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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.
The Silicon Motion SM2508 Gen 5 reference sample placed fourth amongst the Top 5 of SSDs tested to date.
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.
The Silicon Motion SM2508 Gen 5 SSD reference design sample once again did great in placing with some of the best SSDs tested to date.
TRUE DATA TESTING
For our True Data Testing, we simply loaded 15GB video, music, photo and OS files onto the Silicon Motion SM2508 Gen5 1TB SSD reference design sample and copied the data to a new folder on that same disk.
I’d be remiss if I didn’t say that I believed this might be the best SSD at straight data transfer to date. Number One.
PASSMARK PERFORMANCE TEST
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 SMI SM 2508 scored in the 99th percentile on the world scale for this benchmark and once again placed in the top three of our 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.
Game load time testing for the Corsair MP700 Elite came in at 6.094 seconds, placing at #10 of SSDs tested to date.
Yikes!!! Being a Mac user I’m going to be real curious as to how a stick like this will operate in a Thunderbolt 5 enclosure. I’m also curious as to what those 6 configuration jumpers are for on the top of the stick. I haven’t seen those implemented on any SSDs I’ve used in the past.