Is A SATA 3Gb/s Platform Still Worth Upgrading With An SSD?
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Page 1:Are SSDs Still The Most Noticeable PC Upgrade?
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Page 2:Hardware And Test Setup
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Page 3:Real-World Benchmark System And Software
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Page 4:Results: Sequential Read And Write Performance
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Page 5:Results: Access Time
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Page 6:Results: 4 KB Random Read And Write Performance
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Page 7:Results: 512 KB Random Read And Write Performance
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Page 8:Results: I/O Benchmark Profiles
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Page 9:Results: PCMark 7 And Trace
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Page 10:Results: PCMark Vantage
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Page 11:Results: AS-SSD Copy Benchmark
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Page 12:Results: Overall Performance
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Page 13:Real-World Benchmarks: Booting Up And Shutting Down Windows 8
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Page 14:Real-World Benchmarks: Booting Up Windows 8 And Adobe Photoshop
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Page 15:Real-World Benchmarks: Five Applications
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Page 16:Even With SATA 3Gb/s, An SSD Makes Sense
Results: Sequential Read And Write Performance
As expected, the SATA 3Gb/s interface proves to be a significant bottleneck to the 840 Pro’s sequential read and write performance. The SSD is better able to demonstrate its potential on the 6 Gb/s link. Western Digital's VelociRaptor does well for a mechanical disk, achieving read and write performance in excess of 200 MB/s on a 6 Gb/s connection.
CrystalDiskMark 3.0 confirms AS-SSD’s numbers. Bear in mind that these sequential numbers are primarily relevant to reading and writing large chunks of data. Under Windows, a majority of what you're doing actually involves random I/O. So, sequential operations are more the exception, rather than the rule.
Summary
- Are SSDs Still The Most Noticeable PC Upgrade?
- Hardware And Test Setup
- Real-World Benchmark System And Software
- Results: Sequential Read And Write Performance
- Results: Access Time
- Results: 4 KB Random Read And Write Performance
- Results: 512 KB Random Read And Write Performance
- Results: I/O Benchmark Profiles
- Results: PCMark 7 And Trace
- Results: PCMark Vantage
- Results: AS-SSD Copy Benchmark
- Results: Overall Performance
- Real-World Benchmarks: Booting Up And Shutting Down Windows 8
- Real-World Benchmarks: Booting Up Windows 8 And Adobe Photoshop
- Real-World Benchmarks: Five Applications
- Even With SATA 3Gb/s, An SSD Makes Sense