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
- WD BLACK M.2. NVMe SSD
Mainboard
- Z270 Gaming M7
Processor
- Core i5 6600K at 4500 MHz
Graphics Cards
GeForce GTX 1080 / Internal IGP
Memory
- 16 GB (4x 4096 MB) DDR3 3200 MHz
Power Supply Unit
- 750 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
