Test Setup And Interface Performance
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| System Hardware | |
|---|---|
| Hardware | Details |
| CPU | Intel Core i7-920 (45 nm, 2.66 GHz, 8 MB Shared L3 Cache) |
| Motherboard | Supermicro X8SAX (LGA 1366), Revision: 1.0, Chipset Intel X58 + ICH10R, BIOS: 1.0B |
| RAM | 3 x 1 GB DDR3-1333 Corsair CM3X1024-1333C9DHX |
| HDD | Seagate NL35 400 GB, ST3400832NS, 7200 RPM, SATA 1.5Gb/s, 8 MB Cache |
| Storage Controllers | eSATA: on-board eSATA (ICH10R) USB 2.0: on-board USB 2.0 (ICH10R) USB 3.0: NEC D720200F1 (Gigabyte GA-USB3.0) |
| Power Supply | OCZ EliteXstream 800 W, OCZ800EXS-EU |
| Benchmarks | |
| Performance Measurements | h2benchw 3.13 |
| I/O Performance | IOMeter 2008.08.18Fileserver BenchmarkWebserver BenchmarkDatabase BenchmarkWorkstation BenchmarkStreaming Reads and Writes |
| System Software & Drivers | |
| Operating System | Windows 7 Ultimate |
This chart shows the maximum throughput of the individual GoFlex interface choices. The USB 2.0 connections are limited to roughly 39 MB/s, which still is a modest result. FireWire 800 will take you to about 76 MB/s, and eSATA or USB 3.0 will unleash the full 2.5” hard drive bandwidth of 110 to 113 MB/s on the Ultra-portable models.
The desktop version could transfer 195 MB/s if the hard drives were fast enough. Keep in mind that this benchmark shows maximum interface throughput, not the throughput off or onto the physical drive.
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