AS SSD:
AS SSD is a 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 XPG SX6000 Pro 512GB |
 Crucial P1 500GB |
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 XPG SX6000 Pro 512GB |
 Crucial P1 500GB |
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 Crucial P1's random read and write speeds, random access times and the number of operations per second.
 ADATA XPG SX6000 Pro 512GB - Read Benchmark |
 Crucial P1 500GB - Read Benchmark |
 ADATA XPG SX6000 Pro 512GB - Write Benchmark |
 Crucial P1 500GB - Write Benchmark |
The SX6000 Pro performed relatively well when benchmarked with HD Tune. The drive had average read and write speeds of 2620.9 MB/s and 897.3 MB/s, respectively, and a burst rate of 263.3 MB/s when reading.
 ADATA XPG SX6000 Pro 512GB - Random Access Read |
 Crucial P1 500GB - Random Access Read |
 ADATA XPG SX6000 Pro 512GB - Random Access Write |
 Crucial P1 500GB - Random Access Write |
When reading 4KB blocks, the P1 reached 12,254 IOPS and had an average speed of 47.867 MB/s. The drive was considerably faster when writing, reaching 46,380 IOPS with an average speed of 181.172 MB/s.
