Corsair MP600 Core Mini SSD Review

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.

At QD1 the read performance of the 1TB MP600 Core Mini ranges from a low point of 15,907 IOPS (65.159MB/s) using a single thread up to 58,733 IOPS (240.573MB/s) using four threads. The performance increases steadily as the queue depth deepens for each thread count finishing at QD8 with figures ranging from 98,349 IOPS (402.84MB/s) for a single thread up to 227,715 IOPS (932.719MB/s) for four threads.

Random Writes.

The MP600 Core Mini's write performance climbs smoothly from QD1 to QD2 where the performance levels off until the end of the test run for all threads except the three-threaded performance which drops 7,205 IOPS (29.51MB/s) at QD4 before recovering by the end of the test run at QD8.

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