Test Procedure
Test system:
- Supermicro C7Z97-OCE
- Intel Xeon E3-1230Lv3
- Corsair Vengeance 16GB 1866MHz
- Kingston HyperX 240GB SSD
- Sapphire R7 240 2GB
- be quiet! Dark Power Pro 11 850W
- Thermaltake Water 3.0 Performer
- Lian Li PC-T60
Software used:
- Acronis True Image HD 2014
- AIDA64 Storage Benchmark
- Anvil’s Storage Utilities
- AS SSD Benchmark
- ATTO Benchmark
- BootRacer
- CrystalDiskMark
- IOMeter
- PCMark 8 Storage Benchmark
- Windows 7 Ultimate / Windows 8 Pro
It can be difficult to benchmark an SSHD in order to show its true potential and it will be PCMark 8 and BootRacer that will show us best how effective such a drive can be. I’ve still chosen to include all the other benchmarks as they still give a base for comparison even though they don’t show the drives real strength.
On the following pages, I’ll be showing the screenshot of a drive filled 75% with data where it is possible. Some benchmarks require me to run it off an unpartitioned drive, hence I can not fill it with data. The benchmarks that allow me to fill the drive with data will be performed with 0%, 25%, 50%, and 75% data on the drive.
