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