PNY XLR8 CS3140 1TB SSD Review

1. Introduction2. PNY XLR8 CS3140 1TB3. 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. Performance Stability15. Temperatures16. Real Life File Testing17. Closing Thoughts18. View All Pages

We used CrystalDiskMark 8‘s custom settings to test the sequential read and write performance of the drive through a range of queue depths. The setup for the tests is listed below.

128KB sequential Read / Write.

Transfer Request Size: 128KB, Thread(s): 1, Outstanding I/O: 1-32.

The CS3140 produced a best sequential read figure of 6,878.26MB/s, a little way short of the official maximum of 7,500MB/s. The best sequential write figure we saw was 5,368.36MB/s which is not so far away from the official maximum of 5,650MB/s.

128KB sequential Read Performance v QD compared.

The CS3140 sits at the bottom of the result charts at QDs 1, 2 and 4 but by the QD32 test, it has begun to climb up the table.

128KB sequential Write Performance v QD compared.

At a QD of 1, the PNY CS3140 sits in third place on the results chart behind the Patriot Viper VP4300 and the Corsair MP600 PRO but it drops down the table as the queue depth begins to deepen.

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