AS SSD:
AS SSD is a relatively new benchmark designed specifically for solid state drives. The application contains five synthetic tests used to determine the sequential and random read and write performance of a drive.
 OCZ ARC 100 240GB |
 Crucial MX100 256GB |
AS SSD also includes a copy benchmark. This test copies an ISO (two large files), program (many small files) and game (small and large files), returning the speed and duration of each.
 OCZ ARC 100 240GB |
 Crucial MX100 256GB |
HD Tune Pro 4.61:
Next, I ran a series of tests using HD Tune Pro. This hard disk utility measures a drive's performance by testing its sequential read and write speeds as well as its access time, burst rate and CPU usage. For this review, I'm also going to use it to benchmark the ARC 100's random read and write speeds, random access times and the number of operations per second.
 OCZ ARC 100 240GB - HD Tune Read Benchmark |
 Crucial MX100 256GB - HD Tune Read Benchmark |
 OCZ ARC 100 240GB - HD Tune Write Benchmark |
 Crucial MX100 256GB - HD Tune Write Benchmark |
The ARC 100 performed relatively well when benchmarked with HD Tune. The drive had average read and write speeds of 480.1 MB/s and 380.3 MB/s, respectively, and a burst rate of 392.8 MB/s when reading.
 OCZ ARC 100 240GB - HD Tune Random Access Read |
 Crucial MX100 256GB - HD Tune Random Access Read |
 OCZ ARC 100 240GB - HD Tune Random Access Write |
 Crucial MX100 256GB - HD Tune Random Access Write |
The ARC 100 didn't disappoint when doing random reads and writes. When reading 4KB blocks, the drive reached 22,019 IOPS and had an average speed of 86.014 MB/s. The ARC 100 was slightly faster when writing, reaching 22,892 IOPS with an average speed of 89.425 MB/s.
