AS SSD:
AS SSD is a relatively new benchmark designed specifically for solid state drives. The application contains five synthetic tests used to determine the sequential and random read and write performance of a drive.
 ADATA SWORDFISH 1TB |
 Lexar NM610 1TB |
AS SSD also includes a copy benchmark. This test copies an ISO (two large files), program (many small files) and game (small and large files), returning the speed and duration of each.
 ADATA SWORDFISH 1TB |
 Lexar NM610 1TB |
HD Tune Pro 5.00:
Next, I ran a series of tests using HD Tune Pro. This hard disk utility measures a drive's performance by testing its sequential read and write speeds as well as its access time, burst rate and CPU usage. For this review, I'm also going to use it to benchmark the SWORDFISH's random read and write speeds, random access times and the number of operations per second.
 ADATA SWORDFISH 1TB - Read Benchmark |
 Lexar NM610 1TB - Read Benchmark |
 ADATA SWORDFISH 1TB - Write Benchmark |
 Lexar NM610 1TB - Write Benchmark |
The SWORDFISH performed relatively well when benchmarked with HD Tune. The drive had average read and write speeds of 1744.4 MB/s and 1071.0 MB/s, respectively.
 ADATA SWORDFISH 1TB - Random Access Read |
 Lexar NM610 1TB - Random Access Read |
 ADATA SWORDFISH 1TB - Random Access Write |
 Lexar NM610 1TB - Random Access Write |
When reading 4KB blocks, the SWORDFISH reached 34,040 IOPS and had an average speed of 132.970 MB/s. The drive was even faster when writing, reaching 39,732 IOPS with an average speed of 155.207 MB/s.
