Hardware and Software Used
Hardware and Software Used
Now we begin the benchmark portion of this article, but first let me show you our test system and the software we used:
Storage
Mushkin Catalyst cache SSD 100GB (SATA3)
Samsung 2TB HDD 5400 RPM HD204UI (SATA2)
Mainboard
X79
Processor
Into Core i7 3960X
Graphics Cards
GeForce GTX 580
Memory
16 GB (4x 4096 MB) DDR3 1600 MHZ
Power Supply Unit
1200 Watt
Monitor
Dell 3007WFP - up to 2560x1600
OS related Software
Windows 7 64-bit
Software benchmark suite
PCMark Vantage HDD test 1 through 8
ATTO Disk benchmark v2.4
SiSoft Sandra Storage Benchmark
HDTach 3.0.4.0
HDTune Pro
IOMeter 2010
AS SSD Benchmark
File COPY Write test Compressed
Crysis 2
Alien vs Predator
