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CRYSTAL DISK BENCHMARK VER. 0.0 X64
Crystal Disk Benchmark is used to measure read and write performance through sampling of random data which is, for the most part, incompressible. Performance is virtually identical, regardless of data sample so we have included only that using random data samples.
THROUGHPUT 1TB CAPACITY
IOPS 1TB CAPACITY
Crystal DiskMark shows that throughput is very close to the money although we aren’t seeing anything close to the 1 mil IOPS as per spec. Many might not notice but the low 4K random read of 86.97MB/s is very high in comparison to the norm and something very good to see. This just might result in a slightly faster system operation.
THROUGHPUT 250GB CAPACITY
IOPS 250GB CAPACITY
The toughest benchmark available for solid state drives is AS SSD as it relies solely on incompressible data samples when testing performance. For the most part, AS SSD tests can be considered the ‘worst case scenario’ in obtaining data transfer speeds and many enthusiasts like AS SSD for their needs. Transfer speeds are displayed on the left with IOPS results on the right.
ANVIL STORAGE UTILITIES PROFESSIONAL
Anvil’s Storage Utilities (ASU) are the most complete test bed available for the solid state drive today. The benchmark displays test results for, not only throughput but also, IOPS and Disk Access Times. Not only does it have a preset SSD benchmark, but also, it has included such things as endurance testing and threaded I/O read, write and mixed tests, all of which are very simple to understand and use in our benchmark testing.
1TB CAPACITY
250GB CAPACITY
The AJA Video Systems Disk Test is relatively new to our testing and tests the transfer speed of video files with different resolutions and Codec.
TxBench is one of our newly discovered benchmarks that we works much the same as Crystal Diskmark, but with several other features. Advanced load bench-marking can be configured, as well as full drive information and data erasing via secure erase, enhanced secure erase, TRIM and overwriting. Simply click on the title for a free copy.
There have been problems reported with the use of earlier Samsung PCIe SSD drives and Dell XPS 8920 desktops that won’t boot in the AHCI mode. This has been reported in the Dell.com User Forums. The 8920 only recognize the Samsung drives in RAID mode. Any word on this with the latest Samsung PCIe drives?
Hey Richard and thanks for writing. I was not familiar with that issue so dug this up. I hope it helps, but unfortunately cannot comment on that and newer drives:
https://www.dell.com/community/XPS-Desktops/XPS-8920-will-not-reboot-from-SSD/td-p/7551974
Having said that, I don’t believe the issue will be with the SSD so much as the system bios and setup. SSDs all follow the NVMe protocol to minimize configurability issues. Any SSD should work, or cause that same problem. I could be wrong.
Dear Mr.Tokar,
Thank you very much for your detailed review on the Samsung 980 Pro. could you please make a review about the new “AORUS Gen4 AIC SSD 2TB ” from Gigabyte. it is claimed to reach 15GB/s in read speed and 9.5 GB/s in write speed. it has the capacity to include 4 NVMe M.2 SSD’s and get connected to a PCIe Gen 4.0 slot on a motherboard. the link to this product is:
https://www.gigabyte.com/Solid-State-Drive/AORUS-Gen4-AIC-SSD-2TB#kf
it would be interesting to see it’s performance against those single SSD’s in the article table.
best regards.
I would love nothing more than to test that SSD, as would a number of reviewers but the opportunity hasn’t presented itself. Ig you have any contacts…please let them know!
If you could review the new drives such as the Adata XPG Gammix S70 which are based on the Phison E-18 it would be appreciated. Thanks.
Les, For those lowly mortals still on PCIE 3 (or even 2!) can you include some benchmarks comparing PCIE 4 ssd’s at these lower speeds, also does PCIE x 8 give the same performance as 4 x 4? Thanks.
would be nice to have this PCIe 4.0 / 3.0 Spec mentioned in the real world overview graph (note very body has this directly in mind when reading the names of the devices)
In addition would be awesome to always have the winner of The PC Mark Standard benchmark also in this graph, just to compare new exppensive memory technology (xpoint) to the evolution of nand…
Many thanks for all your great work!
With the price of the 970 Pro 1TB dropped to $270 on Amazon it becomes an interesting comparison with the 980 Pro which is only $40 less.
Simple choice between mlc and tlc memory. I have always been one to also push getting the right SSD for your needs so, unless you are getting the 980 Pro for PCIe 4…