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 T500 with Heatsink 1TB |
 Crucial P5 Plus 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 T500 with Heatsink 1TB |
 Crucial P5 Plus 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 T500's random read and write speeds, random access times and the number of operations per second.
 Crucial T500 with Heatsink 1TB - Read Benchmark |
 Crucial P5 Plus with Heatsink 1TB - Read Benchmark |
 Crucial T500 with Heatsink 1TB - Write Benchmark |
 Crucial P5 Plus with Heatsink 1TB - Write Benchmark |
The T500 performed fairly well when benchmarked with HD Tune. The drive had average read and write speeds of 5606.4 MB/s and 3767.7 MB/s, respectively.
 Crucial T500 with Heatsink 1TB - Random Access Read |
 Crucial P5 Plus with Heatsink 1TB - Random Access Read |
 Crucial T500 with Heatsink 1TB - Random Access Write |
 Crucial P5 Plus with Heatsink 1TB - Random Access Write |
When reading 4KB blocks, the T500 reached 47,998 IOPS and had an average speed of 187.494 MB/s. The drive was even faster when writing, reaching 52,703 IOPS with an average speed of 205.874 MB/s.
