Kioxia Toshiba RC500 500GB SSD Review

1. Introduction2. Toshiba RC500 500GB3. 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

4K random read performance is quoted as up to 290,000 IOPS (CrystalDiskMark 6 QD8 Threads 8). With our 4 threaded test, we saw a maximum figure of 235,522 IOPS. However, a look at the save file from the CrystalDiskMark 6 tests we ran, revealed a figure of 297,793 IOPS, confirming the official random read figure.

4K Random Read v QD Performance comparison

The random read performance of the RC500 puts it into the top 5 of the 500GB class drives we've tested throughout the tested queue depths.

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