SSD 2013 Benchmarks
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Bench Results
Crucial RealSSD C300 128GB (3Gbps)
Marvell MLC
Marvell MLC
Product Ratings & Comparisons
Desktop Iometer - 4KB Random Write (4K Aligned) - 8GB LBA Space
MB/s - Higher is Better
110.4
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 Write (8GB LBA Space QD=32)
MB/s - Higher is Better 122.5
MB/s - Higher is Better 122.5
Desktop Iometer - 4KB Random Read (4K Aligned)
MB/s - Higher is Better
78.8
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
225.9
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
131.1
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 31281
KB/s - Higher is Better 31281
1KB Transfer - 2GB Sequential Read - QD4
KB/s - Higher is Better 57456
KB/s - Higher is Better 57456
2KB Transfer - 2GB Sequential Read - QD4
KB/s - Higher is Better 103936
KB/s - Higher is Better 103936
4KB Transfer - 2GB Sequential Read - QD4
KB/s - Higher is Better 154624
KB/s - Higher is Better 154624
8KB Transfer - 2GB Sequential Read - QD4
KB/s - Higher is Better 219537
KB/s - Higher is Better 219537
16KB Transfer - 2GB Sequential Read - QD4
KB/s - Higher is Better 241664
KB/s - Higher is Better 241664
32KB Transfer - 2GB Sequential Read - QD4
KB/s - Higher is Better 264387
KB/s - Higher is Better 264387
64KB Transfer - 2GB Sequential Read - QD4
KB/s - Higher is Better 275770
KB/s - Higher is Better 275770
128KB Transfer - 2GB Sequential Read - QD4
KB/s - Higher is Better 282212
KB/s - Higher is Better 282212
256KB Transfer - 2GB Sequential Read - QD4
KB/s - Higher is Better 283705
KB/s - Higher is Better 283705
512KB Transfer - 2GB Sequential Read - QD4
KB/s - Higher is Better 284423
KB/s - Higher is Better 284423
1024KB Transfer - 2GB Sequential Read - QD4
KB/s - Higher is Better 284552
KB/s - Higher is Better 284552
2048KB Transfer - 2GB Sequential Read - QD4
KB/s - Higher is Better 284939
KB/s - Higher is Better 284939
4096KB Transfer - 2GB Sequential Read - QD4
KB/s - Higher is Better 284058
KB/s - Higher is Better 284058
8192KB Transfer - 2GB Sequential Read - QD4
KB/s - Higher is Better 284434
KB/s - Higher is Better 284434
0.5KB Transfer - 2GB Sequential Write - QD4
KB/s - Higher is Better 34176
KB/s - Higher is Better 34176
1KB Transfer - 2GB Sequential Write - QD4
KB/s - Higher is Better 42900
KB/s - Higher is Better 42900
2KB Transfer - 2GB Sequential Write - QD4
KB/s - Higher is Better 93696
KB/s - Higher is Better 93696
4KB Transfer - 2GB Sequential Write - QD4
KB/s - Higher is Better 115136
KB/s - Higher is Better 115136
8KB Transfer - 2GB Sequential Write - QD4
KB/s - Higher is Better 131476
KB/s - Higher is Better 131476
16KB Transfer - 2GB Sequential Write - QD4
KB/s - Higher is Better 138571
KB/s - Higher is Better 138571
32KB Transfer - 2GB Sequential Write - QD4
KB/s - Higher is Better 141444
KB/s - Higher is Better 141444
64KB Transfer - 2GB Sequential Write - QD4
KB/s - Higher is Better 143509
KB/s - Higher is Better 143509
128KB Transfer - 2GB Sequential Write - QD4
KB/s - Higher is Better 145635
KB/s - Higher is Better 145635
256KB Transfer - 2GB Sequential Write - QD4
KB/s - Higher is Better 145905
KB/s - Higher is Better 145905
512KB Transfer - 2GB Sequential Write - QD4
KB/s - Higher is Better 145635
KB/s - Higher is Better 145635
1024KB Transfer - 2GB Sequential Write - QD4
KB/s - Higher is Better 145838
KB/s - Higher is Better 145838
2048KB Transfer - 2GB Sequential Write - QD4
KB/s - Higher is Better 145635
KB/s - Higher is Better 145635
4096KB Transfer - 2GB Sequential Write - QD4
KB/s - Higher is Better 146886
KB/s - Higher is Better 146886
8192KB Transfer - 2GB Sequential Write - QD4
KB/s - Higher is Better 147898
KB/s - Higher is Better 147898
Incompressible Sequential Read Performance - AS-SSD
Read Speed in MB/s - Higher is Better 265.4
Read Speed in MB/s - Higher is Better 265.4
Incompressible Sequential Write Performance - AS-SSD
Write Speed in MB/s - Higher is Better 134.4
Write Speed in MB/s - Higher is Better 134.4
PCMark Vantage - Overall Suite
Score in PCMarks - Higher is Better 16615
Score in PCMarks - Higher is Better 16615
PCMark Vantage - Memories Suite
Score in PCMarks - Higher is Better 11949
Score in PCMarks - Higher is Better 11949
PCMark Vantage - TV & Movies Suite
Score in PCMarks - Higher is Better 6611
Score in PCMarks - Higher is Better 6611
PCMark Vantage - Gaming Suite
Score in PCMarks - Higher is Better 20508
Score in PCMarks - Higher is Better 20508
PCMark Vantage - Music Suite
Score in PCMarks - Higher is Better 18064
Score in PCMarks - Higher is Better 18064
PCMark Vantage - Communications Suite
Score in PCMarks - Higher is Better 11922
Score in PCMarks - Higher is Better 11922
PCMark Vantage - Productivity Suite
Score in PCMarks - Higher is Better 21399
Score in PCMarks - Higher is Better 21399
PCMark Vantage - HDD Suite
Score in PCMarks - Higher is Better 34641
Score in PCMarks - Higher is Better 34641
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
683
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
846
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.