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.
 Lexar NQ100 480GB |
 Samsung 870 QVO 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 NQ100 480GB |
 Samsung 870 QVO 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 NQ100's random read and write speeds, random access times and the number of operations per second.
 Lexar NQ100 480GB- Read Benchmark |
 Samsung 870 QVO 1TB - Read Benchmark |
 Lexar NQ100 480GB - Write Benchmark |
 Samsung 870 QVO 1TB - Write Benchmark |
The NQ100 performed relatively well when benchmarked with HD Tune. The drive had average read and write speeds of 519.0 MB/s and 503.9 MB/s, respectively.
 Lexar NQ100 480GB - Random Access Read |
 Samsung 870 QVO 1TB - Random Access Read |
 Lexar NQ100 480GB - Random Access Write |
 Samsung 870 QVO 1TB - Random Access Write |
When reading 4KB blocks, the NQ100 reached 24,576 IOPS and had an average speed of 96.003 MB/s. The drive was faster when writing, reaching 30,819 IOPS with an average speed of 120.389 MB/s.
