Results with modified method including sync on 32bit. Will repeat with 64bit live CD tomorrow evening.
16.04.2 LTS (Xenial Xerus), 4.8.0-54-generic, i386, RAM=16552604 Copying 1 to 2: 8.97 Copying 2 to 3: 7.36 Copying 3 to 4: 7.08 Copying 4 to 5: 6.51 Copying 5 to 6: 6.92 Copying 6 to 7: 7.33 Copying 7 to 8: 7.86 Copying 8 to 9: 8.00 Copying 9 to 10: 11.07 Copying 10 to 11: 10.39 Copying 11 to 12: 16.46 Copying 12 to 13: 56.50 Copying 13 to 14: 233.98 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1698118 Title: Slow disk writes after some uptime, only on 32bit/16+RAM/4+ kernels To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-hwe/+bug/1698118/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs