Crucial BX500 480GB SSD Review

1. Introduction2. Crucial BX500 480GB3. Testing Methodology4. CrystalDiskMark5. ATTO Disk Benchmark6. AS SSD7. IOMETER8. Throughput9. PCMark 8 - Storage Consistency10. PCMark 8 - Individual Test Suites11. PCMark 8 Storage Test - Individual Test Suites12. Real Life File Testing13. Momentum Cache technology14. Closing Thoughts15. View All Pages

IOMeter is another open source synthetic benchmarking tool which is able to simulate the various loads placed on hard drive and solid state drive technology.

We test with both random read and write 4k tests, as shown above. There are many ways to measure the IOPS performance of a Solid State Drive, so our results will sometimes differ from manufacturer’s quoted ratings. We do test all drives in exactly the same way, so the results are directly comparable.

 
When dealing with random 4K data the BX500 drive get a healthy boost in write performance from the dynamic SLC buffer that Crucial have used to improve performance.

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