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PCMark 8

Website: www.futuremark.com

PCMark 8 includes a storage workload which includes traces (recordings of drive activity) of popular, modern programs. The test times how long it takes to run a trace on a particular drive. Importantly, the traces are run in real time, meaning idle times are included in the final results, which are thus reflective of what you'd experience yourself.

There are numerous traces included within the test, but we've selected four which cover a variety of typical use scenarios and read/write patterns. For gaming, we have Battlefield 3, a read intensive trace. Adobe InDesign and Microsoft Word cover design and office use and have a healthy mix of reads and writes, while for photo editors we have the Adobe Photoshop Heavy trace which is write intensive.

PCMark 8 Storage Test

Adobe InDesign trace

  • Samsung SSD 950 PRO 512GB
  • Crucial MX300 M.2 525GB
  • Crucial MX300 525GB
  • Crucial MX300 M.2 1TB
  • OCZ Trion 100 480GB
    • 55.2
    • 57.4
    • 57.5
    • 57.5
    • 59.3
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
Seconds (lower is better)
  • Time

PCMark 8 Storage Test

Adobe Photoshop Heavy trace

  • Samsung SSD 950 PRO 512GB
  • OCZ Trion 100 480GB
  • Crucial MX300 525GB
  • Crucial MX300 M.2 525GB
  • Crucial MX300 M.2 1TB
    • 349.7
    • 363.8
    • 366.7
    • 366.7
    • 366.8
0
100
200
300
400
Seconds (lower is better)
  • Time

PCMark 8 Storage Test

Battlefield 3 trace

  • Samsung SSD 950 PRO 512GB
  • Crucial MX300 525GB
  • Crucial MX300 M.2 525GB
  • Crucial MX300 M.2 1TB
  • OCZ Trion 100 480GB
    • 131.6
    • 136.1
    • 136.6
    • 137.6
    • 138.0
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50
75
100
125
150
Seconds (lower is better)
  • Time

PCMark 8 Storage Test

Microsoft Word trace

  • Samsung SSD 950 PRO 512GB
  • OCZ Trion 100 480GB
  • Crucial MX300 525GB
  • Crucial MX300 M.2 525GB
  • Crucial MX300 M.2 1TB
    • 27.8
    • 28.6
    • 28.7
    • 28.7
    • 28.7
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
Seconds (lower is beter)
  • Time

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