Storage controller performance IDE|AHCI

Storage controller performance IDE|AHCI

So here's where I will get a little lazy charts wise. With the new SATA3 6G controller and USB 3.0 controllers we started adding SSD performance numbers measured on such interfaces (when applicable). Putting these in nicely styled charts would be better, but with technology so new we just do not have anything out there yet to compare to, so here are some RAW numbers:

Above you can see a N002 series A-DATA Solid State Drive running over its SATA2 interface on the motherboard with the BIOS set standard at IDE mode.

Now here we connected the same SSD towards the same interface yet in the BIOS we now choose AHCI. A small note is in order here, AHCI mode is a faster for SSDs opposed to HDDs. As you can see that performance is definitely stunning, look at the read speeds there ... nearing 270 MB/sec (!).

Right, let's go check out some games and their performance.