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PCMARK VANTAGE X64 HDD SUITE
The SSD Review uses benchmark software called PCMark Vantage x64 HDD Suite to create testing scenarios that might be used in the typical user experience. There are eight tests in all and the tests performed record the speed of data movement in MB/s to which they are then given a numerical score after all of the tests are complete. The simulations are as follows:
- Windows Defender In Use
- Streaming Data from storage in games such as Alan Wake which allows for massive worlds and riveting non-stop action
- Importing digital photos into Windows Photo Gallery
- Starting the Vista Operating System
- Home Video editing with Movie Maker which can be very time consuming
- Media Center which can handle video recording, time shifting and streaming from Windows media center to an extender such as XBox
- Cataloging a music library
- Starting applications
If you are new to testing and considering benchmark software, this is the best you can get because the program goes well beyond the results of simulated testing as we have already done. In comparing SATA 2.0 SSDs, we have reached the bandwidth limit and the performance of most new SATA 2 SSDs is as high as it can get with typical high sequential access speeds in the area of 280MB/s read and 270MB/s write.
We needed a way to differentiate these drives and to find a method that can actually put one drive above another and this is exactly what Vantage testing does. Its tests combined can provide an accurate comparison between drives and its tests individually can assist a smart shopper in finding the best SSD for their needs. Next to actual true to life testing which can take an insurmountable length of time, PCMark Vantage is the only program that can compare any SSD, side by side, regardless of SATA interface or controller in use.
KINGSTON HYPERX 240GB SATA 3 SSD
The Kingston HyperX came through Vantage testing with a final result of 70362 and Kingston is only the second manufacturer to reach this plateau, OCZ having done it previously with its Vertex 3 and Vertex 3 MaxIOPS SSDS. It is not an easy feat to accomplish as all eight Vantage tests have to have consistently high results. Here is the Vantage result showing speeds attained for each test:
Lets see now how this fits in with all SATA 3 SSDs tested to date:
INDEX
INTRODUCTION AND EXTERIOR PACKAGING
INTERIOR COMPONENTS AND TEST PROTOCOL
CRYSTAL DISKMARK, AS SSD AND ANVIL STORAGE UTILITIES