dd bs=1M count=1024 if=/dev/zero of=test conv=fdatasync 1024+0 records in 1024+0 records out 1073741824 bytes (1.1 GB) copied, 2.7785 s, 386 MB/s hdparm -tT /dev/disk/by-uuid/50543a27-2cb6-4d68-9ab4-e09493f946d5 /dev/disk/by-uuid/50543a27-2cb6-4d68-9ab4-e09493f946d5: Timing cached reads: 14362 MB in 2.00 seconds = 7189.28 MB/sec Timing buffered disk reads: 1770 MB in 3.00 seconds = 589.21 MB/sec