How is the AS SSD total score calculated?
By taking a combination of speed readings with a strong emphasis on deep queue depth (server) IO... more
How is the AS SSD read score calculated?
Benchmarks read workloads with an emphasis on deep queue depth (server) reads... more
How is the AS SSD write score calculated?
Benchmarks write workloads with an emphasis on deep queue depth (server) writes... more
What is the effective SSD speed index?
A measure of how well an SSD performs under typical consumer workloads. Samsung 850 Pro ≈ 100%... more
Can CPU power saving states (C1,C2,C3) impact SSD speed?
Yes, mostly on shallow queue random 4k operations... more
What is 4K 64 thread write speed?
A server orientated measure of a drives ability to write 64 files in parallel... more
What is the SSD value for money rating?
A measure of real world consumer performance and capacity per unit cost... more
What is queue depth?
The number of simultaneous requests on a drive's request queue... more
What is incompressible data?
Data that cannot be compressed e.g. most music, video and image file formats... more
What is sequential read speed?
A measure of how quickly large files can be read from a device... more
What is sequential write speed?
A measure of how quickly large files can be written to a device... more
What’s the difference between NAND and V-NAND?
NAND and V-NAND are both types of flash memory which is a class of non-volatile memory that retains data even in the absence of an electrical current... more
What’s the difference between SATA, PCIe and NVMe?
NVMe, AHCI and IDE are transfer protocols (languages). They run on top of transfer interfaces such as PCIe or SATA (spoken, written)... more
What is 3D XPoint and how fast is it?
3D XPoint is the name given by Intel and Micron to their jointly developed, revolutionary storage technology as employed in Intel’s Optane memory... more
What’s the difference between SLC, MLC and TLC?
In terms or write performance, durability and price SLC > MLC > TLC... more
What is sustained sequential write speed?
A measure of how quickly large files can be written to a device... more