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 plus the software we used.
Storage
Diverse
Mainboard
ASUS X58 ROG edition Rampage II Extreme
Processor
Core i7 965 @ 3750 MHz (3.6 + Turbo mode)
Graphics Cards
GeForce GTX 260 SP216 (65nm)
Memory
6144 MB (3x 2048 MB) DDR3 1800 MHz OCZ @ 1500 MHz
Power Supply Unit
1200 Watt
Monitor
Dell 3007WFP - up to 2560x1600
OS related Software
Windows Vista Business Edition 64-bit SP1
DirectX 9.0c/10 End User Runtime June update
NVIDIA ForceWare 185.63
Software benchmark suite
PCMark vantage HDD test, test 1 to 8
ATTO Disk benchmark v2.02
SiSoft Sandra Storage Benchmark
HDTach 3.0.4.0
