AS SSD:
AS SSD is a benchmark designed specifically for solid state drives. The application contains five synthetic tests which are used to determine the sequential and random read and write performance of a drive.
 Crucial MX500 4TB |
 Samsung 870 EVO 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.
 Crucial MX500 4TB |
 Samsung 870 EVO 1TB |
HD Tune Pro 5.75:
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 MX500's random read and write speeds, random access times and the number of operations per second.
 Crucial MX500 4TB - Read Benchmark |
 Samsung 870 EVO 1TB - Read Benchmark |
 Crucial MX500 4TB - Write Benchmark |
 Samsung 870 EVO 1TB - Write Benchmark |
The MX500 performed relatively well when benchmarked with HD Tune. The drive had average read and write speeds of 496.9 MB/s and 457.9 MB/s, respectively.
 Crucial MX500 4TB - Random Access Read |
 Samsung 870 EVO 1TB - Random Access Read |
 Crucial MX500 4TB - Random Access Write |
 Samsung 870 EVO 1TB - Random Access Write |
When reading 4KB blocks, the MX500 reached 24,976 IOPS and had an average speed of 97.566 MB/s. The drive was slightly faster when writing, reaching 26,093 IOPS with an average speed of 101.927 MB/s.
