Performance
Performance has been tested on the ASUS TUF A15 laptop equipped with Ryzen 7 4800H, 8-core CPU, and 64GB DDR4-3200 RAM. Other components are less important for our performance tests so that they can be skipped. All tests were performed in the Win 10 Pro OS with the latest updates.
The first test will be ATTO Disk Benchmark which shows us storage’s sequential bandwidth.
This benchmark usually shows lower than expected results, and we can see this case scenario on the screenshot above. The SA100 could reach 533MB/s read and 471MB/s write bandwidth in this benchmark. Good, but it could be a bit better.
Better results are always in CrystalDiskMark, presented below.
Our results are very close to the declared maximum bandwidth, just 2-3MB/s shy. The maximum read bandwidth reached 557.5MB/s, while the maximum write passed 498MB/s. Again high bandwidth but could be slightly higher.
The most important in daily usage is a mixed-load bandwidth to see the performance while running multiple applications. These results show us PCMark storage benchmarks. Let’s begin with PCMark 8.
Results in PCMark 8 are quite high for the SATA SSD and should satisfy most users. The total score is high, while the storage bandwidth could be better.
The PCMark 10 (below) performs more demanding tasks; thus, results are also lower, with an average of about 123-145MB/s. For the SATA SSD, it’s again quite good results and again could be better. On the other hand, I highly doubt that anyone would see the difference between the SA100 and the fastest SATA SSD on the market. We could say that the performance is well-balanced, considering that the SSD isn’t expensive and runs at a low temperature. During tests, it kept between 30-50°C for most of the time.
The last benchmark is Anvil’s Storage Utilities which, the same as ATTO, usually shows low bandwidth.
The SA100 1.92TB seems like a fast SSD which should be just perfect for most users. Those who wish for higher performance should look at our next review, where we will take a closer look at the Acer FA100 1TB M.2 NVMe SSD.
