Synthetic Storage Benchmarks
PCMark 10
We are using PCMark 10’s Full System Drive Storage Benchmark. It outputs an overall score (higher is better) that is derived from the Bandwidth (higher is better) as well as access time (lower is better) results.
In PCMark 10, the new Patriot Viper VPR400 RGB 1TB SSD performs very well in this overall SSD benchmark. It comes out on top in fact, scoring 2806, with all traces combined. It outperforms the MSI SPATIUM M480 by 11% and the CORSAIR Force MP600 2TB by 30%. Compared to the lowest performer, the Sabrent Rocket, it’s 38% better. One of these factors is due to the newer NVMe 1.4 features like HMB and DMA access across the PCIe bus and its access time, as you will see below.
The Patriot Viper VPR400’s access time is very quick, so quick that it’s the best access time we’ve seen yet on Gen4 SSDs. It’s 12% faster in access time compared to the MSI SPATIUM M480 and a whole 25% faster than the CORSAIR MP600.
In the above graph, we are testing PCMark 10’s Quick Storage Benchmark, which utilizes a lighter workload of traces meant for smaller drives, it provides an interesting contrast to the wide-ranging test of the full benchmark above. In this test, which is utilizing lighter workloads the Patriot Viper VPR400 RGB SSD sits in about the middle of the pack. It is beat by the CORSAIR Force MP600 by just 5% and the MSI SPATIUM M470 by just 9%. However, the Patriot Viper VPR400 beats the Sabrent Rocket and MSI SPATIUM M480.
PassMark PerformanceTEST
We are using PassMark’s PerformanceTEST Disk Mark benchmark only. This test benchmarks Disk Sequential Read, Disk Sequential Write, IOPS 32KQD20, IOPS 4KQD1 tests and outputs an overall score (higher is better.)
In PassMark PerformanceTEST Disk Mark test the overall score for the Patriot Viper VPR400 1TB SSD is 35877, which puts it nearer to the bottom, but faster than the Sabrent Rocket by 10%. However, it is beat by the MSI SPATIUM M470 and CORSAIR Force MP600 by 15%. The MSI SPATIUM M480 is the overall faster drive, by 23%, which makes sense based on its raw read/write throughput.