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 our first system benchmark, we are running PCMark 10’s full system drive benchmark. The new ADATA LEGEND 960 1TB SSD is performing at the top of the charts in this benchmark, providing the overall fastest result we’ve seen yet at 3250. This is 5% better than the Acer Predator GM7000 SSD, which was the previous champ in this benchmark. Compared to the Patriot Viper VPR400 it’s 16% better.
Part of the success of the ADATA LEGEND 960 1TB SSD in this benchmark is down to the average access time latency performance. In this benchmark, the average access time for the ADATA LEGEND 960 1TB SSD is only 51 microseconds. This beats the Acer Predator GM7000 SSD by almost 6%.
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 ADATA LEGEND 960 comes in just slightly under the Acer Predator GM7000 SSD. The margin is thin though, with 4% separating them. The ADATA LEGEND 960 SSD is 9% better than the MSI SPATIUM M470 in this benchmark.
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’s PerformanceTEST Disk Mark the ADATA LEGEND 960 1TB SSD ends up in the middle of the pack and is about 5% faster than the Patriot Viper VPR400 and 20% faster than the Acer Predator GM7000. The MSI SPATIUM M470 and M480 take the lead.