ADATA XPG Mars 980 Blade 2TB SSD Review

1. Introduction2. ADATA XPG Mars 98 Blade 2TB3. Testing Methodology4. CrystalDiskMark5. ATTO Disk Benchmark6. AS SSD7. 128KB Sequential Performance8. 4K Random Read v QD Performance9. 4K Random Write v QD Performance10. 4K 70/30 Mixed Performance11. 4K Random Performance QD1-QD812. Throughput13. PCMark 10 Full System Drive Benchmark14. 3DMark Storage Benchmark 15. Final Fantasy XIV Endwalker Official Benchmark16. Temperatures17. Real Life File Testing18. Conclusion19. View All Pages

We used CrystalDiskMark 8 to test the random performance of the drive at lower queue depths (QD1 – QD8, where most of the everyday workloads occur) using 1 to 4 threads.

Random Reads

QD1 read performance for the 2TB XPG Mars 980 Blade ranged from 19,530 IOPS (79.99MB/s) using a single thread up to 65,513 IOPS (268.34MB/s) using three threads. At the end of the test at Queue Depth 8, the single thread performance had risen to 109,735 IOPS (449.47MB/s) while with three threads the figure rose to 368,343 IOPS (1,508.73MB/s).

Random Writes

In the 4K write tests, performance rose sharply from QD1 to QD2 across all four tested threads, with the fastest increases observed in the three- and four-threaded tests. Using 1,2, and 3 threads, the performance began to plateau, but with four threads, the performance accelerated and kept climbing even at the end of the test run.

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