USB 3.0 | SATA 6G performance
USB 3.0 | SATA 6G performance
So here's where I will get a little lazy charts wise. With the new SATA3 6G controller and USB 3.0 controller I also wanted to add some SSD performance numbers measured on both these interfaces. 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.
| USB 3.0 performance 1024 KB | Read MB/sec |
Write MB/sec |
| MSI 890GX | X4 965 | 133 | 108 |
| ASUS Maximus II Ex | 870 | 178 | 134 |
| ASUS C4F 890FX | X6 1095T | 181 | 156 |
| ASUS 890GX |X4 965 | 195 | 175 |
| MSI X58 XPower | 980X | 196 | 171 |
| ASUS R III Ex | 980X | 201 | 156 |
Above you can see a N002 series A-DATA Solid State Drive running over the USB 3.0 connector on the motherboard. As you can see, really good and solid USB 3.0 performance.
| SATA6G 1024KB AHCI | Read MB/sec |
Write MB/sec |
| ASUS 890GX |X4 965 | 265 | 177 |
| ECS H55H-I Core i5 661 | 266 | 185 |
| MSI 890GX | X4 965 | 267 | 179 |
| ECS A890GXM-A |X4 965 | 267 | 174 |
| MSI X58 XPower | 980X | 270 | 180 |
| ASUS R III Ex | 980X | 271 | 180 |
And here we connected the same SSD to the SATA 6G device controller. Now a small note is in order here, we run our tests in AHCI mode which is typically a little faster in peak bandwidth for SSDs opposed to HDDs. As you can see, that performance is definitely top notch. Right, let's go check out some games and their performance.
