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.
 Plextor S2C 256GB |
 Plextor M7V 512GB |
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.
 Plextor S2C 256GB |
 Plextor M7V 512GB |
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 S2C's random read and write speeds, random access times and the number of operations per second.
 Plextor S2C 256GB - Read Benchmark |
 Plextor M7V 512GB - Read Benchmark |
 Plextor S2C 256GB - Write Benchmark |
 Plextor M7V 512GB - Write Benchmark |
The S2C performed relatively well when benchmarked with HD Tune. The drive had average read and write speeds of 520.6 MB/s and 215.4 MB/s, respectively, and a burst rate of about 198 MB/s when reading and writing.
 Plextor S2C 256GB - Random Access Read |
 Plextor M7V 512GB - Random Access Read |
 Plextor S2C 256GB - Random Access Write |
 Plextor M7V 512GB - Random Access Write |
When writing 4KB blocks, the S2C reached 25,321 IOPS and had an average speed of 98.912 MB/s. The drive was even faster when reading, reaching 27,056 IOPS with an average speed of 105.689 MB/s.
