Windows 10 2004 x64 Pro with latest patches and updates
Crystal Disk Mark benchmark at 1GB test size:
Empty Drive
75% Full
AS SSD uses incompressible data for benchmarking and can measure read/write performance in MB/s or IOPS. AS SSD also has a Copy Benchmark which simulates ISO, Game, and program performance, providing both speed and access time results.
Empty Drive
75% Full
Empty Drive Copy
75% Full Copy
Unlike AS SSD, the ATTO disk benchmark is a 32-bit compressible data benchmark that measures read and write speeds across various file transfer sizes from 512B to 64MB to show SSD behavior.
Empty Drive
75% Full
Anvil Storage Utilities is a comprehensive storage testing program that provides plenty of information and option for each test. For this review, the SSD test was selected.
Overall performance NQ100 was up to par with SSDs that feature cache less design. While testing the SSD with and without any files on it I saw a consistent performance while reading and writing. Just like every storage device out there, NQ100 had a slightly slower speed on writing data than reading it. As the drive was loaded with random files (at 75%) I saw a slight degradation in read and write speeds but nothing too alarming or to make me to believe caching would help.
The controller seems to be a rebadge of the MA0902-controller. My NQ100 480GB uses QLC instead of TLC :(