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.
 Solidigm P44 Pro 2TB |
 Samsung 990 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.
 Solidigm P44 Pro 2TB |
 Samsung 990 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 P44 Pro's random read and write speeds, random access times and the number of operations per second.
 Solidigm P44 Pro 2TB - Read Benchmark |
 Samsung 990 PRO 2TB - Read Benchmark |
 Solidigm P44 Pro 2TB - Write Benchmark |
 Samsung 990 PRO 2TB - Write Benchmark |
The P44 Pro performed relatively well when benchmarked with HD Tune. The drive had average read and write speeds of 4579.2 MB/s and 2,595.1 MB/s, respectively.
 Solidigm P44 Pro 2TB - Random Access Read |
 Samsung 990 PRO 2TB - Random Access Read |
 Solidigm P44 Pro 2TB - Random Access Write |
 Samsung 990 PRO 2TB - Random Access Write |
When reading 4KB blocks, the P44 Pro reached 72,759 IOPS and had an average speed of 284.215 MB/s. The drive was even faster when writing, reaching 77,065 IOPS with an average speed of 301.037 MB/s.
