sata ssd perf Intel Core i7-5775C testing with a MSI Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) v1.0 (V2.9 BIOS) and MSI Intel Iris Pro 6200 3GB on Ubuntu 18.10 via the Phoronix Test Suite. 1: Processor: Intel Core i7-5775C @ 3.70GHz (4 Cores / 8 Threads), Motherboard: MSI Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) v1.0 (V2.9 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Broadwell-U DMI, Memory: 16GB, Disk: 120GB CT120BX100SSD1, Graphics: MSI Intel Iris Pro 6200 3GB (1150MHz), Audio: Intel Broadwell-U Audio, Monitor: VA2431, Network: Qualcomm Atheros Killer E220x OS: Ubuntu 18.10, Kernel: 5.0.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20190223, Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.30.2, Display Server: X Server 1.20.1, Display Driver: modesetting 1.20.1, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 19.2.0-devel (git-2631fd3 2019-07-24 cosmic-oibaf-ppa), Vulkan: 1.1.102, Compiler: GCC 8.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 2: Processor: Intel Core i7-5775C @ 3.70GHz (4 Cores / 8 Threads), Motherboard: MSI Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) v1.0 (V2.9 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Broadwell-U DMI, Memory: 16GB, Disk: 120GB CT120BX100SSD1, Graphics: MSI Intel Iris Pro 6200 3GB (1150MHz), Audio: Intel Broadwell-U Audio, Monitor: VA2431, Network: Qualcomm Atheros Killer E220x OS: Ubuntu 18.10, Kernel: 5.0.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20190223, Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.30.2, Display Server: X Server 1.20.1, Display Driver: modesetting 1.20.1, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 19.2.0-devel (git-2631fd3 2019-07-24 cosmic-oibaf-ppa), Vulkan: 1.1.102, Compiler: GCC 8.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 3: Processor: Intel Core i7-5775C @ 3.70GHz (4 Cores / 8 Threads), Motherboard: MSI Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) v1.0 (V2.9 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Broadwell-U DMI, Memory: 16GB, Disk: 120GB CT120BX100SSD1, Graphics: MSI Intel Iris Pro 6200 3GB (1150MHz), Audio: Intel Broadwell-U Audio, Monitor: VA2431, Network: Qualcomm Atheros Killer E220x OS: Ubuntu 18.10, Kernel: 5.0.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20190223, Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.30.2, Display Server: X Server 1.20.1, Display Driver: modesetting 1.20.1, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 19.2.0-devel (git-2631fd3 2019-07-24 cosmic-oibaf-ppa), Vulkan: 1.1.102, Compiler: GCC 8.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 IOR 3.3.0 Block Size: 2MB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better 1 . 154.13 |=================================================================== 2 . 153.61 |=================================================================== 3 . 153.92 |=================================================================== IOR 3.3.0 Block Size: 4MB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better 1 . 159.35 |================================================================== 2 . 160.94 |=================================================================== 3 . 160.70 |=================================================================== IOR 3.3.0 Block Size: 8MB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better 1 . 164.35 |=================================================================== 2 . 164.24 |=================================================================== 3 . 163.04 |================================================================== IOR 3.3.0 Block Size: 16MB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better 1 . 166.00 |=================================================================== 2 . 166.73 |=================================================================== 3 . 163.96 |================================================================== IOR 3.3.0 Block Size: 32MB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better 1 . 167.72 |=================================================================== 2 . 167.35 |================================================================== 3 . 168.66 |=================================================================== IOR 3.3.0 Block Size: 64MB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better 1 . 166.98 |=================================================================== 2 . 166.99 |=================================================================== 3 . 167.01 |=================================================================== IOR 3.3.0 Block Size: 256MB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better 1 . 169.07 |=================================================================== 2 . 169.69 |=================================================================== IOR 3.3.0 Block Size: 512MB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better 1 . 170.95 |=================================================================== 2 . 170.87 |=================================================================== IOR 3.3.0 Block Size: 1024MB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better 1 . 174.15 |=================================================================== 2 . 173.93 |===================================================================