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.
 Crucial P310 2280 500GB |
 Crucial T500 with Heatsink 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.
 Crucial P310 2280 500GB |
 Crucial T500 with Heatsink 1TB |
HD Tune Pro 5.75:
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 P310's random read and write speeds, random access times and the number of operations per second.
 Crucial P310 2280 500GB - Read Benchmark |
 Crucial T500 with Heatsink 1TB - Read Benchmark |
 Crucial P310 2280 500GB - Write Benchmark |
 Crucial T500 with Heatsink 1TB - Write Benchmark |
The P310 performed fairly well when benchmarked with HD Tune. The drive had average read and write speeds of 6356.2 MB/s and 5996.3 MB/s, respectively.
 Crucial P310 2280 500GB - Random Access Read |
 Crucial T500 with Heatsink 1TB - Random Access Read |
 Crucial P310 2280 500GB - Random Access Write |
 Crucial T500 with Heatsink 1TB - Random Access Write |
When reading 4KB blocks, the P310 reached 58,139 IOPS and had an average speed of 227.108 MB/s. The drive was even faster when writing, reaching 63,690 IOPS with an average speed of 248.790 MB/s.
