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.
 OCZ Trion 100 480GB |
 Crucial BX100 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.
 OCZ Trion 100 480GB |
 Crucial BX100 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 Trion 100's random read and write speeds, random access times and the number of operations per second.
 OCZ Trion 100 480GB - HD Tune Read Benchmark |
 Crucial BX100 500GB - HD Tune Read Benchmark |
 OCZ Trion 100 480GB - HD Tune Write Benchmark |
 Crucial BX100 500GB - HD Tune Write Benchmark |
The Trion 100 performed relatively well when benchmarked with HD Tune. The drive had average read and write speeds of 497.4 MB/s and 141.3 MB/s, respectively, and a burst rate of 116.7 MB/s when reading.
 OCZ Trion 100 480GB - HD Tune Random Access Read |
 Crucial BX100 500GB - HD Tune Random Access Read |
 OCZ Trion 100 480GB - HD Tune Random Access Write |
 Crucial BX100 500GB - HD Tune Random Access Write |
When writing 4KB blocks, the Trion 100 reached 14,135 IOPS and had an average speed of 55.216 MB/s. The drive was even faster when writing, reaching 16,741 IOPS with an average speed of 65.396 MB/s.
