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.
 SecureDrive BT SSD 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.
 SecureDrive BT SSD 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 used it to benchmark the SecureDrive BT's random read and write speeds, random access times and the number of operations per second.
 SecureDrive BT SSD 1TB - Read Benchmark |
 iStorage diskAshur PRO2 2TB - Read Benchmark |
 SecureDrive BT SSD 1TB - Write Benchmark |
 iStorage diskAshur PRO2 2TB - Write Benchmark |
The SecureDrive BT performed relatively well when benchmarked with HD Tune. The drive had average read and write speeds of 283.8 MB/s and 215.9 MB/s, respectively, and a burst rate of 120.0 MB/s when reading.
 SecureDrive BT SSD 1TB - Random Access Read |
 iStorage diskAshur PRO2 2TB - Random Access Read |
 SecureDrive BT SSD 1TB - Random Access Write |
 iStorage diskAshur PRO2 2TB - Random Access Write |
When reading 4KB blocks, the SecureDrive BT reached 4,563 IOPS and had an average speed of 17,826 MB/s. The drive was a bit faster when writing, reaching 8,219 IOPS with an average speed of 32,107 MB/s.
"Real World" Benchmark:
To test the "real world" performance of SecureData's SecureDrive BT SSD, I copied and pasted 1GB worth of randomly generated files and directories. All of the files are between 1KB and 95MB in size and no more than five directories deep. To see how well the drive handled large files, I also copied and pasted a 4GB ISO file.
| 1GB of Files | 4GB ISO File | |
| Write: | 6 seconds | 16 seconds |
| Read: | 6 seconds | 14 seconds |
The SecureDrive BT performed fairly well here, taking 6 seconds to write 1GB worth of test data and another 6 seconds to read it back.
