SSD 2013 Benchmarks

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SSD 2013 Product Benchmarks

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Bench Results

Plextor M3 Pro 256GB - Marvell MLC

Crucial m4 256GB - Marvell MLC

Product Ratings & Comparisons

Heavy Workload 2011 - Average Data Rate
Average Data Rate in MB/s - Higher is Better

230.9

162.6

Heavy Workload 2011 - Average Read Speed
Average Read Speed in MB/s - Higher is Better

114.4

101.4

Heavy Workload 2011 - Average Write Speed
Average Write Speed in MB/s - Higher is Better

349.5

187.9

Heavy Workload 2011 - Disk Busy Time
Total Disk Busy Time in Seconds - Lower is Better

687.3

976

Heavy Workload 2011 - Disk Busy Time (Reads)
Disk Busy Time (Reads) in Seconds - Lower is Better

435.4

490.9

Heavy Workload 2011 - Disk Busy Time (Writes)
Disk Busy Time (Writes) in Seconds - Lower is Better

311.5

579.3

Light Workload 2011 - Average Data Rate
Average Data Rate in MB/s - Higher is Better

308.8

246.8

Light Workload 2011 - Average Read Speed
Average Read Speed in MB/s - Higher is Better

281

271.8

Light Workload 2011 - Average Write Speed
Average Write Speed in MB/s - Higher is Better

319.5

217.6

Light Workload 2011 - Disk Busy Time
Total Disk Busy Time in Seconds - Lower is Better

136.7

171

Light Workload 2011 - Disk Busy Time (Reads)
Disk Busy Time (Reads) in Seconds - Lower is Better

65.5

67.7

Light Workload 2011 - Disk Busy Time (Writes)
Disk Busy Time (Writes) in Seconds - Lower is Better

74.5

109.4

Desktop Iometer - 4KB Random Write (4K Aligned) - 8GB LBA Space
MB/s - Higher is Better

163.2

221.6

Desktop Iometer - 4KB Random Write (8GB LBA Space QD=32)
MB/s - Higher is Better

261.4

234

Desktop Iometer - 4KB Random Read (4K Aligned)
MB/s - Higher is Better

Desktop Iometer - 128KB Sequential Read (4K Aligned)
MB/s - Higher is Better

383.2

372.1

Desktop Iometer - 128KB Sequential Write (4K Aligned)
MB/s - Higher is Better

324.2

269.7

Incompressible Sequential Read Performance - AS-SSD
Read Speed in MB/s - Higher is Better

494

506.6

Incompressible Sequential Write Performance - AS-SSD
Write Speed in MB/s - Higher is Better

417.9

247

Drive Power Consumption - Idle
Power in W - Lower is Better

0.37

0.66

Drive Power Consumption - Sequential Write
Power in W - Lower is Better

2.56

3.01

Drive Power Consumption - Random Write
Power in W - Lower is Better

2.34

3.32