Testing Methodology
The testing of a SSD is not as complex as say ram or a motherboard. Due to this technology being relatively new, there are not many benchmark suites out there to test them in the way they are intended to be used; however, we are taking the most popular of the benchmark applications available to get you some idea of how fast the read and writes of these jobs are. Microsoft's Windows Vista and Seven are the ideal solutions for such a drive, but we decided to go with the latter of the two as Seven is the future, so we decided to load our test bench with it.
Testing Hardware:
Testing Hardware:
Motherboard: ASUS P7P55-E Deluxe
Processor: Intel Core i5 665K @ 4.2GHz at 1.38 volts
Ram: Patriot Viper II Sector 4GB 1600MHz DDR3
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon HD 5550 OC 512MB
HDD: Hitachi 1TB
Power: Thermaltake Tough Power XT 850 (Sponsored by Thermaltake)
Case: Microcool Banchetto
Competition:
Western Digital VeclioRapter 150GB
OCZ Agility Series 120GB SSD
Apacer A7 Turbo 64GB
Sisoftware Sandra 15.12
SiSoftware Sandra (the System ANalyser, Diagnostic and Reporting Assistant) is an information & diagnostic utility. It should provide most of the information (including undocumented) you need to know about your hardware, software and other devices whether hardware or software.
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