Performance
Performance has been tested on the ASUS TUF A15 laptop equipped with Ryzen 7 4800H, 8-core CPU, and 64GB DDR4-3200 RAM. Other components are less important for our performance tests so that they can be skipped. All tests were performed in the Win 10 Pro OS with the latest updates.
As usual, we will start with the ATTO Disk Benchmark, which is one of the most popular storage benchmarks.
ATTO shows us results at up to 3GB/s read and 2.48GB/s write bandwidth. This is less than expected, but we are used to seeing that in this benchmark.
CrystalDiskMark is always closer to the declared maximum bandwidth, which in this case is 3.3GB/s read and 2.7GB/s write. In CrystalDiskMark, we could reach a bit above 3.2GB/s read and 2.6GB/s write. Let’s say I was counting on some more, but it’s not far from the declared values.
On the other hand, low queue random results are pretty good, and this is important when we work with many small files or even while playing games.
However, the most important is how the storage acts in a mixed-load environment so daily work and gaming. These tests perform PCMark 8 and 10.
PCMark 8 shows us about 40% higher performance than on the previously tested Acer SA100 SSD. Even though the final score isn’t much higher, the user’s experience should be much better during more demanding work.
The same in the PCMark 10 storage tests, our results are nearly twice as high as the SA100 SSD. This is how significant is the difference between SATA and PCIe type SSD. All PCMark 10 results are pretty good.
Anvil’s Storage Utilities shows us a weird situation when the read bandwidth is lower than the write bandwidth. I assume it’s a matter of benchmark and tests as it sometimes shows similar behavior on other storage products.
Below are additional tests performed in the Performance Test 10—more numbers in IOPS and storage benchmark score.
The SA100 is faster than 90% of the world’s storage devices, looking at the Performance Test 10 database. This confirms that the SA100 is fast to the point that most users should be delighted with its performance.
