Test Setup And Benchmarks
How much does NTFS compression affect the performance of a system equipped with an SSD? We already know that SandForce's technology employs compression to help achieve its impressive performance results, so we wanted to try a drive that doesn't already lean on compression. So, we grabbed one of Samsung's newer 830-series drives and compared its performance with compression turned on and off.
Test configuration
System Hardware | |
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Hardware | Details |
CPU | Intel Core i5-2500K (32 nm, Sandy Bridge, D2), 4C/4T, 3.3 GHz, 4 x 256 KB L2 Cache, 6 MB Shared L3 Cache, w/ HD Graphics 3000, 95 W TDP, 3.7 GHz max. Turbo Boost |
Motherboard (LGA 1155) | Gigabyte Z68X-UD7-B3, Revision: 1.0, Chipset: Intel Z68, BIOS: F9C |
RAM | 2 x 4 GB DDR3-1333, Kingston KHX1600C9D3K2/8GX |
System SDD | Samsung SSD 830, 256 GB, SATA 6Gb/s |
Controller | Intel PCH Z68 SATA 6Gb/s |
PSU | Seasonic X-760 760 W, SS-760KM |
Benchmarks | |
Performance Measurements | SYSmark 2012 PCMark 7 1.0.4 |
System Software & Drivers | |
Driver | Details |
Operating System | Windows 7 x64 Ultimate SP1 |
Intel Inf | 9.2.0.1030 |
Intel Rapid Storage | 10.6.0.1002 |
AMD Catalyst | 11.8 |