| Test Hardware | |
|---|---|
| Processor | Intel Core i5-2500K (Sandy Bridge), 32 nm, 3.3 GHz, LGA 1155, 6 MB Shared L3, Turbo Boost Enabled |
| Motherboard | ASRock Z68 Extreme4, BIOS v1.4 |
| Memory | Kingston Hyper-X 8 GB (2 x 4 GB) DDR3-1333 @ DDR3-1333, 1.5 V |
| Hard Drive | OCZ Vertex 3 240 GB SATA 6Gb/s |
| Crucial m4 64 GB SATA 6Gb/s, Firmware: 0001 | |
| Crucial m4 128 GB SATA 6Gb/s, Firmware: 0001 | |
| Crucial m4 256 GB SATA 6Gb/s, Firmware: 0001 | |
| Crucial m4 512 GB SATA 6Gb/s, Firmware: 0001 | |
| Crucial RealSSD 256 GB SATA 6Gb/s, Firmware: 0006 | |
| OCZ Vertex 3 SATA 6Gb/s, Firmware: 2.09 | |
| OCZ RevoDrive X2 PCIe 1.1 x4, Firmware: 1.33 | |
| OCZ RevoDrive 3 X2 PCIe 2.0 x4, Firmware: 2.06 | |
| Seagate Momentus 5400.6 500 GB SATA 3Gb/s | |
| Graphics | Palit GeForce GTX 460 1 GB |
| Power Supply | Seasonic 760 W, 80 PLUS |
| System Software and Drivers | |
| Operating System | Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit |
| DirectX | DirectX 11 |
| Driver | Graphics: Nvidia 270.61 RST: 10.5.0.1022 Virtu: 1.1.101 |
| Benchmarks | |
|---|---|
| Tom's Hardware Storage Bench v1.0 | Trace-Based |
| Iometer 1.1.0 | # Workers = # Logical CPUs, 4 KB Random: LBA=16 GB, varying QDs, 128 KB Sequential: QD=1 |
| ATTO Benchmark | LBA=2 GB, QD=2 & 4, varying transfer sizes |
| PCMark 7 | Storage Suite |
Summary
- Meet OCZ's RevoDrive 3 X2
- Addressing RevoDrive X2's Shortcomings And Improving RevoDrive 3
- An Aside: Secure Erase? Firmware Update? It Can Be Done
- Test Setup
- What's Important: Steady State Performance
- Storage Bench v1.0: Real-World Analysis
- 4 KB Random Performance: Throughput
- 4 KB Random Performance: Response Time
- 128 KB Sequential Performance
- Sequential Performance Versus Transfer Size
- PCMark 7: Storage Suite
- Final Words
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