Post your HDD and SSD Speeds!

xkm1948 · Dec 31, 2015

WD Black 5TB. The new WD black drives with 128MB Cache.

Ebo · Dec 31, 2015

AlwaysHope said:
Cool, what software do you recommend to test with for today's SSD focused systems?

crystaldiskmark, atto and hdtune

xvi · Dec 31, 2015

I don't think HD Tune can keep up with today's SSDs. ATTO fares much better.

Samsung 950 Pro 256GB

Ebo said:
crystaldiskmark, atto and hdtune

AS SSD Bench as well, although I don't like it as much as CrystalDiskMark.

DarthBaggins · Dec 31, 2015

Wow, looks like I know what I want next other than one of the Intel 750's lol

xkm1948 · Dec 31, 2015

Crucial MX200 500GB

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xvi · Dec 31, 2015

HGST HTS721010A9E630, 1TB 2.5" 7200RPM

satindemon4u · Dec 31, 2015

xvi said:
I don't think HD Tune can keep up with today's SSDs. ATTO fares much better.

Samsung 950 Pro 256GB

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AS SSD Bench as well, although I don't like it as much as CrystalDiskMark.

My god that thing is screaming O.O

EarthDog · Dec 31, 2015

Weird.. thread title says HDD... I see SSDs...

@xvi - Its not that it can't keep up, it is that it is testing different things. ATTO is highly compressible sequential reads and writes, while HDTune/Tach, I believe, is not. That looks more than random reads/writes at mid file sizes.

I would say however, that something is choking that drive a bit. My 950 in ATTO was peaking over 2,500 reads and 1,500 writes (as spec'd out by Samsung).

I will edit this post with my run later (file is at home).

xkm1948 said:
Crucial MX200 500GB

I think you have quick cache or w/e enable there bub.

satindemon4u · Dec 31, 2015

EarthDog said:
Weird.. thread title says HDD... I see SSDs...

@xvi - Its not that it can't keep up, it is that it is testing different things. ATTO is highly compressible sequential reads and writes, while HDTune/Tach, I believe, is not. That looks more than random reads/writes at mid file sizes.

I would say however, that something is choking that drive a bit. My 950 in ATTO was peaking over 2,500 reads and 1,500 writes (as spec'd out by Samsung).

I will edit this post with my run later (file is at home).

I think you have quick cache or w/e enable there bub.

Thread title needs a change I know. However, test results are still split at least.

xvi · Dec 31, 2015

EarthDog said:
I would say however, that something is choking that drive a bit. My 950 in ATTO was peaking over 2,500 reads and 1,500 writes (as spec'd out by Samsung).

I've got the 256GB model which has slightly lower read/write speeds than your 512GB. I'd suspect that's the case. I'm hoping to pick up a second 256GB drive some time in the future. Should max out the controller (A little under ~3GB/s-ish?).

What I thought was pretty curious is that HD Tune would only do 1000MB/s with the laptop running off battery power.

I suspect it's.. I'unno. Some sort of PCIe link power saving? CPU wasn't maxed out.

RejZoR · Jan 1, 2016

WD Caviar Black 2TB with custom set PrimoCache 256MB read/write cache

Sequential is nothing to brag about even for HDD, but the 4K random is pretty darn good for a mechanical HDD.

Samsung SM951 128GB M.2 AHCI with custom set PrimoCache 256MB write cache

I'm aware that write speed is very low for this M.2 drive, but it's almost full and is dedicated for data caching. Also, I'm using exFAT on it. So, what I actually care about is the read speed. And as you can see, it's just mental

Arctucas · Jan 1, 2016

AlwaysHope · Jan 2, 2016

Ebo said:
crystaldiskmark, atto and hdtune

I wouldn't trust atto, since it hasn't been updated since 2011, its a bit like using MaxxMEM2 to measure ram performance. Don't think it's reliable with todays tech.

PCMark 8 storage benchmark has adequate HDD performance measuring, even the free version.

That would be better choice than older atto imo..

EarthDog · Jan 3, 2016

It works just fine and is plenty reliable. As mentioned earlier some makers use it for max/advertised speeds. It tests sequential highly compressible data.

satindemon4u · Jan 4, 2016

RejZoR said:
I'm aware that write speed is very low for this M.2 drive, but it's almost full and is dedicated for data caching. Also, I'm using exFAT on it. So, what I actually care about is the read speed. And as you can see, it's just mental

I was gonna comment about the massive gap in read/write haha. But like you said, killer read speeds!

RejZoR · Jan 4, 2016

It's probably just some specific thing about the way I'm using it, which doesn't bother me for that very reason. Otherwise it's rated at 1GB/s write so yeah...

P4-630 · Jan 4, 2016

Lite-On 256GB SSD

Samsung 840 Evo 500GB

jboydgolfer · Jan 4, 2016

RejZoR said:
WD Caviar Black 2TB with custom set PrimoCache 256MB read/write cache

how does that primo cache work exactly? i know its a program that runs Some type of cache, but what is the cache made up from, RAM? or an SSD? if you have the time to reply, id appreciate it, im interested in that program, and was thinking about giving it a try. Thanks either way.

AlwaysHope · Jan 4, 2016

What lacks with this thread is what controller is the storage device attached too? motherboard chipset or dedicated hardware controller like PCIe expansion card etc? and what brand? specs? this will have effect on performance outcome results no doubt.

I've done some testing with my setup but have included utility like CPU-Z with tab open for motherboard model. This way its better understood what other devices are attached in the data chain, otherwise imo this thread is pretty useless for real world performance scenarios.

RejZoR · Jan 5, 2016

jboydgolfer said:
how does that primo cache work exactly? i know its a program that runs Some type of cache, but what is the cache made up from, RAM? or an SSD? if you have the time to reply, id appreciate it, im interested in that program, and was thinking about giving it a try. Thanks either way.

You can have both. As buffer cache using RAM or as permanent SSD cache on SSD drive. But I'm using eBoostr for that since I can use file exclusions and it has few things done better for my situation. I've disabled Windows write cache and replaced it with PrimoCache because it gives me more control over size and write purging methods. They are both cheap. eBoostr is like $15 and PrimoCache is $30 for a single license. Also, PrimoCache has very long full trial mode so you can thoroughly test it for more than a month. give it a shot and play around with it.

jboydgolfer · Jan 5, 2016

RejZoR said:
You can have both.

thanks, i appreciate the information, im gonna DL it now and try it out. I have a 850 evo 500Gb that is only using 1-200 Gb's, and it would be nice to put the other Gb's to work as well

satindemon4u · Jan 5, 2016

RejZoR said:
You can have both. As buffer cache using RAM or as permanent SSD cache on SSD drive. But I'm using eBoostr for that since I can use file exclusions and it has few things done better for my situation. I've disabled Windows write cache and replaced it with PrimoCache because it gives me more control over size and write purging methods. They are both cheap. eBoostr is like $15 and PrimoCache is $30 for a single license. Also, PrimoCache has very long full trial mode so you can thoroughly test it for more than a month. give it a shot and play around with it.

Hope this isn't a dumb question but, is using a RamDisk at all similar to this? Right now for my laptop I have a 2GB RamDisk setup.

EDIT: Nevermind, found the difference lol.

Derek12 · Feb 17, 2016

Bump to update my results to reflect my new SSD and 2TB drive, and two drives interchanged between my desktop and my netbook lol
My new SSD working in a SATA 2 port (for OS), it really has 500MB/s for writing and reading

Kingston SHFS37A120G

My new HDD 2TB Also working in a SATA 2 port (for Games and VMs)
WDC WD20EZRZ-00Z5HB0

My old HDD 255GB taken from my netbook and plugged in my desktop

My netbook using the same Toshiba drive as my desktop before,

kwikgta · Feb 17, 2016

My 6 velociraptors in raid 0

MariusMM1982 · Mar 12, 2016

Samsung 950Pro 512GB on a Asrock Oc Formula Z170 and Intel Skylake 6700 @ 4.67Mhz

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Post your HDD and SSD Speeds!

xkm1948

Ebo

xvi

DarthBaggins

xkm1948

xvi

satindemon4u

EarthDog

satindemon4u

xvi

RejZoR

Arctucas

AlwaysHope

EarthDog

satindemon4u

RejZoR

P4-630

jboydgolfer

AlwaysHope

RejZoR

jboydgolfer

satindemon4u

Derek12

kwikgta

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