Configurazione di prova
La nostra piattaforma per i test sull'archiviazione è basata su un PCH Z77 di Intel accoppiato a una CPU Core i5-2400. I chipset delle serie 6 e 7 sono virtualmente identici dal punto di vista dello storage. Per questioni di standardizzazione del test abbiamo mantenuto i vecchi driver RST 10.6.1002.
| Test Hardware | |
| Processore | Intel Core i5-2400 (Sandy Bridge), 32 nm, 3.1 GHz, LGA 1155, 6 MB di cache L3 condivisa, Turbo Boost abilitato |
| Motherboard | Gigabyte G1.Sniper M3 |
| Memoria | G.Skill Ripjaws 8 GB (2 x 4 GB) DDR3-1866 @ DDR3-1333, 1.5 V |
| Disco sistema | Intel S3500 480 GB SATA 6 Gb/s, Firmware: 0306 |
| Drive sotto test | Samsung 850 Pro 128 GB SATA 6 Gb/s, Firmware: EXM01B6Q |
| Samsung 850 Pro 256 GB SATA 6 Gb/s, Firmware: EXM01B6Q | |
| Samsung 850 Pro 1024 GB SATA 6 Gb/s, Firmware: EXM01B6Q | |
| Drive per il confronto | Plextor M6e 256 GB M.2 PCIe x2, Firmware: 1.00 |
| Plextor M6S 256 GB SATA 6 Gb/s, Firmware: 1.00 | |
| Plextor M6M 256 GB mSATA 6 Gb/s, Firmware: 1.00 | |
| Adata SP920 1024 GB SATA 6 Gb/s, Firmware: MU01 | |
| Adata SP920 512GB SATA 6 Gb/s, Firmware: MU01 | |
| Adata SP920 256 GB SATA 6 Gb/s, Firmware: MU01 | |
| Adata SP920 128 GB SATA 6 Gb/s, Firmware: MU01 | |
| Crucial M550 1024 GB SATA 6 Gb/s, Firmware: MU01 | |
| Crucial M550 512 GB SATA 6 Gb/s, Firmware: MU01 | |
| Intel SSD 730 480 GB SATA 6 Gb/s, Firmware: L2010400 | |
| Samsung 840 EVO mSATA 120 GB, Firmware: EXT41B6Q | |
| Samsung 840 EVO mSATA 250 GB, Firmware: EXT41B6Q | |
| Samsung 840 EVO mSATA 500 GB, Firmware: EXT41B6Q | |
| Samsung 840 EVO mSATA 1000 GB, Firmware: EXT41B6Q | |
| SanDisk X210 256 GB, Firmware X210400 | |
| SanDisk X210 512 GB, Firmware X210400 | |
| Intel SSD 530 180 GB SATA 6Gb/s, Firmware: DC12 | |
| Intel SSD 520 180 GB SATA 6Gb/s, Firmware: 400i | |
| Intel SSD 525 180 GB mSATA, Firmware: LLKi | |
| SanDisk A110 256 GB M.2 PCIe x2, Firmware: A200100 | |
| Silicon Motion SM226EN 128 GB SATA 6Gb/s, Firmware: M0709A | |
| Crucial M500 120 GB SATA 6Gb/s, Firmware: MU02 | |
| Crucial M500 240 GB SATA 6Gb/s, Firmware: MU02 | |
| Crucial M500 480 GB SATA 6Gb/s, Firmware: MU02 | |
| Crucial M500 960 GB SATA 6Gb/s, Firmware: MU02 | |
| Samsung 840 EVO 120 GB SATA 6Gb/s, Firmware: EXT0AB0Q | |
| Samsung 840 EVO 240 GB SATA 6Gb/s, Firmware: EXT0AB0Q | |
| Samsung 840 EVO 480 GB SATA 6Gb/s, Firmware: EXT0AB0Q | |
| Samsung 840 EVO 1 TB SATA 6Gb/s, Firmware: EXT0AB0Q | |
| SanDisk Ultra Plus 64 GB SATA 6Gb/s, Firmware: X211200 | |
| SanDisk Ultra Plus 128 GB SATA 6Gb/s, Firmware X211200 | |
| SanDisk Ultra Plus 256 GB SATA 6Gb/s, Firmware X211200 | |
| Samsung 840 Pro 256 GB SATA 6Gb/s, Firmware DXM04B0Q | |
| Samsung 840 Pro 128 GB SATA 6Gb/s, Firmware DXM04B0Q | |
| SanDisk Extreme II 120 GB, Firmware: R1311 | |
| SanDisk Extreme II 240 GB, Firmware: R1311 | |
| SanDisk Extreme II 480 GB, Firmware: R1311 | |
| Seagate 600 SSD 240 GB SATA 6Gb/s, Firmware: B660 | |
| Intel SSD 525 30 GB mSATA 6Gb/s, Firmware LLKi | |
| Intel SSD 525 60 GB mSATA 6Gb/s, Firmware LLKi | |
| Intel SSD 525 120 GB mSATA 6Gb/s, Firmware LLKi | |
| Intel SSD 525 180 GB mSATA 6Gb/s, Firmware LLKi | |
| Intel SSD 525 240 GB mSATA 6Gb/s, Firmware LLKi | |
| Intel SSD 335 240 GB SATA 6Gb/s, Firmware: 335s | |
| Intel SSD 510 250 GB SATA 6Gb/s, Firmware: PWG2 | |
| OCZ Vertex 3.20 240 GB SATA 6Gb/s, Firmware: 2.25 | |
| OCZ Vector 256 GB SATA 6Gb/s, Firmware: 2.0 | |
| Samsung 830 512 GB SATA 6Gb/s, Firmware: CXMO3B1Q | |
| Crucial m4 256 GB SATA 6Gb/s Firmware: 000F | |
| Plextor M5 Pro 256 GB SATA 6Gb/s Firmware: 1.02 | |
| Corsair Neutron GTX 240 GB SATA 6Gb/s, Firmware: M206 | |
| Graphics | MSI Cyclone GTX 460 1 GB |
| Power Supply | Seasonic X-650, 650 W 80 PLUS Gold |
| Chassis | Lian Li Pitstop T60 |
| RAID | LSI 9266-8i PCIe x8, FastPath and CacheCade AFK |
| Software e Driver | |
| Sistema operativo | Windows 7 x64 Ultimate |
| DirectX | DirectX 11 |
| Driver | Grafica: Nvidia 314.07 RST: 10.6.1002 IMEI: 7.1.21.1124 AHCI generico: MSAHCI.SYS |
| Benchmark | |
| ULINK DriveMaster 2012 | DM2012 v980, JEDEC 218A-based TRIM Test, Protocol Test Suite |
| Test Specific Hardware | SAS/SATA Power Hub, DevSlp Platform |
| Tom's Hardware Storage Bench v1.0 | Intel iPeak Storage Toolkit 5.2.1, Tom's Storage Bench 1.0 Trace Recording |
| Iometer 1.1.0 | # Workers=1, 4 KB Random: LBA=16 GB, varying QDs, 128 KB Sequential, 16 GB LBA Precondition, Exponential QD Scaling |
| PCMark 8 | PCMark 8 2.0.228, Storage Consistency Test |
| PCMark 7 | Secondary Storage Suite |