Performance
Performance has been measured on the ASRock Z97 OC Formula motherboard and Intel SATA III controller. This is the top Z97 motherboard but similar performance should provide any Intel SATA III controller on modern motherboards ( also in laptops ).
ATTO Disk Benchmark
ATTO benchmark is showing awesome results comparing to what is manufacturer declaring. Maximum read bandwidth was about 30MB/s higher than what we were expecting and passed 560MB/s !! Also write bandwidth is above declared values but in this case about 4MB/s.
BX100 is maybe budget series SSD but for sure isn’t slow in sequential transfers. Let’s move to the next benchmark to see random transfers.
CrystalDiskMark 3.0.1 x64
CrystalDiskMark results are maybe not as high as we could see in ATTO but are also good.
Random read could be higher but can’t complain much as achieved results are about as good as we can see in competitive products. Random write looks quite good comparing to other, even higher series SSD. Let’s say it could be higher but competition won’t show anything better at this price point.
AS SSD Benchmark
Results in AS SSD are about the same as in CrystalDiskMark. We can see quite good sequential and random bandwidth what should be more than enough for most users.
Anvil’s Storage Utilities
Anvil’s tests are showing us more detailed results. One more time performance is good but in some tests could be higher. Of course all depends from tested files and actual performance during work may vary.
PCMark8 – Storage Suite
PCMark8 storage test is showing great overall performance of BX100 which is a cheaper SSD series. Regardless what we saw in previous tests, PCMark8 is telling us that BX100 is fast enough for daily work on popular applications and gamers should be also satisfied of its performance.
