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.
 Silicon Power PC60 960GB |
 Samsung T5 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.
 Silicon Power PC60 960GB |
 Samsung T5 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 PC60's random read and write speeds, random access times and the number of operations per second.
 Silicon Power PC60 960GB - Read Benchmark |
 Samsung T5 500GB - Read Benchmark |
 Silicon Power PC60 960GB - Write Benchmark |
 Samsung T5 500GB - Write Benchmark |
The PC60 performed relatively well when benchmarked with HD Tune. The drive had average read and write speeds of 440.9 MB/s and 390.1 MB/s, respectively, and a burst rate of 103.0 MB/s when reading.
 Silicon Power PC60 960GB - Random Access Read |
 Samsung T5 500GB - Random Access Read |
 Silicon Power PC60 960GB - Random Access Write |
 Samsung T5 500GB - Random Access Write |
When reading 4KB blocks, the PC60 reached 11,830 IOPS and had an average speed of 46.211 MB/s. The drive was faster when writing, reaching 12,179 IOPS with an average speed of 47.578 MB/s.
