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 X10 Pro 2TB |
 Kingston XS2000 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 X10 Pro 2TB |
 Kingston XS2000 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 X10 Pro's random read and write speeds, random access times and the number of operations per second.
 Crucial X10 Pro 2TB - Read Benchmark |
 Kingston XS2000 1TB - Read Benchmark |
 Crucial X10 Pro 2TB - Write Benchmark |
 Kingston XS2000 1TB - Write Benchmark |
The X10 Pro performed relatively well when benchmarked with HD Tune. The drive had average read and write speeds of 1845.1 MB/s and 1636.9 MB/s, respectively.
 Crucial X10 Pro 2TB - Random Access Read |
 Kingston XS2000 1TB - Random Access Read |
 Crucial X10 Pro 2TB - Random Access Write |
 Kingston XS2000 1TB - Random Access Writee |
When writing 4KB blocks, the X10 Pro reached 22,218 IOPS and had an average speed of 86.792 MB/s. The drive was slightly faster when reading, reaching 22,380 IOPS with an average speed of 87.425 MB/s.
