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 FALCON's performance was hit and miss in this test. While the drive was relatively quick during the degradation and steady phases, its performance never really recovered. The FALCON lagged well behind the drives from Samsung, Lexar, Silicon Power and Western Digital during the recovery phases, topping out at only 470 MB/s.
