Test Setup And Benchmarks
Test Hardware |
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Processors | Intel Core i7-980X (Gulftown) 3.33 GHz @ 3.73 GHz, LGA 1366, 6.4 GT/s QPI, 12 MB Shared L3, Hyper-Threading enabled, Power-savings enabled |
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Motherboard | Asus Rampage III Formula (LGA 1366) Intel X58/ICH10R, BIOS 0505 |
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Memory | Kingston 6 GB (3 x 2 GB) DDR3-2000, KHX2000C8D3T1K3/6GX @ 8-8-8-24 and 1.65 V |
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Hard Drive | OCZ RevoDrive X2 240 GB OCZSSDPX-1RVDX0240, PCI Express x4 (system drive) |
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| OCZ Vertex 2 120 GB OCZSSD2-2VTXE120G, SATA 3Gb/s (34 nm NAND, 32 Gb DDP devices) |
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| OCZ Vertex 2 120 GB OCZSSD2-2VTXE120G, SATA 3Gb/s (25 nm NAND, 64 Gb devices) |
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Graphics | Nvidia GeForce GTX 460 1 GB |
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Power Supply | Cooler Master UCP-1000 W |
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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 | Nvidia GeForce 260.99 |
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 |
Even more so than in a typical review, any difference between our two test drives has to be taken very seriously, since we're going to be drawing definitive conclusions on what OCZ is doing with its Vertex 2 drives. So, we're starting with a secure erase of each configuration and running all of the aforementioned tests via script in a specific order using very precise timing. To the greatest extent possible, the results we glean from the script are consequently comparable.