Crucial M550 512GB Solid State Drive Review
Chris Hadley / 11 years ago
AIDA64 Storage
AIDA64 Extreme Edition is a streamlined Windows diagnostic and benchmarking software for home users. AIDA64 Extreme Edition provides a wide range of features to assist in overclocking, hardware error diagnosis, stress testing, and sensor monitoring. It has unique capabilities to assess the performance of the processor, system memory, and disk drives. AIDA64 is compatible with all current 32-bit and 64-bit Microsoft Windows operating systems, including Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2.
Unconditioned
Conditioned
Looking at the random read performance we can see there is a clear trend that the speed goes down as the volume fills up. As the NAND also becomes more aged, the speed at which it runs also drops – in this case by 60-70MB/s after 5TB of wear.
