TEST BENCH AND PROTOCOL This is The SSD Review Test Bench and a quick click on the photo will bring it up full size for closer inspection. Our main goal in testing is to ensure that all test results are as accurate as they can be and no anomalies slip through. We conduct all tests three times and, if necessary, …
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ADATA S511 120gb SATA 3 Review: PCMark Vantage and Conclusions
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 …
Read More »LSI 9265 MegaRAID Cachecade Supplementary Review: Test Bench And Protocol
This is the Test Bench and a quick click will display it close up. As you may have guessed, it truly is no ordinary Test Bench, and I have dedicated many many hours creating this build, which has been used in many benchmarking excursions and extreme overclocking sessions. She has even set a few HWBot world records along the way! …
Read More »LSI 9265 MegaRAID Cachecade Supplementary Review: Conclusion
ADDED VALUE During testing, one thing that struck me was the sound of the drives, once they were loaded with information and being tested. The 4k random read is one of the hardest types of file access for any storage solution, especially Hard Disk Drives. At the beginning of each test, sitting in the room I could hear the sound …
Read More »OCZ Agility 3 240GB SATA 6Gbps SSD Review – Test Bench and Protocol
TEST BENCH AND PROTOCOL This is The SSD Review Test Bench and a quick click on the photo will bring it up full size for closer inspection. Our main goal in testing is to ensure that all test results are as accurate as they can be and no anomalies slip through. We conduct all tests three times and, …
Read More »OCZ Vertex 3 240GB Max IOPS SATA 3 SSD Review – The Vertex 3 and V3 Max IOPS Compared
Today we received an e-mail from Jessica Luken, Global Marketing Director of OCZ Technology stating that a new Vertex 3 Max IOPS SSD was en route and, if you would believe it, we received the package not 20 minutes later. I will have to admit that I was a bit unprepared and stood there wondering what the difference was between …
Read More »OCZ Vertex 3 240GB Max IOPS Review – Interior Components & Test Protocol
INTERIOR COMPONENTS The makeup of the Vertex 3 Max IOPS differs from the Vertex 3 in the placement of its Toshiba TH58TAG7D2FBAS9 memory chips and we have included pictures of both the MaxIOPS and Vertex 3 to demonstrate. VERTEX 3 MAX IOPS VERTEX 3 The Max IOPS contains 16 modules of 16GB Toshiba 32nm NAND flash that was first seen …
Read More »Samsung SpinPoint F4EG 2TB Hard Drive Review – Test Bench & Protocol
This is the Test Bench and a quick click will display it close up. As you may have guessed, it truly is no ordinary Test Bench and I have dedicated more hours creating this build than than I care to admit to get it where it is today. Our main focal point in this report will be an array of …
Read More »OWC Mercury Extreme Pro 6G 240GB SSD Review – 500MB/s Sets The New Standard
Perhaps one of 2011’s most memorable technology accolades will be the introduction of SATA 6Gbps to the computing environment and the flurry of activity as companies jump in feet first to stay abreast of the change. In the SSD world, early entries were seen by Crucial and Intel with their Marvell 9174 controllers while the SandForce SF-2200 series was seen …
Read More »OWC Mercury Extreme Pro 6G 240GB SSD Review – Interior Components and Methodology
The heart and sole of all ‘Sandforce Driven’ SSDs is the processor and the SF-2280 and the 6G is well equipped with this as well as 16 modules of Micron 25nm NAND memory (29F128G08CFAAB) for a total of 256GB of RAW memory on board. SandForce equipped SSDs are rather unique, however, because a specific amount of this memory is proprietary …
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