Calvin Intel Core i5-7600K testing with a ASUS PRIME Z270-K (0809 BIOS) and ASUS NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 6GB on Ubuntu 18.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite. Samsung SSD 970 EVO: Processor: Intel Core i5-7600K @ 4.20GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME Z270-K (0809 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v6/7th + Z270, Memory: 32GB, Disk: Samsung SSD 970 EVO 500GB + 128GB Samsung SSD 850 + 4001GB Western Digital WD40EFRX-68N + 2000GB Hitachi HDS72302, Graphics: ASUS NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 6GB (1530/4001MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC887-VD, Monitor: E2350, Network: Intel I219-V OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 4.15.0-128-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.12, Display Server: X Server 1.19.6, Display Driver: NVIDIA 450.80.02, OpenGL: 4.6.0, Vulkan: 1.2.133, Compiler: GCC 7.5.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 6400x1440 Flexible IO Tester 3.25 Type: Random Read - Engine: Sync - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 512KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better Samsung SSD 970 EVO . 751 |==================================================== Flexible IO Tester 3.25 Type: Random Read - Engine: Sync - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 512KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory IOPS > Higher Is Better Samsung SSD 970 EVO . 1502 |=================================================== Flexible IO Tester 3.25 Type: Random Write - Engine: Sync - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 512KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better Samsung SSD 970 EVO . 1951 |=================================================== Flexible IO Tester 3.25 Type: Random Write - Engine: Sync - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 512KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory IOPS > Higher Is Better Samsung SSD 970 EVO . 3902 |=================================================== Flexible IO Tester 3.25 Type: Sequential Read - Engine: Sync - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 512KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better Samsung SSD 970 EVO . 2094 |=================================================== Flexible IO Tester 3.25 Type: Sequential Read - Engine: Sync - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 512KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory IOPS > Higher Is Better Samsung SSD 970 EVO . 4187 |=================================================== Flexible IO Tester 3.25 Type: Random Read - Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 512KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better Samsung SSD 970 EVO . 1236 |=================================================== Flexible IO Tester 3.25 Type: Random Read - Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 512KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory IOPS > Higher Is Better Samsung SSD 970 EVO . 2468 |=================================================== Flexible IO Tester 3.25 Type: Random Read - Engine: POSIX AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 512KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better Samsung SSD 970 EVO . 771 |==================================================== Flexible IO Tester 3.25 Type: Random Read - Engine: POSIX AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 512KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory IOPS > Higher Is Better Samsung SSD 970 EVO . 1539 |=================================================== Flexible IO Tester 3.25 Type: Sequential Write - Engine: Sync - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 512KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better Samsung SSD 970 EVO . 1961 |=================================================== Flexible IO Tester 3.25 Type: Sequential Write - Engine: Sync - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 512KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory IOPS > Higher Is Better Samsung SSD 970 EVO . 3921 |=================================================== Flexible IO Tester 3.25 Type: Random Write - Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 512KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better Samsung SSD 970 EVO . 2302 |=================================================== Flexible IO Tester 3.25 Type: Random Write - Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 512KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory IOPS > Higher Is Better Samsung SSD 970 EVO . 4600 |=================================================== Flexible IO Tester 3.25 Type: Random Write - Engine: POSIX AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 512KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better Samsung SSD 970 EVO . 2136 |=================================================== Flexible IO Tester 3.25 Type: Random Write - Engine: POSIX AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 512KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory IOPS > Higher Is Better Samsung SSD 970 EVO . 4267 |=================================================== Flexible IO Tester 3.25 Type: Sequential Read - Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 512KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better Samsung SSD 970 EVO . 3373 |=================================================== Flexible IO Tester 3.25 Type: Sequential Read - Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 512KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory IOPS > Higher Is Better Samsung SSD 970 EVO . 6742 |=================================================== Flexible IO Tester 3.25 Type: Sequential Read - Engine: POSIX AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 512KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better Samsung SSD 970 EVO . 2112 |=================================================== Flexible IO Tester 3.25 Type: Sequential Read - Engine: POSIX AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 512KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory IOPS > Higher Is Better Samsung SSD 970 EVO . 4221 |=================================================== Flexible IO Tester 3.25 Type: Sequential Write - Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 512KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better Samsung SSD 970 EVO . 2388 |=================================================== Flexible IO Tester 3.25 Type: Sequential Write - Engine: Linux AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 512KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory IOPS > Higher Is Better Samsung SSD 970 EVO . 4772 |=================================================== Flexible IO Tester 3.25 Type: Sequential Write - Engine: POSIX AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 512KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better Samsung SSD 970 EVO . 2135 |=================================================== Flexible IO Tester 3.25 Type: Sequential Write - Engine: POSIX AIO - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 512KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory IOPS > Higher Is Better Samsung SSD 970 EVO . 4267 |===================================================