AS SSD:
AS SSD is a relatively new 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 XPG SX8200 240GB |
 Plextor M9Pe 256GB |
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 XPG SX8200 240GB |
 Plextor M9Pe 256GB |
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 SX8200's random read and write speeds, random access times and the number of operations per second.
 ADATA XPG SX8200 240GB - Read Benchmark |
 Plextor M9Pe 256GB - Read Benchmark |
 ADATA XPG SX8200 240GB - Write Benchmark |
 Plextor M9Pe 256GB - Write Benchmarkk |
The SX8200 performed relatively well when benchmarked with HD Tune. The drive had average read and write speeds of 2264.2 MB/s and 479.7 MB/s, respectively, and a burst rate of about 586.7 MB/s when reading.
 ADATA XPG SX8200 240GB - Random Access Read |
 Plextor M9Pe 256GB - Random Access Read |
 ADATA XPG SX8200 240GB - Random Access Write |
 Plextor M9Pe 256GB - Random Access Write |
The SX8200 didn't disappoint when doing random reads and writes. When reading 4KB blocks, the drive reached 43,120 IOPS and had an average speed of 168.438 MB/s. It was even faster when writing, reaching 47,364 IOPS with an average speed of 185.016 MB/s.
