AS SSD:
AS SSD is a 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.
 ADATA FALCON 1TB |
 Plextor M9PG Plus 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.
 ADATA FALCON 1TB |
 Plextor M9PG Plus 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'm also going to use it to benchmark the FALCON's random read and write speeds, random access times and the number of operations per second.
 ADATA FALCON 1TB - Read Benchmark |
 Plextor M9PG Plus 1TB - Read Benchmark |
 ADATA FALCON 1TB - Write Benchmark |
 Plextor M9PG Plus 1TB - Write Benchmark |
The FALCON performed relatively well when benchmarked with HD Tune. The drive had average read and write speeds of 2779.2 MB/s and 920.8 MB/s, respectively.
 ADATA FALCON 1TB - Random Access Read |
 Plextor M9PG Plus 1TB - Random Access Read |
 ADATA FALCON 1TB - Random Access Write |
 Plextor M9PG Plus 1TB - Random Access Write |
When reading 4KB blocks, the FALCON reached 36,979 IOPS and had an average speed of 144.451 MB/s. The drive was even faster when writing, reaching 38,848 IOPS with an average speed of 151.752 MB/s.
