Sandisk WD_BLACK SN8100 2TB Review (Page 4 of 10)

Page 4 - Benchmark: ATTO Disk Benchmark

About ATTO Disk Benchmark

The ATTO Disk Benchmark performance measurement tool is compatible with Microsoft Windows. Measure your storage systems performance with various transfer sizes and test lengths for reads and writes. Several options are available to customize your performance measurement including queue depth, overlapped I/O and even a comparison mode with the option to run continuously. Use ATTO Disk Benchmark to test any manufacturers RAID controllers, storage controllers, host adapters, hard drives and SSD drives and notice that ATTO products will consistently provide the highest level of performance to your storage.

From: Developer's Page


Following up next are our usual ATTO read and write tests. ATTO is an often-quoted benchmark because it is easy to use and accurate. For the most part, it is a favorite among reviewers, and I have grown to embrace it as much as the next for the last little while. ATTO uses easily compressible data, so compression-heavy controllers will perform very well here.

As far as the Silicon Motion SM2508 controller on the SN8100 2TB is concerned, well, here are our results. The Sandisk WD_BLACK SN8100 2TB peaked at 11470MB/s read and 12720MB/s write. Under the read curve, it fell behind the T710, and at points, behind the Mars 980, until 128K. After that, it was marginally faster than the T710.

Under the write curve, we saw a similar pattern as the read curve with the Sandisk WD_BLACK SN8100 2TB. The T710 had the fastest ramp up speed until 128K. At 256K and above, the T710 and SN8100 were nearly identical, except this time, The T710 had a slight edge. What was surprising was the XPG Mars 980 2TB's wide gap between the Crucial and Sandisk drives between 64K and 2048K. Overall, the Sandisk WD_BLACK SN8100 2TB's performance was simply exceptional, appropriate for a flagship drive in 2025.


Page Index
1. Introduction, Packaging, Specifications
2. A Closer Look, Test System
3. Benchmark: AIDA64 Disk Benchmark
4. Benchmark: ATTO Disk Benchmark
5. Benchmark: Crystal Disk Mark 9.0
6. Benchmark: HD Tune Pro 5.70
7. Benchmark: PassMark PerformanceTest 11
8. Benchmark: PCMark 10
9. Benchmark: 3DMark
10. Conclusion