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.
 Samsung 980 1TB |
 ADATA FALCON 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.
 Samsung 980 1TB |
 ADATA FALCON 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 980's random read and write speeds, random access times and the number of operations per second.
 Samsung 980 1TB - Read Benchmark |
 ADATA FALCON 1TB - Read Benchmark |
 Samsung 980 1TB - Write Benchmark |
 ADATA FALCON 1TB - Write Benchmark |
The 980 performed relatively well when benchmarked with HD Tune. The drive had average read and write speeds of 2721.3 MB/s and 1109.1 MB/s, respectively.
 Samsung 980 1TB - Random Access Read |
 ADATA FALCON 1TB - Random Access Read |
 Samsung 980 1TB - Random Access Write |
 ADATA FALCON 1TB - Random Access Write |
When writing 4KB blocks, the 980 reached 38,925 IOPS and had an average speed of 152.053 MB/s. The drive was even faster when reading, reaching 40,589 IOPS with an average speed of 158.552 MB/s.
