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.
 Silicon Power US75 1TB |
 Crucial T500 with Heatsink 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.
 Silicon Power US75 1TB |
 Crucial T500 with Heatsink 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 US75's random read and write speeds, random access times and the number of operations per second.
 Silicon Power US75 1TB - Read Benchmark |
 Crucial T500 with Heatsink 1TB - Read Benchmark |
 Silicon Power US75 1TB - Write Benchmark |
 Crucial T500 with Heatsink 1TB - Write Benchmark |
The US75 performed relatively well when benchmarked with HD Tune. The drive had average read and write speeds of 6127.3 MB/s and 5167.2 MB/s, respectively.
 Silicon Power US75 1TB - Random Access Read |
 Crucial T500 with Heatsink 1TB - Random Access Read |
 Silicon Power US75 1TB - Random Access Write |
 Crucial T500 with Heatsink 1TB - Random Access Write |
When reading 4KB blocks, the US75 reached 59,371 IOPS and had an average speed of 231.921 MB/s. The drive was even faster when writing, reaching 62,096 IOPS with an average speed of 242.564 MB/s.
