TEST: ADATA LEGEND 960 1TB M.2 SSDLEGEND 960

Here you can find a detailed performance and benchmark test.
The the M.2 NVMe SSD LEGEND 960 with 1TB (ALEG-960-1TCS) from ADATA was tested.


Technical data
Manufacturer ADATA
Type ALEG-960-1TCS
Storage capacity 1024 GB (954 GiB)
Read speed 7400 MB/s
Write speed 6000 MB/s
Interface PCIe 4.0 x4
Form factor M.2 2280
Memory module (NAND) TLC
DRAM Cache ✓ yes
TBW (Total Bytes Written) 750 Terabyte
Controller Silicon Motion SM2264
Price 94 USD (= 0,09 $ / GB)
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Score
8122
Price/GB
0,09 $
Compared to the top performer*
Read speed
100 %
Write speed
98 %

*) Test result evaluated according to AS SSD Score within the same size.


AS SSD Benchmark 2.0

Standard performance test

The standard test was performed with a 5 GB file. Here, a total score of 8122 points was achieved.

AS SSD TEST: ADATA LEGEND 960 1TB

AS SSD Read: Write:
Seq
in megabytes per second
6197,27 MB/s
5736,79 MB/s
4K
in megabytes per second
71,88 MB/s
182,36 MB/s
4K-64Thrd
in megabytes per second
2364,00 MB/s
2770,07 MB/s
Access time
in milliseconds
0,021 ms
0,111 ms
Score
3056
3526
Total score
8122

Copy Performance Test

A common everyday situation is simulated here. Three test folders are created:

  • ISO (folder with two large files)
  • Program (folder with many small files)
  • Game (folder with small and large files)

The three folders are copied using Windows Copy command (the cache remains enabled). The practical test of 19.11.2022 shows the performance for simultaneous write and read operations. The lower the duration, the better.

AS SSD TEST: ADATA LEGEND 960 1TB
AS SSD Kopier-Benchmark Transferrate: Dauer:
ISO
two large files
2122,79 MB/s
1,08 s
Program
many small files
1220,14 MB/s
5,77 s
Game
small and large files
1847,55 MB/s
3,74 s

Compression Performance Test

Here, the write as well as read speed (according to the manufacturer 7400 MB/s and 6000 MB/s) the ADATA SSD is measured depending on the compressibility of the data.

AS SSD TEST: ADATA LEGEND 960 1TB

CrystalDiskMark 7.0 Benchmark


Similar to AS SSD, two sequential and two random performance tests are performed.

CrystalDiskMark Benchmark TEST: ADATA LEGEND 960 1TB
CDM Read [MB/s] Write [MB/s]
SEQ1M
Q8T1
7434,20
6667,52
SEQ1M
Q1T1
4182,93
5494,28
RND4K
Q32T16
2975,76
2705,85
RND4K
Q1T1
63,08
179,98

Input/Output operations per second

CDM Read [IPOS] Write [IPOS]
SEQ1M
Q8T1
7.089,80
6.358,60
SEQ1M
Q1T1
3.989,20
5.239,80
RND4K
Q32T16
726.503,00
660.608,00
RND4K
Q1T1
15.399,20
43.939,90

Average latency

CDM Read [µs] Write [µs]
SEQ1M
Q8T1
1.127,63
1.255,64
SEQ1M
Q1T1
250,47
190,67
RND4K
Q32T16
702,91
772,92
RND4K
Q1T1
64,81
22,62

ATTO Disk Benchmark 4

Here a 256 MB file is written several times to the ADATA M.2 SSD. The I/O block size varies (from 512 bytes to 64 megabytes). The larger the blocks, the faster they can usually be written and read.

ATTO Disk Benchmark TEST: ADATA LEGEND 960 1TB

HD Tune Pro 5.75 Benchmark

HD Tune writes a 5 GB file to the ADATA M.2 SSD. The transfer data of the read speed is displayed graphically. The minimum, maximum and average values are also determined. The determined access time and burst rate are also displayed.

HD Tune TEST: ADATA LEGEND 960 1TB

HD Tune Endurance test

A long-term test was performed here to fully utilize the memory. You can see when a cache is full and the write performance decreases.

HD Tune Dauertest TEST: ADATA LEGEND 960 1TB

SSD-Z 16 Benchmark

Similar to HD Tune, a 500 MB file is written to the ADATA M.2 SSD here. is written. The transfer data is displayed. The more constant the line, the better. Unfortunately the tool does not work correctly from about 5,000 MB/s and no line (and partly wrong min and max data) is displayed.

SSD-Z TEST: ADATA LEGEND 960 1TB

Information about the test system can be found at the bottom of the home page.