================================================== Flexible IO Tester 3.18 Type: Random Read - Engine: IO_uring - Buffered: No - Direct: No - Block Size: 8MB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory IOPS > Higher Is Better Samsung SSD 950 PRO . 98 |===================================================== Flexible IO Tester 3.18 Type: Random Read - Engine: IO_uring - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 8MB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better Samsung SSD 950 PRO . 815 |==================================================== Flexible IO Tester 3.18 Type: Random Read - Engine: IO_uring - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 8MB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory IOPS > Higher Is Better Samsung SSD 950 PRO . 98 |===================================================== Flexible IO Tester 3.18 Type: Random Read - Engine: IO_uring - Buffered: Yes - Direct: No - Block Size: 8MB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better Samsung SSD 950 PRO . 1173 |=================================================== Flexible IO Tester 3.18 Type: Random Read - Engine: IO_uring - Buffered: Yes - Direct: No - Block Size: 8MB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory IOPS > Higher Is Better Samsung SSD 950 PRO . 143 |==================================================== Flexible IO Tester 3.18 Type: Random Read - Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: No - Block Size: 8MB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better Samsung SSD 950 PRO . 815 |==================================================== Flexible IO Tester 3.18 Type: Random Read - Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: No - Block Size: 8MB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory IOPS > Higher Is Better Samsung SSD 950 PRO . 98 |===================================================== Flexible IO Tester 3.18 Type: Random Read - Engine: POSIX AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: No - Block Size: 8MB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better Samsung SSD 950 PRO . 752 |==================================================== Flexible IO Tester 3.18 Type: Random Read - Engine: POSIX AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: No - Block Size: 8MB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory IOPS > Higher Is Better Samsung SSD 950 PRO . 91 |===================================================== Flexible IO Tester 3.18 Type: Random Read - Engine: IO_uring - Buffered: Yes - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 8MB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better Samsung SSD 950 PRO . 1174 |=================================================== Flexible IO Tester 3.18 Type: Random Read - Engine: IO_uring - Buffered: Yes - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 8MB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory IOPS > Higher Is Better Samsung SSD 950 PRO . 143 |==================================================== Flexible IO Tester 3.18 Type: Random Read - Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 8MB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better Samsung SSD 950 PRO . 815 |==================================================== Flexible IO Tester 3.18 Type: Random Read - Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 8MB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory IOPS > Higher Is Better Samsung SSD 950 PRO . 98 |===================================================== Flexible IO Tester 3.18 Type: Random Read - Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: Yes - Direct: No - Block Size: 8MB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better Samsung SSD 950 PRO . 548 |==================================================== Flexible IO Tester 3.18 Type: Random Read - Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: Yes - Direct: No - Block Size: 8MB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory IOPS > Higher Is Better Samsung SSD 950 PRO . 65 |===================================================== Flexible IO Tester 3.18 Type: Random Read - Engine: POSIX AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 8MB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better Samsung SSD 950 PRO . 753 |==================================================== Flexible IO Tester 3.18 Type: Random Read - Engine: POSIX AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 8MB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory IOPS > Higher Is Better Samsung SSD 950 PRO . 91 |===================================================== Flexible IO Tester 3.18 Type: Random Read - Engine: POSIX AIO - Buffered: Yes - Direct: No - Block Size: 8MB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better Samsung SSD 950 PRO . 585 |==================================================== Flexible IO Tester 3.18 Type: Random Read - Engine: POSIX AIO - Buffered: Yes - Direct: No - Block Size: 8MB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory IOPS > Higher Is Better Samsung SSD 950 PRO . 70 |===================================================== Flexible IO Tester 3.18 Type: Random Read - Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: Yes - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 8MB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better Samsung SSD 950 PRO . 545 |==================================================== Flexible IO Tester 3.18 Type: Random Read - Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: Yes - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 8MB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory IOPS > Higher Is Better Samsung SSD 950 PRO . 65 |===================================================== Flexible IO Tester 3.18 Type: Random Read - Engine: POSIX AIO - Buffered: Yes - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 8MB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better Samsung SSD 950 PRO . 544 |==================================================== Flexible IO Tester 3.18 Type: Random Read - Engine: POSIX AIO - Buffered: Yes - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 8MB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory IOPS > Higher Is Better Samsung SSD 950 PRO . 64 |=====================================================