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.
 Plextor M9Pe 256GB |
Patriot Hellfire 240GB |
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.
 Plextor M9Pe 256GB |
 Patriot Hellfire 240GB |
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 M9Pe's random read and write speeds, random access times and the number of operations per second.
 Plextor M9Pe 256GB - Read Benchmark |
 Patriot Hellfire 240GB - Read Benchmark |
 Plextor M9Pe 256GB - Write Benchmark |
 Patriot Hellfire 240GB - Write Benchmark |
The M9Pe performed relatively well when benchmarked with HD Tune. The drive had average read and write speeds of 2297.6 MB/s and 277.1 MB/s, respectively, and a burst rate of about 157.6 MB/s when reading.
 Plextor M9Pe 256GB - Random Access Read |
 Patriot Hellfire 240GB - Random Access Read |
 Plextor M9Pe 256GB - Random Access Write |
 Patriot Hellfire 240GB - Random Access Write |
When writing 4KB blocks, the M9Pe reached 41,055 IOPS and had an average speed of 160.375 MB/s. The drive was slightly faster when reading, reaching 41,820 IOPS with an average speed of 163.359 MB/s.
