SSD Performance PCMark Vantage HDD
PCMark Vantage HDD test suite
PCMark vantage has a very good test suite to benchmark storage performance. The software will look at items you normally do with your PC and tries to measure what kind of an effect that has on your user experience by testing eight different segments stressing the storage unit.
| HDD1 | Windows Defender |
| HDD2 | Gaming |
| HDD3 | Import Pictures |
| HDD4 | Windows Vista startup |
- HDD1 - Spyware is very common on systems without protection against it, letting Windows Defender scan & protect your system is recommended.
- HDD2 - Streaming data from an HDD in games allows for massive worlds and riveting non-stop action.
- HDD3 - Importing digital photos to Windows Photo Gallery is where a high performance HDD shines.
- HDD4 - Starting Windows Vista is a rather demanding task for the storage device, but a fast HDD will notably decrease the loading time.
The tests include a series of reads, writes and copies under a set of specific conditions and applications. The Patriot WARP SSD rocks, no matter how you look at it, the overall speed is so much faster than any conventional HDD. Even the new VelociRaptor I recently picked up completely caves in with the first four tests.
Let's fire up the second round of real-world performance tests:
| HDD5 | Video editing |
| HDD6 | Media Center |
| HDD7 | Media Player Music Adding |
| HDD8 | Application loading |
- HDD5 - Home video editing with Windows Movie Maker can be very time-consuming unless you have a high performance HDD.
- HDD6 - Windows Media Center with a high performance HDD can handle simultaneous video recording, time-shifting, and streaming to an Extender for Windows Media Center, such as Xbox 360.
- HDD7 - Cataloguing your music library is a breeze for fast and powerful HDDs.
- HDD8 - Starting various applications can take a long time unless you have a high performance HDD.
Now especially in test 5 (video editing) and test 6 (MCE) we see the traditional mechanical Raptor drive lead the pack . Likely due to small files writing like little thumbnails and such.
Then the in test 7 and 8 the Patriot Warp regains the lead and this MLC based drive flexes its muscle. Throughout these test the product shines really well. So tallied up, in 6 six out of 8 tests the SSD drive dominated even the fastest traditional SATA2 10.000RPM HDD.
Alright, two more tests on the next page.
