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.
 Crucial MX300 1TB |
 PNY CS2211 480GB |
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.
 Crucial MX300 1TB |
 PNY CS2211 480GB |
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 MX300's random read and write speeds, random access times and the number of operations per second.
 Crucial MX300 1TB - Read Benchmark |
 PNY CS2211 480GB - Read Benchmark |
 Crucial MX300 1TB - Write Benchmark |
 PNY CS2211 480GB - Write Benchmark |
The MX300 performed relatively well when benchmarked with HD Tune. The drive had average read and write speeds of 476.1 MB/s and 397.2 MB/s, respectively, and a burst rate of 152.8 MB/s when reading.
 Crucial MX300 1TB - Random Access Read |
 PNY CS2211 480GB - Random Access Read |
 Crucial MX300 1TB - Random Access Write |
 PNY CS2211 480GB - Random Access Write |
When reading 4KB blocks, the MX300 reached 16,749 IOPS and had an average speed of 65.427 MB/s. The drive was even faster when writing, reaching 18,735 IOPS with an average speed of 73.185 MB/s.
