AS SSD:
AS SSD is a benchmark designed specifically for solid state drives. The application contains five synthetic tests which are used to determine the sequential and random read and write performance of a drive.
 Plextor M8V 256GB |
 Crucial BX300 240GB |
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.
 Plextor M8V 256GB |
 Crucial BX300 240GB |
HD Tune Pro 5.00:
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 M8V's random read and write speeds, random access times and the number of operations per second.
 Plextor M8V 256GB - Read Benchmark |
 Crucial BX300 240GB - Read Benchmark |
 Plextor M8V 256GB - Write Benchmark |
 Crucial BX300 240GB - Write Benchmark |
The M8V performed relatively well when benchmarked with HD Tune. The drive had average read and write speeds of 507.7 MB/s and 281.5 MB/s, respectively, and a burst rate of 115.2 MB/s when reading.
 Plextor M8V 256GB - Random Access Read |
 Crucial BX300 240GB - Random Access Read |
 Plextor M8V 256GB - Random Access Write |
 Crucial BX300 240GB - Random Access Write |
When reading 4KB blocks, the M8V reached 20,966 IOPS and had an average speed of 81.899 MB/s. The drive was faster when writing, reaching 29,420 IOPS with an average speed of 114.924 MB/s.
