AS SSD:
AS SSD is a benchmark designed specifically for solid state drives. The application contains five synthetic tests which are used to determine the sequential and random read and write performance of a drive.
 Kingston XS2000 1TB |
 Crucial X8 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.
 Kingston XS2000 1TB |
 Crucial X8 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 XS2000's random read and write speeds, random access times and the number of operations per second.
 Kingston XS2000 1TB - Read Benchmark |
 Crucial X8 1TB - Read Benchmark |
 Kingston XS2000 1TB - Write Benchmark |
 Crucial X8 1TB - Write Benchmark |
The XS2000 performed relatively well when benchmarked with HD Tune. The drive had average read and write speeds of 1774.8 MB/s and 651.9 MB/s, respectively.
 Kingston XS2000 1TB - Random Access Read |
 Crucial X8 1TB - Random Access Read |
 Kingston XS2000 1TB - Random Access Write |
 Crucial X8 1TB - Random Access Write |
When writing 4KB blocks, the XS2000 reached 5,339 IOPS and had an average speed of 20.856 MB/s. The drive was faster when reading, reaching 18,105 IOPS with an average speed of 70.726 MB/s.
