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.
 Patriot Hellfire 240GB |
 ADATA XPG SX8000 256GB |
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.
 Patriot Hellfire 240GB |
 ADATA XPG SX8000 256GB |
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 Hellfire's random read and write speeds, random access times and the number of operations per second.
 Patriot Hellfire 240GB - Read Benchmark |
 ADATA XPG SX8000 256GB - Read Benchmark |
 Patriot Hellfire 240GB - Write Benchmark |
 ADATA XPG SX8000 256GB - Write Benchmark |
The Hellfire performed relatively well when benchmarked with HD Tune. The drive had average read and write speeds of 1734.0 MB/s and 884.7 MB/s, respectively, and a burst rate of 215.7 MB/s when reading.
 Patriot Hellfire 240GB - Random Access Read |
 ADATA XPG SX8000 256GB - Random Access Read |
 Patriot Hellfire 240GB - Random Access Write |
 ADATA XPG SX8000 256GB - Random Access Write |
When writing 4KB blocks, the Hellfire reached 30,519 IOPS and had an average speed of 119.217 MB/s. The drive was slightly faster when reading, reaching 30,880 IOPS with an average speed of 120.627 MB/s.
