If you looking for a new M.2 or PCIe SSD this article helps you in getting an overview. So far we've tested 13 different drives and the list will grow whenever a new and relevant drive is released.
Test Setup
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Motherboard |
- ASUS Maximus VIII Hero
- ASUS ROG Zenith Extreme
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| CPU |
- Intel Core i7-6700K @ Default (Turbo On / HT On)
- AMD Threadripper 1950X
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Memory |
- Klevv CRAS 2 x 8GB DDR4-3000
- Corsair Vengeance LPX 4 x 8GB DDR4-2133
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M.2 SSDs |
- ASUS Hyper M.2 x16 PCIe add-in-card + 4x Samsung 960PRO - 1TB RAID0
- Corsair Neutron NX500 - 400GB
- Intel SSD 600p M2 NVMe - 256GB
- Intel SSD 750 - 1.2TB
- Kingston HyperX Predator - 480GB
- Patriot Hellfire M2 - 480GB
- Plextor M6e - 256GB
- Samsung 950PRO - 512GB
- Samsung 960EVO - 500GB
- Samsung 970EVO - 250GB
- Samsung 960PRO - 1TB
- Toshiba OCZ RD400 - 512GB
- Western Digital WD Blue - 250GB
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| OS |
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| Benchmarks |
Benchmarks
- iometer - QD1 (1 worker)
- Seq. Write
- Seq. Read
- Rand. Write
- Rand. Read
- iometer - QD4 (4 workers)
- Seq. Write
- Seq. Read
- Rand. Write
- Rand. Read
- iometer - QD8 (4 workers)
- Seq. Write
- Seq. Read
- Rand. Write
- Rand. Read
- iometer - QD16 (4 workers)
- Seq. Write
- Seq. Read
- Rand. Write
- Rand. Read
- iometer - QD32 (4 workers)
- Seq. Write
- Seq. Read
- Rand. Write
- Rand. Read
- iometer - QD64 (4 workers)
- Seq. Write
- Seq. Read
- Rand. Write
- Rand. Read
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System Drive |
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PSU |
- Seasonic Platinum SS-1000XP / 1000 Watts
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