CrystalDiskMark is a synthetic benchmark that tests both sequential and random small and mid-sized file transfers using incompressible data. It provides a quick look at best and worst case scenarios with regard to SSD performance, best case being larger sequential transfers and worse case being small, random transfers.
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Sequential And 4K Read And Writes |
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Here, the WD Blue held its own against Samsung's best SATA drive, along with the rest of the pack. The differences in scores were negligible and were only measurable by using a benchmark. In the real world, you likely won't see a performance difference between these drives.
