HDTune
HDTune tests a similar level of features as compared with HDTach, but with a different access pattern. Thus provides us with an additional set of benchmark numbers to compare between storage configurations. Here we can get the minimum, maximum and average transfer rates as well as the burst rates and access times. CPU utilization has proven negligible with modern processing horsepower, and is no longer included.
HDTune's burst test gives inconsistent results. Posted here for information only. We did note that for some reason the ADATA models run lower in this particular test, but this is the only anomaly and had no effect on real performance seen from these devices.
All modern SSDs have no issue saturating their SATA 6Gb/sec link, and HDTune performs its reads in fairly large chunks, which means most SSDs can stretch their legs. The Radeon R7 performs nearly identical in comparison to the Vertex and Vector, besting the ARC's limited throughput in this test.
Dem charts.
Dem charts.
Like ’em?
Like 'em?
They are pretty, but I think
They are pretty, but I think once you get beyond three colors, you might consider shading them in to help differentiate between them.
The colour scheme and glow
The colour scheme and glow work really well together. Though some of the darker colours are harder to see in such a busy chart. Maybe slightly wider bars? Nice work Allyn _b
Thanks! The issue with the
Thanks! The issue with the darker colors boils down to there simply not being enough 'good' differentiating colors to choose from, especially when trying to span 10 (or more in the future) entries. Still working on these moving forward.
I do understand there just
I do understand there just aren’t enough colors to offer clear differentiation.
But, since you ensured the drives were listed in both the chart and the legend in the same order, I was able to easily figure out which drive was which when I couldn’t tell easily by the color.
Good attention to detail that other sites often mess up.
Sharp write speed limits at
The charts for the PCP file
The charts for the PCP file creation tests need to have their x-axis label updated. They are labeled “MB/s” but I suspect they should be “seconds”.
I’m not even sure why Random
I’m not even sure why Random Access Time is mentioned with SSDs anymore- they all look the same. At this point,they pwn HDs.
Nice product, but 5 year warranty would have been more appealing.
good to see lower prices
good to see lower prices
Thanks for doing the review.
Thanks for doing the review. I know you must be very tired of SSD right now, but it’s good to see you do them so we the consumer can see the price point and accessories that come with drive, keep it up Allyn 🙂