SSD 2013 Benchmarks
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Bench Results
Crucial RealSSD C300 256GB (3Gbps)
Micron MLC
Micron MLC
Product Ratings & Comparisons
Heavy Workload 2011 - Average Data Rate
Average Data Rate in MB/s - Higher is Better 140.1
Average Data Rate in MB/s - Higher is Better 140.1
Heavy Workload 2011 - Average Read Speed
Average Read Speed in MB/s - Higher is Better 72.4
Average Read Speed in MB/s - Higher is Better 72.4
Heavy Workload 2011 - Average Write Speed
Average Write Speed in MB/s - Higher is Better 162.2
Average Write Speed in MB/s - Higher is Better 162.2
Heavy Workload 2011 - Disk Busy Time
Total Disk Busy Time in Seconds - Lower is Better 1132.2
Total Disk Busy Time in Seconds - Lower is Better 1132.2
Heavy Workload 2011 - Disk Busy Time (Reads)
Disk Busy Time (Reads) in Seconds - Lower is Better 687.8
Disk Busy Time (Reads) in Seconds - Lower is Better 687.8
Heavy Workload 2011 - Disk Busy Time (Writes)
Disk Busy Time (Writes) in Seconds - Lower is Better 671.3
Disk Busy Time (Writes) in Seconds - Lower is Better 671.3
Light Workload 2011 - Average Data Rate
Average Data Rate in MB/s - Higher is Better 181.6
Average Data Rate in MB/s - Higher is Better 181.6
Light Workload 2011 - Average Read Speed
Average Read Speed in MB/s - Higher is Better 156.9
Average Read Speed in MB/s - Higher is Better 156.9
Light Workload 2011 - Disk Busy Time
Total Disk Busy Time in Seconds - Lower is Better 232.5
Total Disk Busy Time in Seconds - Lower is Better 232.5
Light Workload 2011 - Disk Busy Time (Reads)
Disk Busy Time (Reads) in Seconds - Lower is Better 117.3
Disk Busy Time (Reads) in Seconds - Lower is Better 117.3
Light Workload 2011 - Disk Busy Time (Writes)
Disk Busy Time (Writes) in Seconds - Lower is Better 131.8
Disk Busy Time (Writes) in Seconds - Lower is Better 131.8
Desktop Iometer - 4KB Random Write (4K Aligned) - 8GB LBA Space
MB/s - Higher is Better
141
MB/s - Higher is Better
3 Outstanding IOs, 4KB 100% random, 100% writes, first 8GB of LBA space, 3 minute test run, 4KB alignment.
Desktop Iometer - 4KB Random Read (4K Aligned)
MB/s - Higher is Better
79.5
MB/s - Higher is Better
3 Outstanding IOs, 4KB 100% random, 100% reads, first 8GB of LBA space, 3 minute test run, 4KB aligned.
Desktop Iometer - 128KB Sequential Read (4K Aligned)
MB/s - Higher is Better
228.2
MB/s - Higher is Better
1 Outstanding IO, 128KB 100% sequential, 100% reads, 1 minute test run, 4KB aligned.
Desktop Iometer - 128KB Sequential Write (4K Aligned)
MB/s - Higher is Better
195.5
MB/s - Higher is Better
1 Outstanding IO, 128KB 100% sequential, 100% writes, 1 minute test run, 4KB aligned.
0.5KB Transfer - 2GB Sequential Read - QD4
KB/s - Higher is Better 34304
KB/s - Higher is Better 34304
Incompressible Sequential Read Performance - AS-SSD
Read Speed in MB/s - Higher is Better 264.7
Read Speed in MB/s - Higher is Better 264.7
Incompressible Sequential Write Performance - AS-SSD
Write Speed in MB/s - Higher is Better 202.8
Write Speed in MB/s - Higher is Better 202.8
PCMark Vantage - Overall Suite
Score in PCMarks - Higher is Better 16107
Score in PCMarks - Higher is Better 16107
PCMark Vantage - Memories Suite
Score in PCMarks - Higher is Better 12097
Score in PCMarks - Higher is Better 12097
PCMark Vantage - TV & Movies Suite
Score in PCMarks - Higher is Better 6575
Score in PCMarks - Higher is Better 6575
PCMark Vantage - Gaming Suite
Score in PCMarks - Higher is Better 16452
Score in PCMarks - Higher is Better 16452
PCMark Vantage - Music Suite
Score in PCMarks - Higher is Better 17660
Score in PCMarks - Higher is Better 17660
PCMark Vantage - Communications Suite
Score in PCMarks - Higher is Better 11716
Score in PCMarks - Higher is Better 11716
PCMark Vantage - Productivity Suite
Score in PCMarks - Higher is Better 21038
Score in PCMarks - Higher is Better 21038
PCMark Vantage - HDD Suite
Score in PCMarks - Higher is Better 34955
Score in PCMarks - Higher is Better 34955
Gaming Workload 2010 - Average IOPS
Average IOs per Second - Higher is Better
314
Average IOs per Second - Higher is Better
Test Description:
Actual gameplay in four 3D games: World of Warcraft, Batman: Arkham Asylum, FarCry 2 and Risen, in that order. The games are launched and played, altogether for a total of just under 30 minutes. The benchmark measures game load time, level load time, disk accesses from save games and normal data streaming during gameplay.
The gaming workload is made up of 75,206 read operations and only 4,592 write operations. Only 20% of the accesses are 4KB in size, nearly 40% are 64KB and 20% are 32KB. A whopping 69% of the IOs are sequential, meaning this is predominantly a sequential read benchmark. The average queue depth is 7.76 IOs.
Actual gameplay in four 3D games: World of Warcraft, Batman: Arkham Asylum, FarCry 2 and Risen, in that order. The games are launched and played, altogether for a total of just under 30 minutes. The benchmark measures game load time, level load time, disk accesses from save games and normal data streaming during gameplay.
The gaming workload is made up of 75,206 read operations and only 4,592 write operations. Only 20% of the accesses are 4KB in size, nearly 40% are 64KB and 20% are 32KB. A whopping 69% of the IOs are sequential, meaning this is predominantly a sequential read benchmark. The average queue depth is 7.76 IOs.
Heavy Workload 2010 - Average IOPS
Average IOs per Second - Higher is Better
923
Average IOs per Second - Higher is Better
Test Description:
Microsoft Security Essentials running in the background with real time virus scanning enabled. We also perform a quick scan in the middle of the test. Firefox, Outlook, Excel, Word and Powerpoint are all used the same as they were in the light test. We add Photoshop CS4 to the mix, opening a bunch of 12MP images, editing them, then saving them as highly compressed JPGs for web publishing. Windows 7’s picture viewer is used to view a bunch of pictures on the hard drive. We use 7-zip to create and extract .7z archives. Downloading is also prominently featured in our heavy test; we download large files from the Internet during portions of the benchmark, as well as use uTorrent to grab a couple of torrents. Some of the applications in use are installed during the benchmark, Windows updates are also installed. Towards the end of the test we launch World of Warcraft, play for a few minutes, then delete the folder. This test also takes into account all of the disk accesses that happen while the OS is booting.
The benchmark is 22 minutes long and it consists of 128,895 read operations and 72,411 write operations. Roughly 44% of all IOs were sequential. Approximately 30% of all accesses were 4KB in size, 12% were 16KB in size, 14% were 32KB and 20% were 64KB. Average queue depth was 3.59.
Microsoft Security Essentials running in the background with real time virus scanning enabled. We also perform a quick scan in the middle of the test. Firefox, Outlook, Excel, Word and Powerpoint are all used the same as they were in the light test. We add Photoshop CS4 to the mix, opening a bunch of 12MP images, editing them, then saving them as highly compressed JPGs for web publishing. Windows 7’s picture viewer is used to view a bunch of pictures on the hard drive. We use 7-zip to create and extract .7z archives. Downloading is also prominently featured in our heavy test; we download large files from the Internet during portions of the benchmark, as well as use uTorrent to grab a couple of torrents. Some of the applications in use are installed during the benchmark, Windows updates are also installed. Towards the end of the test we launch World of Warcraft, play for a few minutes, then delete the folder. This test also takes into account all of the disk accesses that happen while the OS is booting.
The benchmark is 22 minutes long and it consists of 128,895 read operations and 72,411 write operations. Roughly 44% of all IOs were sequential. Approximately 30% of all accesses were 4KB in size, 12% were 16KB in size, 14% were 32KB and 20% were 64KB. Average queue depth was 3.59.
Light Workload 2010 - Average IOPS
Average IOs per Second - Higher is Better
924
Average IOs per Second - Higher is Better
Test Description:
The Windows 7 system is loaded with Firefox, Office 2007 and Adobe Reader among other applications. With Firefox we browse web pages like Facebook, AnandTech, Digg and other sites. Outlook is also running and we use it to check emails, create and send a message with a PDF attachment. Adobe Reader is used to view some PDFs. Excel 2007 is used to create a spreadsheet, graphs and save the document. The same goes for Word 2007. We open and step through a presentation in PowerPoint 2007 received as an email attachment before saving it to the desktop. Finally we watch a bit of a Firefly episode in Windows Media Player 11.
There’s some level of multitasking going on here but it’s not unreasonable by any means. Generally the application tasks proceed linearly, with the exception of things like web browsing which may happen in between one of the other tasks.
The recording is played back on all of our drives here today. Remember that we’re isolating disk performance, all we’re doing is playing back every single disk access that happened in that ~5 minute period of usage. The light workload is composed of 37,501 reads and 20,268 writes. Over 30% of the IOs are 4KB, 11% are 16KB, 22% are 32KB and approximately 13% are 64KB in size. Less than 30% of the operations are absolutely sequential in nature. Average queue depth is 6.09 IOs.
The Windows 7 system is loaded with Firefox, Office 2007 and Adobe Reader among other applications. With Firefox we browse web pages like Facebook, AnandTech, Digg and other sites. Outlook is also running and we use it to check emails, create and send a message with a PDF attachment. Adobe Reader is used to view some PDFs. Excel 2007 is used to create a spreadsheet, graphs and save the document. The same goes for Word 2007. We open and step through a presentation in PowerPoint 2007 received as an email attachment before saving it to the desktop. Finally we watch a bit of a Firefly episode in Windows Media Player 11.
There’s some level of multitasking going on here but it’s not unreasonable by any means. Generally the application tasks proceed linearly, with the exception of things like web browsing which may happen in between one of the other tasks.
The recording is played back on all of our drives here today. Remember that we’re isolating disk performance, all we’re doing is playing back every single disk access that happened in that ~5 minute period of usage. The light workload is composed of 37,501 reads and 20,268 writes. Over 30% of the IOs are 4KB, 11% are 16KB, 22% are 32KB and approximately 13% are 64KB in size. Less than 30% of the operations are absolutely sequential in nature. Average queue depth is 6.09 IOs.
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