On 21-06-2017 19:51, Alan E. Davis via arch-general wrote: > For the NVMe drive, I see that it is *up to* 3.2 GB/s, or 3200MB/s, and > this may be "up-to" that speed.. You should always be aware of the up to claims but it should be achievable, even if it is only for large sequential reads. Another thing you should check is how many lanes are actually connected or being used to communicate with the nvme ssd. I remember seeing (I think it was on anandtech but can't find the article) that for some nucs intel's firmware was not activating all lanes or was operating the lanes at reduced speed (can't recall exactly), so you might be hitting something similar. -- Mauro Santos