As mentioned on the previous page, the performance has been tested on a mini PC with the Ryzen 7 255H processor, Crucial 128GB DDR5-5600 SODIMM memory kit, and ADATA MARS 980 BLADE as an OS SSD.
All tests were performed in a Windows 11 Pro x64 environment with the latest updates as of the day of review.
As usual, I will start with the ATTO Disk Benchmark. It’s one of the most popular storage benchmarks, and results are easy to compare at home.
The ATTO benchmark typically yields results lower than expected, and this time, we could achieve results below the maximum declared bandwidth. However, the 6.64 GB/s read and 5.73 GB/s write are still high results for the PCIe 4.0 SSD.
All the results in CrystalDiskMark are very close to the specified values, showing 7.1 GB/s sequential read and 6.1 GB/s sequential write, along with approximately 1,000 K read and over 850 K write IOPS.
Additionally, the low queue 4K read bandwidth is above 82MB/s, so it is not significantly worse than that of the highest series SSDs. It has a significant impact on load times in games, which is precisely what this type of SSD is designed for.
Both UL benchmarks used in our review yield rather mediocre results compared to higher-end SSDs. PCMark 10 is a benchmark that utilizes popular applications and mixed load scenarios. The bandwidth in each test is approximately half of what we would expect from high-end PCIe 5.0 SSD series, and also about 20% lower than that of the fastest PCIe 4.0 SSDs.
In the 3DMark Storage benchmark, we can see the same story. As long as the score isn’t particularly low, all the new SSD series have bumped the bar and show significantly higher scores.
The Blackmagic Design benchmark yields respectable results. Again, it is not the highest, but it is more than enough, as the SSD covers all the video decoding formats.
The last test is AIDA64, which measures performance based on random operations, divided into reading and writing. These tests typically take significantly more time, so we are surprised that on the GM6, they took below 14 minutes each.
Both tests show a typical random read and write bandwidth for a DRAM-less SSD with Maxio controller. This test primarily assesses SSD stability and potential issues with cache or thermal throttling. On the GM6, there are no such issues. All tests passed without a hiccup.
The GM6 is not the fastest SSD, but it perfectly suits as a games library SSD or a secondary storage device for more demanding workloads in mobile computers. Most users will also be fully satisfied using it as their primary SSD for all daily tasks.
