Test Setup And Benchmarks
Test Hardware |
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Processors | Intel Core i5-2500K (Sandy Bridge), 3.3 GHz, LGA 1155, 6 MB Shared L3, Power-savings enabled |
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Motherboard | Asus P8P67 Deluxe (LGA 1155) Intel P67/ICH10R, BIOS 1502 |
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Memory | Kingston 8 GB (4 x 2 GB) DDR3-1600, KHX1600C9D3K2/8GX |
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Hard Drive | Intel X25-M 160 GB SSDSA2M160G2GC, SATA 3Gb/s (System Drive) |
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| Intel SSD 510 250 GB SSDSC2MH250A2K5, SATA 6Gb/s |
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| OCZ Vertex 3 Pro 200 GB Beta Sample, SATA 6Gb/s |
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| OCZ Vertex 3 240 GB Beta Sample, SATA 6Gb/s |
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| Crucial C300 256 GB CTFDDAC256MAG, SATA 6Gb/s |
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| OCZ Vertex 2 120 GB OCZSSD2-2VTXE120G, SATA 3Gb/s, Firmware 1.32 |
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| OCZ Agility 2 120 GB OCZSSD2-2AGTE120G, SATA 3GB/s, Firmware 1.32 |
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| Crucial m4 256 GB MTFDDAC256MAM-1K1, SATA 6GB/s |
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| Intel SSD 320 300 GB SSDSA2CW300G3 |
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| Intel X25-M G2 160 GB SSDSA2M160G2GC, SATA 3Gb/s |
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Graphics | AMD Radeon HD 4850 |
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Power Supply | Sparkle 1250 W, 80 PLUS |
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System Software And Drivers |
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Operating System | Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit |
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DirectX | DirectX 11 |
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Graphics Driver | AMD Catalyst 11.2 |
Benchmarks |
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Performance Measurements | CrystalDiskMark 3.0 x64, set to read and write random data to drivePCMark Vantage 1.0.2.0 |
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I/O Performance | IOMeter 2008.08.18, default configuration, not reading/writing random dataFile server Benchmark, Web server Benchmark, Database Benchmark, Workstation BenchmarkStreaming Reads, Streaming Writes4 KB Random Reads, 4 KB Random Writes |
SSDs are secure erased prior to testing, and attached to the 6 Gb/s ports on our Asus P8P67 Deluxe motherboard. At the request of several readers, results from testing the 3 Gb/s ports have been added for comparison.