Performance
The performance has been tested on the Intel platform, which contains the i7-11700K CPU, MSI Z590I Unify motherboard with 1.40 BIOS, G.Skill Trident Z Royal 32GB DDR4-4400 memory kit that runs at XMP settings, and EVGA RTX3060 XC graphics card.
All tests were performed in Windows 11 Pro x64 environment with the latest updates.
As usual, in my storage reviews, I will start with the ATTO Disk Benchmark. It’s one of the most popular storage benchmarks, and the results are easy to compare at home.
The ATTO benchmark is usually showing results lower than expected, and it’s not any different right now. The maximum bandwidth in this benchmark is 6.61GB/s read and 6.23GB/s write. Both results are still very respectable.
CrystalDiskMark is showing us over 7100MB/s! We couldn’t reach the declared 7400MB/s, but this is how Intel platforms work nowadays. The tests were performed on Z590 and Z690 motherboards with about the same results. To reach the advertised 7400MB/s we will need a motherboard with an AMD chipset. Additionally, Windows 11 still waits for the NVMe SSD performance improvement patch. Since we already moved to the latest OS then we won’t rerun tests on Windows 10, but you can expect better results in deeper queue random operations on the older operating system.
Some more amazing results in CrystalDiskMark.
Let’s look at UL PCMark series benchmarks as in these tests; we can see how the SSD performs in a mixed load environment, which simulates real-world workload.
In PCMark 10, the results are excellent. The bandwidth is one of the best we’ve seen on a single SSD, even though it still could be better if not for the mentioned platform issues. The FX900 Pro delivers top performance where we need it the most and seems like a good investment.
The same 3DMark Storage benchmark which simulates storage performance in games shows us great results. All gamers will be fully satisfied with the FX900 Pro’s performance.
Anvil’s Storage Utilities is an older benchmark but still popular, so why not use it.
Even though results are, as usual, lower than we wish, then they are still pretty high. The maximum IOPS in this benchmark is about 700K which is probably the best result we’ve seen in this benchmark on a single SSD.
The last test is AIDA64, which shows us the performance based on random operations, divided into reading and writing. These tests take about 10 minutes each, so they use quite a lot of data considering the average of over 2600MB/s.
Both tests, read and write, give us about the same average bandwidth of 2600MB/s. This is again a great result for a single SSD.
In the end, PerformanceTest 10.2 gives us one important piece of information, our SSD is faster than 99% of storage devices in the database!
The HP FX900 Pro 2TB SSD is clearly one of the fastest SSD on the market and should be one of the top picks for gamers.
