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 XS70 1TB |
 ADATA XPG GAMMIX S70 Blade 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 XS70 1TB |
 ADATA XPG GAMMIX S70 Blade 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 XS70's random read and write speeds, random access times and the number of operations per second.
 Silicon Power XS70 1TB - Read Benchmark |
 ADATA XPG GAMMIX S70 Blade 1TB - Read Benchmark |
 Silicon Power XS70 1TB - Write Benchmark |
 ADATA XPG GAMMIX S70 Blade 1TB - Write Benchmark |
The XS70 performed relatively well when benchmarked with HD Tune. The drive had average read and write speeds of 5818.8 MB/s and 5444.1 MB/s, respectively.
 Silicon Power XS70 1TB - Random Access Read |
 ADATA XPG GAMMIX S70 Blade 1TB - Random Access Read |
 Silicon Power XS70 1TB - Random Access Write |
 ADATA XPG GAMMIX S70 Blade 1TB - Random Access Write |
When reading 4KB blocks, the XS70 reached 57,448 IOPS and had an average speed of 224.407 MB/s. The drive was even faster when writing, reaching 60,042 IOPS with an average speed of 234.539 MB/s.
