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.
 Silicon Power MS70 2TB |
 Crucial X9 Pro 2TB |
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.
 Silicon Power MS70 2TB |
 Crucial X9 Pro 2TB |
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 MS70's random read and write speeds, random access times and the number of operations per second.
 Silicon Power MS70 2TB - Read Benchmark |
 Crucial X9 Pro 2TB - Read Benchmark |
 Silicon Power MS70 2TB - Write Benchmark |
 Crucial X9 Pro 2TB - Write Benchmark |
The MS70 performed relatively well when benchmarked with HD Tune. The drive had average read and write speeds of 751.2 MB/s and 940.2 MB/s, respectively.
 Silicon Power MS70 2TB - Random Access Read |
 Crucial X9 Pro 2TB - Random Access Read |
 Silicon Power MS70 2TB - Random Access Write |
 Crucial X9 Pro 2TB - Random Access Write |
When reading 4KB blocks, the MS70 reached 10,659 IOPS and had an average speed of 41.637 MB/s. The drive was considerably faster when writing, reaching 25,164 IOPS with an average speed of 98.298 MB/s.
