Three More External USB 3.0 Drives Benchmarked
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Another trio of SuperSpeed USB 3.0 drives landed in our German lab recently. As some of the contenders we've benchmarked underperform compared to our expectations, it’s quite clear that hard drive speed matters again, now that we've moved beyond USB 2.0.
Comparison Table And Test Setup
Comparison Table
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Manufacturer | PQI | Samsung | Transcend |
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Family | H566 | Story Station 3.0 | StoreJet 25M3 |
Model Number | Row 1 - Cell 1 | HX-DT020EB | TS500GSJ25M3 |
Capacity | 320 GB | 2000 GB | 500 GB |
Other Capacities | 500, 640 GB | 1000, 1500 GB | 640 GB |
Form Factor | 2.5" | 3.5" | 2.5" |
Interface | USB 3.0 | USB 3.0 | USB 3.0 |
Weight | 184 g | 952 g | 202 g |
Test Setup
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System Hardware | |
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Hardware | Detail |
CPU | Intel Core i7-920 (45 nm, 2.66 GHz, 8 MB Shared L3 Cache) |
Motherboard (Socket 1366) | Supermicro X8SAX, Revision: 1.0, Chipset Intel X58 + ICH10R, BIOS: 1.0B |
RAM | 3 x 1 GB DDR3-1333 Corsair CM3X1024-1333C9DHX |
HDD | Seagate NL35 400 GB, ST3400832NS, 7200 RPM, SATA 1.5Gb/s, 8 MB Cache |
Storage Controllers | eSATA: onboard eSATA (ICH10R) USB 2.0: onboard USB 2.0 (ICH10R) USB 3.0: NEC D720200F1 (Gigabyte GA-USB3.0) |
Power Supply | OCZ EliteXstream 800 W, OCZ800EXS-EU |
Benchmarks | |
Performance Measurements | h2benchw 3.13 |
I/O Performance | IOMeter 2008.08.18Fileserver-BenchmarkWebserver-BenchmarkDatabase-BenchmarkWorkstation-BenchmarkStreaming Reads and Writes |
System Software and Drivers | |
Operating System | Windows 7 Ultimate |
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