Test Bench
For our tests, we used our Test Rig which consists of a Gigabyte B860 AORUS Elite ICE motherboard, along with an Intel Core Ultra 9 285K, a Geforce RTX 4080 Super graphics card, and 48GB of V-Color Manata XFinity RGB DDR5-8000 memory kit.
* ALL tests are conducted at specified default speeds and settings.
| CPU | Intel Core Ultra 9 285K processor @ default clock speed |
| Cooling | Thermaltake ToughLiquid Ultra 360 AIO Cooler |
| Motherboard | Gigabyte B860 AORUS Elite WiFi7 ICE  |
| Ram | V-Color Manat XFinity RGB DDR5-8000 48GB Memory Kit |
| XMP profiles | Yes – XMP 3.0 Profile 1 |
| SSD/HDD | Lexar NM1090 PRO PCIE Gen5 NVMe M.2 2TB |
| PSU | Thermaltake ToughPower GF3 1000W Gold Power Supply |
| VGA card | Gigabyte GeForce RTX 4080 Super |
| Drivers | Latest Nvidia Drivers |
| OS | Windows 11 |
AIDA64 Disk Information
As you can see from AIDA64 disk information, the Lexar NM1090 PRO PCIE Gen5 supports NVMe 2.0, PCIE Gen5. It shows a total of 1907MB unformatted capacity, which is about right for a 2TB drive.
Load Temps
Full load temperatures reached a high 61 degree Celsius, which is acceptable. The cooling is provided by Gigabyte’s M.2 heat shield that came with the motherboard, which is more than adequate for the job.
CrystalDiskMark
CrystalDiskMark is a disk benchmark software.It measure sequential reads/writes speed,measure random 512KB, 4KB, 4KB (Queue Depth=32) reads/writes speed, select test data (Random, 0Fill, 1Fill), provide theme support and Multi-Language support.
During our CrystalDiskMark 16GB test we managed to get a Read speed of 12,286.89 MB/sec which is less than the advertised speed of 14,000 MB/sc. For Write speeds, it reached a high of 12,943.09 MB/sec, which is more than satifactory.
ATTO Disk Benchmark
ATTO has created a widely-accepted Disk Benchmark freeware software to help measure storage system performance. As one of the top tools utilized in the industry, Disk Benchmark identifies performance in hard drives, solid state drives, RAID arrays as well as the host connection to attached storage.
Anvil Storage
Anvil’s Storage Utilities is a powerful tool that was designed in order to provide you with a simple means of assessing the read and writer performance of your Solid State Drive or Hard Disk Drive.
In our Anvil tests, we managed to get a 4K QTD16 Read IOPS score of 152,252.67. While 4K QTD16 write IOPS score was at 492,243.84, which is pretty impressive.
PCMark 10 – Full System Drive Benchmark
The Full System Drive benchmark uses a wide-ranging set of real-world traces from popular applications and common tasks to fully test the performance of the fastest modern drives.
This benchmark writes 204 GB of data to the drive over the duration of the test. This data is deleted when the test ends.
To run this test, you need a minimum of 80 GB of free space on the drive, 8 GB of RAM, and a quad-core CPU.
3DMark 10 – Storage Benchmark
Fast storage means shorter loading times and more time in the game. The 3DMark Storage Benchmark is a dedicated component test for measuring the gaming performance of your storage hardware. Using traces recorded from real games, it tests performance for activities such as loading games, saving progress, installing game files, and recording gameplay video streams.
PassMark 11 Disk Test
Fast, easy to use, PC speed testing and benchmarking. PassMark PerformanceTest allows you to objectively benchmark a PC using a variety of different speed tests and compare the results to other computers.
