WD Black NVMe 1TB SSD Review

1. Introduction2. WD Black NVMe 1TB3. Testing Methodology4. CrystalDiskMark5. ATTO Disk Benchmark6. AS SSD7. IOMETER8. 128KB Seq 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 WD Black NVMe performs in each of the benchmark's test suites.

Adobe Creative Cloud

In the Adobe CC suite of tests, the drive did take some hits in performance during the Degradation and Steady State phases but it recovered very well, particularly in the two demanding Photoshop test traces.

Microsoft Office

Both the MS Office and PowerPoint tests display significant drops in performance throughout the test phases, but more importantly the performance for both traces during the Recovery runs is first rate.

Casual Gaming

The drive was hit hard during the Degradation phases of the World Of Warcraft test, but after that the performance steadied throughout the Steady State and Recovery phases. The drive also suffered with the second and third Steady State phases during the Battlefield 3 test but recovered well from the ordeal.

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