The SSD Review The Worlds Dedicated SSD Education and Review Resource | 
PCMARK 10 FULL SYSTEM STORAGE BENCHMARK
PCMark 10 Storage Benchmarks provide an overall score that reflects a drive’s performance, making comparisons between devices straightforward. In addition to the score, the tests report bandwidth and average access times. Each benchmark is based on traces captured during real-world tasks, including booting Windows 10, launching applications like Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator, working in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint, and copying both large and small files.
The Acer FA300 Gen5 2TB DRAMless SSD placed in the No 13 spot with our top SSDs tested to date, which was totally unexpected for a DRAMless SSD. This is not a ‘best of’ chart, but rather a chart which places the Acer FA300 Gen5 SSD amongst its peers. Notice that the FA300 is sitting beside that SM2504 engineering sample result? We knew this was coming. We just didn’t know who might get first crack at the SM2504XT.
PCMARK 10 QUICK SYSTEM STORAGE BENCHMARK
The Quick System Drive Benchmark is a subset of the Full test and is more representative of typical daily usage to show what would be expected regarding hybrid SSD performance on a day-to-day basis.
The Acer FA300 Gen5 2TB SSD placed well with several other DRAMless SSDs trailing behind.
TRUE DATA TESTING
For our True Data Testing, we simply loaded 15GB video, music, photo and OS files onto the Acer FA300 Gen5 2TB SSD and copied the data to a new folder on that same disk.
The Acer FA300 did well in true data testing, standing up there with other TLC-based DRAM-based SSDs.
PASSMARK PERFORMANCE TEST
We thought we might add a few extras in our report today, PassMark Performance Test DiskMark component being a nice addition. This software tests sequential reads and writes, along with IOPS and compares the result with millions of other SSDs worldwide. We might suggest being in the 99th percentile of all SSDs tested was a nice result.
The Acer FA300 Gen5 SSD provided a decent return in DiskMark testing, again placing 13th of all SSDs tested to date. This is not a ‘best of’ chart, but rather a chart which places the Acer FA300 amongst its peers.
FINAL FANTASY XIV: ENDWALKER BENCHMARK
The Final Fantasy Benchmark is a new tool in our arsenal and geared specifically to the gamer. The software is installed directly on the SSD and the SSD tested, providing and end result of FPS and scene transition times.
Game load time testing for the Acer FA300 Gen5 SSD came in at 5.61 seconds, rated 4th of all SSDs tested to date. Totally unexpected!
