RAID Access Time
We displayed the access time results in microseconds, since the SSD's access time is quick enough to change the scale. The LSI controller required the longest time for data access in all three RAID modes, but we’re still looking at only .25 to .36 ms access times. AMD’s SB750 turns out to offer the best read access time on the X25-E SSDs, with only .11 to .13 ms.
Write access time looks different. Intel shines here, followed by Nvidia or AMD, depending on the RAID mode. It’s interesting to see the LSI controller delivering so much quicker write access times, as it is capable of storing data into its integrated cache memory with minimal delay.
Summary
- AMD, Intel, And Nvidia Southbridge Performance Analyzed
- AMD: SB750 Southbridge On The 790FX Chipset
- AMD RAID Creation
- Intel: ICH10R Southbridge On The X58 Express Chipset
- Intel RAID Creation
- Nvidia: 780a SLI MCP Integrated Chipset
- Nvidia RAID Creation And Rebuild
- Professional RAID: LSI MegaRAID SAS9260-8i
- Test Setup And SSD Details
- Benchmark Results: Access Time
- Benchmark Results: I/O Performance
- Benchmark Results: Bandwidth And Streaming
- Benchmark Results: Read/Write Throughput
- CPU Utilization And Conclusion
