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SSD Performance HD Tach 3.0.4.0
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HD Tach
HD Tach is a physical performance hard drive test that uses a special kernel mode VXD to get maximum accuracy by bypassing the file system.
When we look at average (not peak!) read performance we see 160/184 MB/sec in this test, we have no clue as to what is happening there. Results are results though, and will be inserted in the charts as such. But yeah, very weird.
In addition to sequential read performance, HD Tach tests the drive's random access time. Random access is the true measure of seek speed. Many drives advertise sub 10 millisecond seek speeds, but seek speeds are misleading. Also again, without a physical head that moves around, the SSDs are just so fast as they have no mechanical moving parts. Here obviously, the smaller the number is, the better. In this case, 0.1 ms.
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