Test Environment & Equipment
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
Plextor M9PeG series 512GB M2 SSD
Mainboard
X99 MSI XPower
Processor
Core i7 5960X at default configuration
Graphics Cards
GeForce GTX 1080
Memory
16 GB (4x 4096 MB) DDR3 2133 MHZ
Power Supply Unit
1500 Watt
Monitor
Dell 3007WFP - up to 2560x1600
OS related Software
Windows 10 64-bit
Software benchmark suite
PCMark Vantage HDD test 1 through 8
PCMark 8
Anvil's Storage Utilities
ATTO Disk benchmark v2.4
SiSoft Sandra Storage Benchmark
HDTach 3.0.4.0
HDTune Pro
IOMeter
AS SSD Benchmark
File Copy Compressed test
File Copy Uncompressed test
