Test Setup And Firmware Notes
Test Hardware | |
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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 |
Intel SSD 510 250 GB SATA 6Gb/s, Firmware: 1.7 | |
Intel SSD 320 300 GB SATA 3Gb/s, Firmware: 1.7 | |
Crucial m4 128 GB SATA 6Gb/s, Firmware: 0001 | |
Crucial m4 256 GB SATA 6Gb/s, Firmware: 0001 | |
Crucial m4 512 GB SATA 6Gb/s, Firmware: 0001 | |
Crucial RealSSD 256 GB SATA 6Gb/s, Firmware: 0006 | |
OCZ Vertex 3 240 GB SATA 6Gb/s, Firmware: 2.06 | |
OCZ Vertex 3 120 GB SATA 6Gb/s, Firmware: 2.06 | |
OCZ Agility 3 120 GB SATA 6Gb/s, Firmware: 2.06 | |
OCZ Solid 3 120 GB SATA 6Gb/s, Firmware: 2.06 | |
Corsair Force 3 120 GB SATA 6Gb/s, Firmware: 1.2 | |
Corsair Force 120 GB SATA 3Gb/s, Firmware: 2.0 | |
Adata S511 120 GB SATA 6Gb/s, Firmware: 311A | |
Mushkin Chronos Deluxe 120 GB SATA 6Gb/s, Firmware: 319A | |
Patriot Wildfire 120 GB SATA 6Gb/s, Firmware: 319A | |
Kingston SSDNow V+100 128 GB SATA 3Gb/s, Firmware: CJRA | |
Western Digital VelociRaptor 300 GB (WD3000HLFS) SATA 3Gb/s | |
G.Skill FM-25S2S 64 GB SATA 3Gb/s, Firmware: 02.1 | |
Seagate Momentus 5400.6 500 GB SATA 3Gb/s | |
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 |
Benchmarks | |
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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 our Vertex 3 scores are different than what was posted in The OCZ RevoDrive 3 X2 Preview: Second-Gen SandForce Goes PCIe because we're rolling back to firmware v2.06. While v2.09 is the latest from OCZ, it's a stability update for those experiencing BSOD problems. If you're not running into any issues, OCZ recommends that you do not update to 2.09.