Western Digital WD_BLACK AN1500 2TB Review (Page 7 of 10)

Page 7 - Benchmark: HD Tune Pro 5.70

About HD Tune Pro 5.70

HD Tune Pro is a hard disk / SSD 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.

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Unfortunately, HD Tune does not generate any fancy independent graph outputs in particular, so I just took a screenshot of the program. The WD_BLACK AN1500 2TB's throughput remained very flat on average. It differed slightly in magnitude than HD Tach -- probably due to testing algorithms used -- but its performance characteristics were identical in practice. Other than that, the results were top tier across the range; the recorded access time was very low, as we would expect from a solid state drive. The AN1500 2TB posted an average of 1038.6MB/s for its sequential read speed, which was, again, lower than what I have expected. The Black SN750 NVMe SSD 1TB scored 1487.1MB/s and the KC2500 1TB posted an average of 1485.2MB/s. Do keep in mind the discussion we had on the previous page, as it still applies here.


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 8.0
6. Benchmark: HD Tach 3.0.1.0
7. Benchmark: HD Tune Pro 5.70
8. Benchmark: PassMark PerformanceTest 10
9. Benchmark: PCMark 10
10. Conclusion