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 P5 Plus with Heatsink 1TB |
 ADATA LEGEND 960 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 P5 Plus with Heatsink 1TB |
 ADATA LEGEND 960 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 P5 Plus' random read and write speeds, random access times and the number of operations per second.
 Crucial P5 Plus with Heatsink 1TB - Read Benchmark |
 ADATA LEGEND 960 1TB - Read Benchmark |
 Crucial P5 Plus with Heatsink 1TB - Write Benchmark |
 ADATA LEGEND 960 1TB - Write Benchmark |
The P5 Plus performed fairly well when benchmarked with HD Tune. The drive had average read and write speeds of 4413.5 MB/s and 1917.3 MB/s, respectively.
 Crucial P5 Plus with Heatsink 1TB - Random Access Read |
 ADATA LEGEND 960 1TB - Random Access Read |
 Crucial P5 Plus with Heatsink 1TB - Random Access Write |
 ADATA LEGEND 960 1TB - Random Access Write |
When reading 4KB blocks, the heatsink equipped P5 Plus reached 39,680 IOPS and had an average speed of 155.004 MB/s. The drive was even faster when writing, reaching 44,511 IOPS with an average speed of 173.874 MB/s.
