Fresh out of the box:
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----------------------------------------------------------------------- CrystalDiskMark 3.0.2 x64 (C) 2007-2013 hiyohiyo Crystal Dew World : http://crystalmark.info/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------- * MB/s = 1,000,000 byte/s [SATA/300 = 300,000,000 byte/s] Sequential Read : 501.551 MB/s Sequential Write : 372.055 MB/s Random Read 512KB : 460.606 MB/s Random Write 512KB : 371.946 MB/s Random Read 4KB (QD=1) : 31.815 MB/s [ 7767.2 IOPS] Random Write 4KB (QD=1) : 76.588 MB/s [ 18698.2 IOPS] Random Read 4KB (QD=32) : 370.200 MB/s [ 90380.9 IOPS] Random Write 4KB (QD=32) : 264.007 MB/s [ 64454.8 IOPS] Test : 1000 MB [E: 0.1% (0.1/119.1 GB)] (x5) Date : 2014/11/23 10:47:23 OS : Windows 7 Ultimate Edition SP1 [6.1 Build 7601] (x64) |
Curiously, there are no firmware updates for this drive (nor the m500). Guess Crucial got it right the first time. Be the first to like. Like Unlike
As formated out-of-the-box (58.9 GB FAT32):
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----------------------------------------------------------------------- CrystalDiskMark 3.0.2 x64 (C) 2007-2013 hiyohiyo Crystal Dew World : http://crystalmark.info/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------- * MB/s = 1,000,000 byte/s [SATA/300 = 300,000,000 byte/s] |
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Sequential Read : 174.009 MB/s Sequential Write : 81.310 MB/s Random Read 512KB : 108.777 MB/s Random Write 512KB : 0.706 MB/s Random Read 4KB (QD=1) : 6.190 MB/s [ 1511.2 IOPS] Random Write 4KB (QD=1) : 0.273 MB/s [ 66.6 IOPS] Random Read 4KB (QD=32) : 5.636 MB/s [ 1375.9 IOPS] Random Write 4KB (QD=32) : 0.176 MB/s [ 43.1 IOPS] |
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Test : 1000 MB [F: 0.0% (0.0/58.9 GB)] (x5) Date : 2013/10/17 23:10:11 OS : Windows 7 Ultimate Edition SP1 [6.1 Build 7601] (x64) |
After hard formatting as exFAT (with default 128kB clusters):
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----------------------------------------------------------------------- CrystalDiskMark 3.0.2 x64 (C) 2007-2013 hiyohiyo Crystal Dew World : http://crystalmark.info/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------- * MB/s = 1,000,000 byte/s [SATA/300 = 300,000,000 byte/s] Sequential Read : 172.350 MB/s Sequential Write : 85.570 MB/s Random Read 512KB : 108.509 MB/s Random Write 512KB : 0.623 MB/s Random Read 4KB (QD=1) : 6.079 MB/s [ 1484.2 IOPS] Random Write 4KB (QD=1) : 0.239 MB/s [ 58.4 IOPS] Random Read 4KB (QD=32) : 5.333 MB/s [ 1301.9 IOPS] Random Write 4KB (QD=32) : 0.258 MB/s [ 63.1 IOPS] Test : 1000 MB [F: 0.0% (0.0/58.9 GB)] (x5) Date : 2013/10/17 23:35:04 OS : Windows 7 Ultimate Edition SP1 [6.1 Build 7601] (x64) |
Got it from this slick deal. It actually performs better (on the reads) than advertised (advertised as 120MB/s), and slightly better on the writes (advertised as 70 MB/s). Update Oct 19 I ran some dd tests […]
