Setting Up the Benchmarks for Storage Reviews
Test System
Hardware
- Intel Q9450 @ 3.2GHz
- GIGABYTE EX-38 DS4
- GeIL 4GB (2×2GB) 800MHz RAM 5-4-4-12
- Zerotherm Nirvana 120mm CPU Cooler
- Creative X-Fi Xtreme Music
- Western Digital 250AAKS 250GB (OS Drive)
- 1 x SAMSUNG 22X DVD±R SATA DVD Burner
- Cooler Master Silent Pro 600M PSU (Kindly Supplied by Cooler Master)
- Antec Skeleton Case
- AMD/ATI HD 4870 512 MB
Software
- Windows 7 RC x64
- ATI Catalyst 9.6
Tests Used
Synthetic Tests
- HDTune 3.50
- HDTach 3.0.4
- SANDRA 2009 SP3c
- Everest Ultimate Edition 5.02
- CrystalDiskMark 2.2
- ATTO Disk Benchmark 2.34
- PCMark Vantage HDD Test Suite
Real World Tests
- Crysis Warhead game folder copy folder to the same drive
- Crysis Warhead Ambush Level Load
- Muxing 7 video files to form one 2.18 GB file
I will be stunned at the items I overlooked prior to I read this post.