Test platform

Hardware:

Intel Core i7 7700K w/ Noctua NH-U12P Gigabyte Aorus Z270X-Gaming 7 Crucial Ballistix Elite 2x4GB @ DDR4-3000C15 NVIDIA GTX 1080 Ti Founders Edition Crucial MX300 525GB SSD (for operating system) Corsair AX1200i

Software:

Microsoft Windows 10 (160714393.953) CrystalDiskMark 5.2.0 AS SSD Benchmark 1.9.55986.35387 Anvil’s Storage Utilities 1.1.0

Methodology:

All drives tested as empty, freshly formatted drives for maximum performance.