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PCMARK 10 FULL SYSTEM STORAGE BENCHMARK
PCMark 10 Storage Benchmarks produce an overall score as a measure of drive performance. Comparing devices is as simple as comparing scores. The tests also measure and report the bandwidth and average access time performance for the drive. Each test uses traces recorded while performing real-world tasks such as booting Windows 10, starting applications such as Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator, working with applications such as Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint, and copying several large files and many small files.
The SanDisk WD Blue SN5100 Gen4 SSD placed in the midrange of all SSDs tested to date and right between two other DRAMless SSDs, the one just after it being the Micron 2600 DRAMless Gen4 which is also a QLC SSD.
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.
Once again, the SN5100 placed midrange of all SSDs tested to date, but this time just a bit ahead of that Micron 2600 DRAMless QLC SSD.
TRUE DATA TESTING
For our True Data Testing, we simply loaded 15GB video, music, photo and OS files onto the SanDisk WD Blue SN5100 Gen4 2TB SSD and copied the data to a new folder on that same disk.
The SN5100 did much better than expected, placing ahead of some 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 SN5100 placed as expected demonstrating performance of 7GB/s read and 6.5GB/s write.
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 WD Blue came in at 5.8s which is actually very good.
