USB 3.0 performance explored

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Performance SiSoft Sandra HDD | PCMark Vantage HDD

 

SiSoft Sandra HD test

SiSoft Sandra then -- What SANDRA also does (important for an HDD) is to test at several positions of the HD. The drive index score is what we refer to. The higher the better.

Example: a WD Velociraptor is fast at 110 MB/sec and the USB 3.0 ADATA N002 shows performance up to 188MB/sec on USB 3.0 and 233 MB/sec speeds on SATA2. 

PCMark Vantage HDD test suite

PCMark vantage has a very good test suite to benchmark storage performance. The software will look at items you normally do with your PC and tries to measure what kind of an effect that has on your user experience by testing eight different segments stressing the storage unit.

  • HDD1 - Spyware is very common on systems without protection against it, letting Windows Defender scan & protect your system is recommended.
  • HDD2 - Streaming data from an HDD in games allows for massive worlds and riveting non-stop action.
  • HDD3 - Importing digital photos to Windows Photo Gallery is where a high performance HDD shines.
  • HDD4 - Starting Windows Vista is a rather demanding task for the storage device, but a fast HDD will notably decrease the loading time.
  • HDD5 - Home video editing with Windows Movie Maker can be very time-consuming unless you have a high performance HDD.
  • HDD6 - Windows Media Center with a high performance HDD can handle simultaneous video recording, time-shifting, and streaming to an Extender for Windows Media Center, such as Xbox 360.
  • HDD7 - Cataloguing your music library is a breeze for fast and powerful HDDs.
  • HDD8 - Starting various applications can take a long time unless you have a high performance HDD.

The tests include a series of reads, writes and copies under a set of specific conditions and applications.

We again see the SSD on USB 3.0 do seriously funky things with the ADATA N002 SSD, though USB 3.0 is slightly slower than SATA2 it surely is miles away from USB 2.0.

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