The test system used in this review is equipped with an Intel Core i7-6700K CPU, GIGABYTE GA-Z170X-UD3 motherboard, 32GB (16GB x 2) of Crucial Ballistix Sport LT DDR4 memory, ADATA SU800 512GB SSD and a GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 WINDFORCE OC 6G graphics card. For the operating system, I installed a fresh copy of Windows 10 Enterprise.
To test the performance of Patriot's Hellfire SSD, I ran a series of benchmarks using CrystalDiskMark, HD Tach RW, ATTO Disk Benchmark, AS SSD, HD Tune Pro, Anvil's Storage Utilities, Iometer and PCMark 8. For comparison, I've also included test results from the ADATA XPG SX8000, Samsung 960 PRO, Toshiba OCZ RD400, Samsung 950 PRO, Toshiba OCZ VX500, ADATA Ultimate SU800, Plextor S2C, Crucial M300, Plextor M7V, PNY CS1311, OCZ Trion 150, PNY CS2211, Plextor M6V, Crucial BX200, OCZ Trion 100, Kingston HyperX Savage, Crucial MX200, OCZ Vector 180, Samsung SSD 850 EVO and Samsung SSD 850 PRO.
As I mentioned earlier, the Hellfire is based on Phison's PS5007-E7 controller chip. Looking at the screenshot above, you can see that there is a considerable performance difference when writing incompressible (0%) and compressible (100%) data.
CrystalDiskMark 5.0.3:
First, I ran a few quick tests using CrystalDiskMark. This benchmark tool measures the performance of a storage device by testing its sequential read and write speeds as well as its random read and write speeds using blocks 512K and 4K in size.
 Patriot Hellfire 240GB |
 ADATA XPG SX8000 256GB |
According to Patriot, the 240GB version of the Hellfire is capable of reading at 2,740 MB/s and writing at 1,090 MB/s. Looking at the screenshot above, you can see that the drive had no problems reaching these speeds in CrystalDiskMark's sequential read and write tests.
 Patriot Hellfire 240GB |
The Hellfire's performance was better for the most part when using highly compressible 0x00 (0 Fill) data. This time around, the drive was able to read at 2757 MB/s and write at 2281 MB/s.
HD Tach RW 3.0.4.0:
Next, I used HD Tach to test the Hellfire's read, write and burst speeds as well as its seek times and CPU usage.
Patriot Hellfire 240GB
The Hellfire's performance was hit and miss when tested with HD Tach. While the drive was able to write at 1,115.8 MB/s, its read speed averaged out at only 1123.0 MB/s.
ATTO Disk Benchmark 2.46:
I also used ATTO Disk Benchmark to test the Hellfire's sequential read and write speeds. The tests are run using blocks ranging in size from 0.5KB to 8192KB and the total length set to 256MB.
 Patriot Hellfire 240GB |
 ADATA XPG SX8000 256GB |
When tested with ATTO, the Hellfire's read speeds topped out at about 2,967 MB/s and its write speeds at 2,374 MB/s.
