SSD SATA2/SATA3/RAID Tests on older motherboards (SATA3 via Marvell 9128 Asrock PCIe x1 addon card). Last Change: 20/Mar/2013, 1246hrs. System and Application Startup Times, Asrock P55 Deluxe, using just the onboard SATA2 ports, all times in seconds (C drive contains 48GB of data): Boot to After Effects Call of Juarez Stalker COP C-Drive CTRL+A Windows Login CS6 Startup Demo Start Demo Start Properties/Usage Samsung 840 Basic 250GB: 11.0 6.0 # 24.0 4.5 OCZ Vector 128GB: 11.0 7.0 # 25.0 5.0 Intel 2x V3-120 MXI RAID0: 13.0 6.5 # 26.5 5.0 OCZ Vertex3 120GB MXI: 13.5 7.0 12 24.0 5.0 OCZ Vertex2E 120GB: 13.0 7.0 13 25.0 5.0 Intel 2x V2E-120 RAID0: 13.0 7.0 # 27.5 5.0 Intel 4x V2E-120 RAID10: 15.0 7.0 15 27.0 4.5 Samsung F3 1TB 7200 SATA: 31.0 32.5 22 40.5 44.5 Seagate 750GB 7200 SATA (*): 28.0 37.5 25 59.0 42.5 (#) Startup failed, reason unknown (Juarez installation broken somehow; I've created a fresh install, will redo these tests when I can). (*) Model no. ST3750330NS (Enterprise), one of the faster professional editions. The Corsair Force F60 60GB and OCZ Vertex4 64GB failed to boot after the disk clone; I think the C partition was too full, will try again at some point after removing some stuff to free up space. ************************************************************************************************************ INDIVIDUAL MOTHERBOARD TESTS ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ XFX nForce 790i Ultra SLI (onboard SATA2 port): Corsair Force OCZ Vertex OCZ Vertex3 OCZ Vertex4 Series 3 60GB 2E 120GB MAXIOPS 120GB 60GB HDTachRW Max Read 126.70 226.75 126.25 130.75 HDTachRW Avg Read 126.50 182.40 125.70 130.50 HDTachRW Min Read 125.60 160.60 124.90 128.25 HDTachRW Avg Write 103.80 182.40 103.50 103.80 HDTachRW Burst 133.20 246.50 132.60 106.40 AS SSD Seq Read 126.55 204.77 126.48 124.34 AS SSD Seq Write 79.37 79.59 102.71 105.18 AS SSD 4K Read 16.45 18.27 17.17 22.79 AS SSD 4K Write 44.24 57.60 46.09 49.25 AS SSD 4K-64Thrd Read 41.94 75.92 60.52 68.34 AS SSD 4K-64Thrd Write 50.03 65.96 52.92 58.93 AS SSD Acc.time Read (ms) 0.087 0.073 0.082 0.154 AS SSD Acc.time Write (ms) 0.263 0.271 0.254 0.050 AS SSD Read Score 71 115 90 104 AS SSD Write Score 102 132 109 119 AS SSD Overall Score 215 306 252 284 CDM Seq Read 136.00 224.80 135.10 136.10 CDM Seq Write 84.05 83.86 110.50 113.80 CDM 512K Read 132.90 219.30 132.60 129.10 CDM 512K Write 84.02 83.41 109.60 113.20 CDM 4K Read 18.32 18.80 21.87 24.65 CDM 4K Write 49.47 63.76 51.43 55.15 CDM 4K QD32 Read 43.29 78.91 64.11 73.45 CDM 4K QD32 Write 54.83 71.18 57.07 64.63 ATTO 0.5K Read 11363 10112 12736 14009 ATTO 0.5K Write 10725 9552 11080 15283 ATTO 4K Read 60831 80293 66228 60681 ATTO 4K Write 56357 83550 59392 66749 ATTO 64K Read 128817 220024 131072 133746 ATTO 64K Write 109226 207291 109749 112439 ATTO 512K Read 136533 256375 135825 134951 ATTO 512K Write 111313 216647 112508 113975 ATTO 8192K Read 134050 244032 132642 131505 ATTO 8192K Write 108843 206092 109733 110809 ************************************************************************************************************ Asrock P55 Deluxe (onboard SATA2 port): Corsair Force OCZ Vertex OCZ Vertex3 OCZ Vertex4 Samsung 840 OCZ Vector Series 3 60GB 2E 120GB MAXIOPS 120GB 60GB 250GB Basic 128GB HDTachRW Max Read 253.75 262.25 256.90 251.24 250.70 213.25 HDTachRW Avg Read 251.20 257.90 255.00 248.70 250.30 212.10 HDTachRW Min Read 246.74 248.30 251.50 235.00 248.15 211.25 HDTachRW Avg Write 241.90 243.00 243.50 212.80 117.30 215.70 HDTachRW Burst 264.30 272.00 271.00 178.20 261.90 260.80 AS SSD Seq Read 185.64 236.96 266.71 268.91 269.57 266.90 AS SSD Seq Write 79.59 76.00 213.61 222.26 250.07 257.61 AS SSD 4K Read 17.84 20.65 20.51 29.41 26.83 25.13 AS SSD 4K Write 78.36 67.77 98.11 107.95 70.21 76.15 AS SSD 4K-64Thrd Read 53.56 92.76 165.12 192.98 202.04 201.35 AS SSD 4K-64Thrd Write 75.98 73.57 163.10 167.55 178.37 179.25 AS SSD Acc.time Read (ms) 0.048 0.044 0.044 0.116 0.068 0.052 AS SSD Acc.time Write (ms) 0.234 0.251 0.218 0.034 0.044 0.042 AS SSD Read Score 90 137 212 249 256 253 AS SSD Write Score 162 149 283 298 274 281 AS SSD Overall Score 301 357 609 684 670 673 CDM Seq Read 193.90 239.80 275.70 282.40 280.90 277.40 CDM Seq Write 84.03 80.04 225.00 218.10 257.80 269.10 CDM 512K Read 185.50 227.00 254.80 240.50 265.70 251.30 CDM 512K Write 84.30 79.40 222.20 218.60 255.10 267.20 CDM 4K Read 23.16 20.81 24.57 31.50 28.61 26.83 CDM 4K Write 82.68 77.20 113.40 131.30 75.64 87.91 CDM 4K QD32 Read 52.40 91.72 175.40 205.50 215.10 214.30 CDM 4K QD32 Write 82.45 79.21 184.30 195.70 202.70 209.40 ATTO 0.5K Read 28160 22272 28855 15616 30336 13824 ATTO 0.5K Write 21888 18560 23424 57344 28728 29952 ATTO 4K Read 136192 133120 160367 98304 182272 179774 ATTO 4K Write 184320 185903 188416 195584 175688 172624 ATTO 64K Read 264007 254508 269109 249660 282212 270415 ATTO 64K Write 265264 268460 268460 229376 260839 270415 ATTO 512K Read 280367 279869 281371 285456 285456 282381 ATTO 512K Write 267039 272121 271651 224534 260192 273066 ATTO 8192K Read 281452 284812 282935 285190 285190 282935 ATTO 8192K Write 267432 272869 271146 218907 258111 272869 ************************************************************************************************************ Asrock P55 Deluxe (SATA3 via Marvell 9128 Asrock PCIe x1 card in PCIe 2.0 x4 slot): Corsair Force OCZ Vertex OCZ Vertex3 OCZ Vertex4 Series 3 60GB 2E 120GB MAXIOPS 120GB 60GB HDTachRW Max Read 180.70 173.85 171.05 183.90 HDTachRW Avg Read 180.10 168.90 164.50 183.70 HDTachRW Min Read 178.15 151.95 153.80 182.05 HDTachRW Avg Write 118.30 85.10 107.50 114.60 HDTachRW Burst 3202.60 3119.70 3103.60 3135.90 AS SSD Seq Read 185.80 193.15 192.89 194.75 AS SSD Seq Write 79.69 75.62 118.39 120.81 AS SSD 4K Read 18.31 18.47 17.81 23.68 AS SSD 4K Write 51.69 48.90 46.92 48.81 AS SSD 4K-64Thrd Read 53.15 88.98 111.77 81.13 AS SSD 4K-64Thrd Write 73.72 61.14 76.28 62.44 AS SSD Acc.time Read (ms) 0.069 0.068 0.075 0.148 AS SSD Acc.time Write (ms) 0.252 0.269 0.242 0.052 AS SSD Read Score 90 127  149 124 AS SSD Write Score 133 118  135 123 AS SSD Overall Score 272 311  364 318 CDM Seq Read 182.30 198.70 202.40 192.20 CDM Seq Write 84.11 79.87 126.20 128.80 CDM 512K Read 180.50 186.60 190.00 181.50 CDM 512K Write 84.27 78.94 125.20 128.10 CDM 4K Read 18.86 18.58 20.16 25.49 CDM 4K Write 58.12 56.42 52.37 55.32 CDM 4K QD32 Read 54.37 84.96 123.50 89.04 CDM 4K QD32 Write 82.71 68.95 86.47 70.43 ATTO 0.5K Read 49923 49412 50432 50176 ATTO 0.5K Write 14427 14700 13627 14574 ATTO 4K Read 154238 152195 152835 130419 ATTO 4K Write 85375 77053 76800 69285 ATTO 64K Read 192281 190419 191812 196608 ATTO 64K Write 126334 123072 125128 124238 ATTO 512K Read 207228 204400 208050 205603 ATTO 512K Write 128817 126946 128501 127563 ATTO 8192K Read 209715 205894 201075 205108 ATTO 8192K Write 127978 125217 128284 125583 ************************************************************************************************************ Intel RST RAID0 Stripe Size Comparison (NTFS cluster size is 'default' 4K in all cases). Asrock P55 Deluxe (RAID0 via Intel RST 11.6.0.1030, using 2x OCZ Vertex2E 120GB): 128K 64K 32K 16K 8K 4K HDTachRW Max Read 570.27 688.70 637.15 582.00 504.00 496.85 HDTachRW Avg Read 569.20 577.70 566.50 539.80 486.60 486.80 HDTachRW Min Read 537.35 491.30 485.25 496.82 420.20 418.75 HDTachRW Avg Write 527.60 528.00 524.70 486.20 477.70 484.60 HDTachRW Burst 4068.20 3935.30 3786.80 3345.00 2447.60 2606.50 AS SSD Seq Read 482.86 478.58 409.20 396.25 346.45 346.16 AS SSD Seq Write 153.19 153.77 157.26 155.77 155.75 154.91 AS SSD 4K Read 21.92 22.38 22.39 22.43 22.75 22.61 AS SSD 4K Write 139.38 142.44 141.22 140.94 140.41 140.57 AS SSD 4K-64Thrd Read 189.05 196.44 197.27 196.05 197.42 191.91 AS SSD 4K-64Thrd Write 149.86 153.10 161.78 163.90 156.23 165.04 AS SSD Acc.time Read (ms) 0.046 0.046 0.046 0.047 0.046 0.046 AS SSD Acc.time Write (ms) 0.050 0.047 0.047 0.050 0.049 0.049 AS SSD Read Score 259 267 261 258 255 249 AS SSD Write Score 305 311 319 320 312 321 AS SSD Overall Score 688 706 708 707 696 697 CDM Seq Read 484.00 485.20 470.70 447.20 388.90 388.90 CDM Seq Write 161.20 165.20 161.70 162.20 161.70 162.40 CDM 512K Read 364.90 406.90 394.90 395.30 395.00 391.80 CDM 512K Write 155.70 156.90 155.70 152.40 155.90 161.10 CDM 4K Read 22.61 23.25 23.21 23.09 23.24 23.21 CDM 4K Write 146.50 147.20 148.70 148.60 148.50 149.60 CDM 4K QD32 Read 167.30 180.30 170.00 174.50 167.80 171.80 CDM 4K QD32 Write 154.40 156.40 155.40 156.40 155.60 155.60 ATTO 0.5K Read 97024 97408 99072 96896 97408 96384 ATTO 0.5K Write 86144 84480 75776 70400 71808 72704 ATTO 4K Read 534528 527360 513024 493568 439296 442368 ATTO 4K Write 540966 537894 499712 513024 485376 485376 ATTO 64K Read 542406 545078 535532 511500 458752 458752 ATTO 64K Write 546424 543739 532874 514007 480704 486653 ATTO 512K Read 554309 552018 545259 504123 460912 461927 ATTO 512K Write 544149 541941 532874 515270 480998 480998 ATTO 8192K Read 564384 557064 534865 501748 459846 454975 ATTO 8192K Write 544355 540247 529589 516222 483667 482580 ************************************************************************************************************ SSD RAID0 Windows NTFS Cluster Size Comparison (RAID0 Stripe Size = 64KB in all cases). Windows Default = 4K. See table above for HDTachRW results (2nd column). Asrock P55 Deluxe (RAID0 via Intel RST 11.6.0.1030, using 2x OCZ Vertex2E 120GB): 4K 8K 16K 32K 64K AS SSD Seq Read 478.58 478.03 479.38 478.66 480.79 AS SSD Seq Write 153.77 156.49 154.56 154.82 154.17 AS SSD 4K Read 22.38 22.27 22.34 22.23 22.31 AS SSD 4K Write 142.44 139.98 140.76 141.01 143.80 AS SSD 4K-64Thrd Read 196.44 192.81 191.32 194.81 194.22 AS SSD 4K-64Thrd Write 153.10 152.44 159.21 159.83 159.51 AS SSD Acc.time Read (ms) 0.046 0.045 0.046 0.046 0.047 AS SSD Acc.time Write (ms) 0.047 0.047 0.049 0.049 0.045 AS SSD Read Score 267 263 262 265 265 AS SSD Write Score 311 308 315 316 319 AS SSD Overall Score 706 697 703 709 710 CDM Seq Read 485.20 484.20 482.80 483.40 482.60 CDM Seq Write 165.20 166.20 161.90 162.10 166.30 CDM 512K Read 406.90 373.30 409.70 408.40 407.20 CDM 512K Write 156.90 158.20 157.70 157.20 156.10 CDM 4K Read 23.25 23.34 23.06 23.25 23.10 CDM 4K Write 147.20 148.50 149.00 148.60 147.90 CDM 4K QD32 Read 180.30 175.00 169.10 169.30 166.30 CDM 4K QD32 Write 156.40 156.90 156.60 158.90 155.30 ATTO 0.5K Read 97408 95377 97024 97024 97152 ATTO 0.5K Write 84480 83758 85248 85888 85760 ATTO 4K Read 527360 524288 529408 522240 525312 ATTO 4K Write 537894 537894 537894 537894 536553 ATTO 64K Read 545078 545078 545078 547777 547777 ATTO 64K Write 543739 542406 542406 542406 542406 ATTO 512K Read 552018 552018 557781 543043 549747 ATTO 512K Write 541941 543043 538663 538663 538663 ATTO 8192K Read 557064 554189 556342 553475 552762 ATTO 8192K Write 540247 540247 540247 540247 540247 ************************************************************************************************************ Asrock P55 Deluxe (RAID0/10 via Intel RST 11.6.0.1030, 64KB Stripe, 4K Cluster; multiple OCZ Vertex2E 120GB): RAID0 RAID0 RAID0 RAID0 RAID10 200GB 300GB 400GB 500GB 400GB 2x V2E 3x V2E 4x V2E 5x V2E 4x V2E HDTachRW Max Read 688.70 853.15 703.60 761.00 856.75 HDTachRW Avg Read 577.70 754.20 669.80 699.10 770.30 HDTachRW Min Read 491.30 714.75 647.20 624.30 677.35 HDTachRW Avg Write 528.00 493.40 503.10 510.40 252.40 HDTachRW Burst 3935.30 3987.40 3961.20 4152.40 4040.90 AS SSD Seq Read 478.58 666.60 605.02 609.46 635.06 AS SSD Seq Write 153.77 232.02 311.16 385.42 152.85 AS SSD 4K Read 22.38 24.87 26.20 27.79 22.05 AS SSD 4K Write 142.44 195.24 235.90 241.58 124.17 AS SSD 4K-64Thrd Read 196.44 327.25 414.13 511.76 375.60 AS SSD 4K-64Thrd Write 153.10 225.16 283.01 331.18 144.43 AS SSD Acc.time Read (ms) 0.046 0.046 0.045 0.046 0.146 AS SSD Acc.time Write (ms) 0.047 0.036 0.029 0.023 0.056 AS SSD Read Score 267 419 501 600 461 AS SSD Write Score 311 444 550 611 284 AS SSD Overall Score 706 1062 1300 1515 963 CDM Seq Read 485.20 679.90 702.50 695.10 740.20 CDM Seq Write 165.20 239.60 323.90 386.40 163.60 CDM 512K Read 406.90 476.90 560.70 589.90 587.50 CDM 512K Write 156.90 215.10 282.20 311.50 139.90 CDM 4K Read 23.25 25.51 29.12 29.42 23.00 CDM 4K Write 147.20 207.40 259.70 308.50 132.90 CDM 4K QD32 Read 180.30 275.00 389.10 446.40 322.00 CDM 4K QD32 Write 156.40 223.00 288.90 347.50 148.70 ATTO 0.5K Read 97408 95744 96512 101120 98816 ATTO 0.5K Write 84480 84864 84992 88576 85248 ATTO 4K Read 527360 710950 744742 780582 744742 ATTO 4K Write 537894 541990 568614 567590 262511 ATTO 64K Read 545078 744280 664619 679232 766246 ATTO 64K Write 543739 514007 524288 543739 262144 ATTO 512K Read 552018 755569 678568 718215 764607 ATTO 512K Write 541941 512751 520385 539751 261490 ATTO 8192K Read 557064 757489 638182 664855 748252 ATTO 8192K Write 540247 508882 521233 539568 259045 ************************************************************************************************************ Asrock P55 Deluxe (RAID0 via Intel RST 11.6.0.1030, 64KB Stripe, 4K Cluster; multiple OCZ Vertex3 120GB MAX IOPS): RAID0 RAID0 RAID0 RAID0 RAID10 200GB 300GB 400GB 500GB 200GB 2x V3-MXI 3x V3-MXI 4x V3-MXI 5x V3-MXI 4x V3-MXI HDTachRW Max Read 666.00 878.27 689.30 745.95 835.23 HDTachRW Avg Read 580.60 773.30 668.00 703.60 774.60 HDTachRW Min Read 481.27 722.50 662.95 670.78 683.30 HDTachRW Avg Write 513.60 485.00 490.80 505.10 251.10 HDTachRW Burst 4124.00 4040.90 4210.50 4068.20 3987.40 AS SSD Seq Read 529.00 724.55 606.89 629.91 610.53 AS SSD Seq Write 411.33 469.31 477.21 523.44 240.73 AS SSD 4K Read 25.10 27.09 29.04 30.28 23.83 AS SSD 4K Write 245.81 257.56 258.76 254.03 196.73 AS SSD 4K-64Thrd Read 305.72 475.41 523.35 555.15 518.30 AS SSD 4K-64Thrd Write 318.33 448.21 447.71 464.39 224.14 AS SSD Acc.time Read (ms) 0.046 0.045 0.045 0.045 0.046 AS SSD Acc.time Write (ms) 0.030 0.022 0.018 0.015 0.035 AS SSD Read Score 384 575 613 648 603 AS SSD Write Score 605 753 754 771 445 AS SSD Overall Score 1188 1616 1682 1753 1343 CDM Seq Read 546.10 744.20 662.70 681.20 734.60 CDM Seq Write 448.70 501.50 514.20 531.00 258.10 CDM 512K Read 446.30 574.10 571.60 610.10 576.10 CDM 512K Write 390.30 462.30 455.60 492.10 234.00 CDM 4K Read 26.69 31.75 34.13 34.03 26.05 CDM 4K Write 319.00 328.80 338.00 331.60 232.10 CDM 4K QD32 Read 300.20 434.20 506.30 541.10 469.40 CDM 4K QD32 Write 348.20 474.50 489.40 515.10 237.10 ATTO 0.5K Read 102528 96768 97931 94592 97152 ATTO 0.5K Write 88704 84736 84269 77440 81792 ATTO 4K Read 536576 730406 755143 745766 741670 ATTO 4K Write 535218 538918 567196 602406 262144 ATTO 64K Read 547777 751222 637221 666277 772968 ATTO 64K Write 539760 519097 522980 543739 260839 ATTO 512K Read 556619 757360 666277 703977 757360 ATTO 512K Write 540844 514007 522980 539751 260839 ATTO 8192K Read 558513 762871 641039 668998 748252 ATTO 8192K Write 538891 513752 521233 536870 259045 ************************************************************************************************************