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
HDTune Pro