Test Setup And Firmware Notes
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| Test Hardware | |
|---|---|
| Processor | Intel Core i5-2500K (Sandy Bridge), 32 nm, 3.3 GHz, LGA 1155, 6 MB Shared L3, Turbo Boost Enabled |
| Motherboard | ASRock Z68 Extreme4, BIOS v1.4 |
| Memory | Kingston Hyper-X 8 GB (2 x 4 GB) DDR3-1333 @ DDR3-1333, 1.5 V |
| System Drive | OCZ Vertex 3 240 GB SATA 6Gb/s |
| Tested Drives | Crucial m4 64 GB SATA 6Gb/s, Firmware: 0001 |
| Row 5 - Cell 0 | Intel SSD 510 250 GB SATA 6Gb/s, Firmware: 1.7 |
| Row 6 - Cell 0 | Intel SSD 320 300 GB SATA 3Gb/s, Firmware: 1.7 |
| Row 7 - Cell 0 | Crucial m4 128 GB SATA 6Gb/s, Firmware: 0001 |
| Row 8 - Cell 0 | Crucial m4 256 GB SATA 6Gb/s, Firmware: 0002 |
| Row 9 - Cell 0 | Crucial m4 512 GB SATA 6Gb/s, Firmware: 0001 |
| Row 10 - Cell 0 | Crucial RealSSD 256 GB SATA 6Gb/s, Firmware: 0006 |
| Row 11 - Cell 0 | OCZ Vertex 3 240 GB SATA 6Gb/s, Firmware: 2.06 |
| Row 12 - Cell 0 | OCZ Vertex 3 120 GB SATA 6Gb/s, Firmware: 2.06 |
| Row 13 - Cell 0 | OCZ Agility 3 120 GB SATA 6Gb/s, Firmware: 2.06 |
| Row 14 - Cell 0 | OCZ Solid 3 120 GB SATA 6Gb/s, Firmware: 2.06 |
| Row 15 - Cell 0 | Corsair Force 3 120 GB SATA 6Gb/s, Firmware: 1.2 |
| Row 16 - Cell 0 | Corsair Force 120 GB SATA 3Gb/s, Firmware: 2.0 |
| Row 17 - Cell 0 | Adata S511 120 GB SATA 6Gb/s, Firmware: 311A |
| Row 18 - Cell 0 | Mushkin Chronos Deluxe 120 GB SATA 6Gb/s, Firmware: 319A |
| Row 19 - Cell 0 | Patriot Wildfire 120 GB SATA 6Gb/s, Firmware: 319A |
| Row 20 - Cell 0 | Kingston SSDNow V+100 128 GB SATA 3Gb/s, Firmware: CJRA |
| Row 21 - Cell 0 | Western Digital VelociRaptor 300 GB (WD3000HLFS) SATA 3Gb/s |
| Row 22 - Cell 0 | G.Skill FM-25S2S 64 GB SATA 3Gb/s, Firmware: 02.1 |
| Row 23 - Cell 0 | Seagate Momentus 5400.6 500 GB SATA 3Gb/s |
| Row 24 - Cell 0 | Intel X25-M G2 160 GB, Firmware: 1.7 |
| Row 25 - Cell 0 | Samsung 470 256 GB SATA 3Gb/s, Firmware: AXMO |
| Row 26 - Cell 0 | Samsung 830 256 GB SATA 6Gb/s, Firmware: CXMO |
| Row 27 - Cell 0 | OCZ Vertex 2 (32nm) 120 GB SATA 3Gb/s, Firmware: 1.32 |
| Row 28 - Cell 0 | Kingston HyperX 240 GB SATA 6Gb/s, Firmware: 320A |
| Graphics | Palit GeForce GTX 460 1 GB |
| Power Supply | Seasonic 760 W, 80 PLUS |
| System Software and Drivers | |
| Operating System | Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit |
| DirectX | DirectX 11 |
| Driver | Graphics: Nvidia 270.61 RST: 10.5.0.1022Virtu: 1.1.101 |
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| Benchmarks | |
|---|---|
| Tom's Hardware Storage Bench v1.0 | Trace-Based |
| Iometer 1.1.0 | # Workers = # Logical CPUs, 4 KB Random: LBA=16 GB, varying QDs, 128 KB Sequential: QD=1 |
| ATTO Benchmark | LBA=2 GB, QD=2 & 4, varying transfer sizes |
| PCMark 7 | Storage Suite |
Firmware Notes
Performance can change noticeably with a firmware update. We'll try to update our benchmark library when a new firmware version is released.
You'll notice that 256 GB Crucial m4 scores are different than what was posted in Second-Gen SandForce: Seven 120 GB SSDs Rounded Up because we've updated to firmware 0002. Overall, we see little performance change, which is why the other m4 capacities haven't been retested.
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