PCMark 8 - Storage Test:
PCMark 8 is a complete benchmark for Windows. It includes five benchmark tests, each designed around a specific scenario. The storage benchmark measures drive performance using real-world traces recorded from Adobe Creative Suite, Microsoft Office and a selection of popular games.
PCMark 8 also includes a consistency test which measures the performance consistency and degradation tendency of a storage system. The test reports the performance level at the start, the degraded steady-state and the recovered state as well as the number of iterations required to reach the degraded state and the recovered state. For this test, we are focusing on the Adobe Photoshop (Heavy) trace and will look at both the bandwidth and latency of the drive
The UD70 didn't do as well as some of the other drives in this test. Its bandwidth dropped below 100 MB/s during the degradation phase, pushing its latency above the 300ms mark. The UD70's performance increased somewhat during the recovery phase. However, it still lagged behind the Crucial P5, SK hynix Gold P31 and Silicon Power's own P34A60, topping out at 966 MB/s.
PCMark 10 - Full System Drive Benchmark:
PCMark 10's Full System Drive Benchmark uses a wide-ranging set of real-world traces from popular applications and common tasks to fully test the performance of the fastest modern drives. This benchmark produces an overall score as a measure of drive performance. Comparing devices is as simple as comparing scores. The tests also measure and report the bandwidth and average access time performance for the drive.
The UD70 ended up in the middle of the pack in PCMark 10's Full System Drive Benchmark. While faster than many of the entry-level drives, it trailed behind the Plextor M9PG, SK hynix Gold P31 and Crucial P5 by a sizeable margin.
