Kingston DC500M 3.84TB SSD Review

1. Introduction2. Kingston DC500M 3.84TB3. Testing Methodology4. CrystalDiskMark5. ATTO Disk Benchmark6. AS SSD7. Sustained Sequential Read/Write Performance8. 4KB Random Read/Write Performance9. 8KB Random Read/Write Performance10. Throughput11. Workload Scenarios12. PCMark 8 - Individual Test Suites13. Performance Stability14. Real Life File Testing15. Closing Thoughts16. View All Pages

4KB Random Read Performance

The official 4K random read IOPS rating for the 3.84TB DC500M is up to 98,000 IOPS a figure that we could confirm with our 4K random read test, the drive peaking at 98,923.7 IOPS at a QD of 32. After the initial burst, it remained very consistent across the tested queue depths, which is what you need from a drive aimed at the data centre environment.

4KB Random Write Performance

The official 4K random write performance for the drive is up to 75,000 IOPS. However, with our 4 threads, 8GB span write test, the drive sailed past this figure, peaking at 88,860.9 IOPS at a QD of 16. Unlike the random read performance, the drive is very consistent from the start of our tests.

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