PNY XLR8 CS3030 1TB SSD Review

1. Introduction2. PNY XLR8 CS3030 1TB3. Testing Methodology4. CrystalDiskMark5. ATTO Disk Benchmark6. AS SSD7. IOMETER8. 128KB Sequential Performance9. 4K Random Read v QD Performance10. 4K Random Write v QD Performance11. 4K 70/30 Mixed Performance12. Throughput13. PCMark 8 - Storage Consistency14. PCMark 8 - Individual Test Suites15. PCMark 8 Storage Test - Individual Test Suites16. Performance Stability17. Real Life File Testing18. Closing Thoughts19. View All Pages

PCMark 8’s Consistency test provides a huge amount of performance data, so here we’ve looked a little closer at how the 1TB CS3030 performs in each of the benchmarks test suites.

Adobe Creative Cloud

The drive produces some strong bandwidth figures during the Adobe CC tests particularly the PhotoShop Heavy trace. The overall recovery is pretty good too.

Microsoft Office

In the Microsoft Office part of the test, it's usually the Word test trace that causes drives most problems and the  CS3030 is no different with some plunges in bandwidth at the fourth and eighth Degradation phases and again at the fifth SteadyState phase.

Casual Gaming

The CS3030 doesn't handle either of the casual gaming tests very well with very low bandwidth numbers for the World Of Warcraft test while the Battlefield 3 test is all over the place. The recovery from the World of Warcraft test is however, stunning.

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