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The next stage is to analyse the performance of the drives with some of the best software available online.
Crystalmark is a useful benchmark to measure theoretical performance levels of hard drives and SSD’s. We are using V3.0 x64.
We tested the Patriot SuperSonic Magnum 256GB with both compressible and incompressible data and the results are positive. We recorded around 265 MB/s sequential read and around 173 MB/s sequential write from the drive. which is greater than the Patriot ‘official' claims. The results were almost identical when we enabled the ‘0x00 compressible' data mode.
Due to the nature of this kind of flash, and via the USB 3.0 interface, 4k and 4k QD32 performance is substantially worse than from a native SSD drive across a SATA connector.
Above, a few comparison results for reference. The Kingston DataTraveler HyperX Predator 512GB was the only drive to outperform the Patriot SuperSonic Magnum 256GB.
The ATTO Disk Benchmark performance measurement tool is compatible with Microsoft Windows. Measure your storage systems performance with various transfer sizes and test lengths for reads and writes. Several options are available to customize your performance measurement including queue depth, overlapped I/O and even a comparison mode with the option to run continuously. Use ATTO Disk Benchmark to test any manufacturers RAID controllers, storage controllers, host adapters, hard drives and SSD drives and notice that ATTO products will consistently provide the highest level of performance to your storage.
Results from the ATTO Disk Benchmark weren't quite as impressive, a similar result we experienced with the Kingston DataTraveler HyperX Predator 512GB drive. The drive peaked at over 250MB/s read but only 75 MB/s write.
A few comparisons from other performance drives we have evaluated in recent months.
Thats a really nice looking drive. I loved the Kingston drive too, but it was much too expensive. What price is the 128gb version of this drive? any ideas?
I love patriot products, always get an alert when you review them. ordering this next month after im paid. my old 32gb flash drive is slow as sin.
hardcore, my own USB drive is 8GB and ive 5gb still free on it.
this would work well for family picture backups and things like that. I hate burning DVDs for jpgs, takes forever 🙁
I almost opted for the 128gb unit and realised it was slower. would it be noticeable you think?
Indloon, what do you need it for, just general backups, or large single files? the 256GB would be quicker if you are copying over a lot of large single files like videos etc. otherwise I think most people could live with the slight reduction in performance.
I have also found that Patriot don’t seem to be a company who ‘claim’ huge performance figures they can’t deliver. This drive is actually slightly faster than their rated figures for instance.
Attractive design, bit expensive for me and what I need, but nice to see companies pushing these into SSD speeds now. still some life left in USB 3.0