SSD Performance In The Office: Nine Applications Benchmarked

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A number of metrics are used to quantify storage performance. If you're a regular Joe, you have to be wondering how such dry terminology can apply to office work. Rather than telling you, we're going to dissect several routine computing tasks.

Hardware Setup And Benchmarks

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Test Hardware
ProcessorIntel Core i5-2500K (Sandy Bridge), 32 nm, 3.3 GHz, LGA 1155, 6 MB Shared L3, Turbo Boost Enabled
MotherboardASRock Z68 Extreme4, BIOS v1.4
MemoryKingston HyperX 8 GB (2 x 4 GB) DDR3-1333 @ DDR3-1333, 1.5 V
System DriveOCZ Vertex 3 240 GB SATA 6Gb/s, Firmware: 2.06
GraphicsGigabyte GeForce GTX 580 1.5 GB
Power SupplySeasonic 760 W, 80 PLUS
System Software and Drivers
Operating SystemWindows 7 Ultimate 64-bit
DirectXDirectX 11
DriverGraphics: 285.62RST: 10.6.0.1002Virtu: 1.1.101
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Benchmarks
Intel Trace-based Toolv5.2
Games
Office 2010Outlook: IMAP, GmailWord: Default
Norton Internet Security 2012Intelligent Skipping: Off
uTorrentv3.0
Firefoxv7.0.1
iTunesv10.5
WinRARv4.0 x64Settings: Best Compression, Verification Record
MediaEspressov6.5