EFD Software's HD Tune is described on the company's web site as such: "HD Tune is a hard disk utility with many functions. It can be used to measure the drive's performance, scan for errors, check the health status (S.M.A.R.T.), securely erase all data and much more." The latest version of the benchmark added temperature statistics and improved support for SSDs, among a few other updates and fixes.
With the exception of the burst rate test, the Intel SSD DC P3520 2TB drive we tested performed very well here. It offered strong transfer speeds in both the read and write tests and some of the best access times we have seen to date.
