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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. This observation can again be seen with drives of different manufacturers that utilize similar components within and have very similar specifications.
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.
MYDIGITALSSD 128GB SSD PCMARK VANTAGE RESULTS
The PCMark Vantage HDD Suite Total Point Score for this SSD was 35570 with a high transfer speed of 209MB/s when testing in Windows Media Center. Thats a pretty healthy score when we consider that it has surpassed mSATA SSDs from the likes of Samsung, Kingston and Toshiba.
Our next chart is our SSD hierarchy which is solely based on the ‘Total Point Score’ of SSDs tested with PCMark Vantage. This chart represents ONLY mSATA and a mPCIe SSD.
You may notice that the result of the 32GB SSD is slightly higher and there is good reason, this being that the 32GB SSD is configured to be a caching SSD and contains premium DDR 2 Toggle mode 2xnm NAND flash memory vice the 32nm used in the SSD we are testing today. Stay tuned within the next little while for a review on the MyDigitalSSD 32GB Caching mSATA SSD.
It will be interesting add and test MyDigitalSSD 128GB to Toshiba Z830 laptop.
When do you test Samsung 256gb msata?
Still awaiting on its arrival.
Please test it in Toshiba Z830 laptop too.