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.
 Lexar NM610 1TB |
 Silicon Power P34A60 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.
 Lexar NM610 1TB |
 Silicon Power P34A60 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 Lexar NM610's random read and write speeds, random access times and the number of operations per second.
 Lexar NM610 1TB - Read Benchmark |
 Silicon Power P34A60 1TB - Read Benchmark |
 Lexar NM610 1TB - Write Benchmark |
 Silicon Power P34A60 1TB - Write Benchmark |
The NM610 performed relatively well when benchmarked with HD Tune. The drive had average read and write speeds of 1971.9 MB/s and 790.0 MB/s, respectively, and a burst rate of 547.9 MB/s when reading.
 Lexar NM610 1TB - Random Access Read |
 Silicon Power P34A60 1TB - Random Access Read |
 Lexar NM610 1TB - Random Access Write |
 Silicon Power P34A60 1TB - Random Access Write |
When reading 4KB blocks, the NM610 reached 44,404 IOPS and had an average speed of 173.457 MB/s. The drive was even faster when writing, reaching 51,972 IOPS with an average speed of 203.017 MB/s.
