Hardware & Software Used
Hardware & Software Used
We now begin the benchmark portion of this article, but first let me show you our test system and the software we used:
Storage
GSKILL Phoenix Blade 480 GB
Mainboard
X99 MSI XPower
Processor
Core i7 5960X
Graphics Cards
IGP
Memory
16 GB (4x 4096 MB) DDR3 2133 MHZ
Power Supply Unit
1200 Watt
Monitor
Dell 3007WFP - up to 2560x1600
OS related Software
Windows 8.1
Software benchmark suite
- PCMark Vantage HDD test 1 through 8
- Anvil's Storage Utilities
- ATTO Disk benchmark v2.4
- CrystalMark
- SiSoft Sandra Storage Benchmark
- HDTach 3.0.4.0
- HDTune Pro
- IOMeter
- AS SSD Benchmark
- File Copy Compressed test
- File Copy Uncompressed test
- Alien versus Predator game
