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PCMARK 10 FULL SYSTEM STORAGE BENCHMARK
PCMark 10 Storage Benchmarks produce an overall score as a measure of drive performance. Comparing devices is as simple as comparing scores. The tests also measure and report the bandwidth and average access time performance for the drive. Each test uses traces recorded while performing real-world tasks such as booting Windows 10, starting applications such as Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator, working with applications such as Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint, and copying several large files and many small files.
This chart depicts the Top 10 SSD results received to date when testing in PCMark 10 Full System Benchmark. The Samsung 9100 Pro Gen5 4TB SSD did extremely well placing in the No. 2 position just behind the Intel Optane P5800x SSD.
PCMARK 10 QUICK SYSTEM STORAGE BENCHMARK
The Quick System Drive Benchmark is a subset of the Full test and is more representative of typical daily usage to show what would be expected regarding hybrid SSD performance on a day-to-day basis.
This chart depicts the Top 10 SSDs tested to date, to which the Samsung 9100 Pro Gen5 4TB SSD placed in the No. 2 spot once again.
TRUE DATA TESTING
For our True Data Testing, we simply loaded 15GB video, music, photo and OS files onto the Samsung 9100 Pro Gen5 4TB SSD and copied the data to a new folder on that same disk.
The Samsung 9100 Pro Gen5 4TB SSD placed 2nd in SSDs tested to date just behind the Micron 4600 Gen5 2TB SSD.
We thought we might add a few extras in our report today, PassMark Performance Test DiskMark component being a nice addition. This software tests sequential reads and writes, along with IOPS and compares the result with millions of other SSDs worldwide. We might suggest being in the 99th percentile of all SSDs tested was a nice result
The Samsung 9100 Gen5 4TB SSD achieved the top mark to date in PassMark DiskMark and placed in the top 99% of all SSDs tested to date.
FINAL FANTASY XIV: ENDWALKER BENCHMARK
The Final Fantasy Benchmark is a new tool in our arsenal and geared specifically to the gamer. The software is installed directly on the SSD and the SSD tested, providing and end result of FPS and scene transition times.
The Samsung 9100 Pro placed very well in game load time testing and is the 7th best SSD tested to date with respect to game load time.
