Test Details And Setup
We ran the following cycle on the ioXtreme drives:
- Full h2benchw test run (throughput)
- Drive format with NTFS
- PCMark Vantage test run
- IOMeter (database, fileserver, web server, workstation, 4K test, streaming test)
- 30 minutes idle
- PCMark Vantage test run
- IOMeter (database, fileserver, web server, workstation, 4K test, streaming test)
- Delete NTFS volume
- Full h2benchw test run (throughput)
We took the results from the first and second result sets. You will find these on the benchmark charts marked as “fresh” (first benchmark run) and “used.” The latter represents the second benchmark run and means that the drive may show degraded performance.
| System Hardware | |
|---|---|
| Hardware | Details |
| CPU | Intel Core i7-920 (45nm, 2.66 GHz, 8MB L2 Cache) |
| Motherboard (Socket 1366) | Supermicro X8SAX Revision: 1.0, Chipset: Intel X58 + ICH10R, BIOS: 1.0B |
| RAM | 6 x 1GB DDR3-1333 Corsair CM3X1024-1333C9DHX |
| HDD | Seagate NL35 400GB ST3400832NS, 7,200 RPM, SATA/150, 8MB Cache |
| Power Supply | OCZ EliteXstream 800W OCZ800EXS-EU |
| Benchmarks | |
| Performance Measurements | h2benchw 3.13 PCMark Vantage 1.0 |
| I/O Performance | IOMeter 2008.08.18 Fileserver-Benchmark Webserver-Benchmark Database-Benchmark Workstation-Benchmark Streaming Reads Streaming Writes 4k Random Reads 4k Random Writes |
| System Software and Drivers | |
| Drivers | Details |
| Operating System | Windows 7 Ultimate |
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Wow these things are fast.
But not bootable? That's a shame.
how would these be for a gaming rig?
how would these be for a gaming rig?
well seeing that Fatality is a partner in this i would imagine it would be pretty good for a gaming rig. my bad
It's a shame an article on professional storage does not include benchmarks on compilation times - a definitely professional application of storage. I've asked THG staff on numerous occasions to include a C++ compilation benchmark, but to no avail... It was only offered once in the past 6 years. Please, add such a benchmark so software developers like myself can make sense of your articles too!
Ouch, almost 1,000 dollars. I would go for the Kingston SSD Boot Drive for under $100 on newegg.
just a nitpick here, but you listed the charts with the unit ms, which is milliseconds... if you want to do microseconds you need to use µs.
Still not overwhelming for the price difference. Sure the headline max STR look great compared to Intel but when the going gets tough the Intel can still keep up. Waiting for better chipsets (wider slots and larger bandwidth to CPU) and PCI-E v2. What size Intel SSD did you use? What were the prices again ?
They have now replaced the original ioDrive's.
$6000, $2600, $900, $300 (ioDrive Duo 160GB, ioDrive 80GB, ioXtreme 80GB, Intel 80GB).
RAID0 of 2x160GB or 3x80GB Intel SSD for proce of ioXtreme.
What about the others like OCZ Z-drive and PhotoFast ?
Too bad no TRIM here...
To add to john_dune's comment, the graph's x-axis states the unit is "ns" which is nanoseconds. You guys managed to use milli, micro and nano all for one graph/paragraph about the same data
how would these be for a gaming rig?
Increased minimum frame rate, and faster loading times. Nothing a common SSD can't also do to the same effect.
No boot, No trim, limited feature set, super limited capacity, super high price = FAIL for 9/10 users in the market.
Regardless of how fast these are(and yes they are fast enough to use as RAM replacement) they are just to high of a cost per GB when the majority of SSD vendors are offering >= $3gb.
In addition to john_dune's and randumbzor's comment. "µs" microseconds (1 millionth of a second) and "ns" nanoseconds (1 billionth of a second), are not the same thing. In the future, please try to "error" proof your articles; otherwise they loose their validity. XD
Hmm. How fast would a system be if the bootable drive was the Intel x25 and this as the application? Would Windows running on the x25 and applications running off the ioX be the fastest possible setup for any system? would like to see the tests on that.
Don't be hatin' (l)user-one. I've met and played with/against fatality before. He's a nice guy and a talented player. Back on track...this is a good idea but at the price and storage size, it fails when there are other alternatives out there (re: X25-E).
bout as fast as your mother was last night!
Wouldn't just running programs from a RAMdisk be cheaper and faster?
We tested these at work last year, and while they are screaming fast, they were too expensive for the capacity they offered. We are now testing our computing clusters using Intel Enterprise editions SSD gen2 units with 4 drives configured in 2 raid0 arrays.. While the performence isnt comparable to the ioExtreme hardware, we can equip 400 node clusters with the intel drives for the same price as a few of the ioExtremes.. No brainer..
how would these be for a gaming rig?
Swap For games while running fraps like GTA IV or crysis with less of a hit.
*reads* "Amazon sells the 80GB base model for $895." *clicks to next article*