USB 3.0 and SATA 3

SATA 3 testing went fairly standard with all of our results coming out closely. When it came to USB 3.0 testing the results were also very close, until I turned on Asus’s Turbo Boost. Asus changes the way that USB handles data slightly and speeds it up by a considerable amount. In fact if you look the results from our SATA testing really aren’t far off from the turbo USB 3.0 numbers. I really hope other manufactures get something similar in the future. The difference is enough to save you a lot of time when doing big file transfers.

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SATA3

Read Speed

MSI Z87-G45 Gaming

473.4

Asus Z87 Pro

471.2

Asus Z87 Plus

467.1

MSI Z87 MPower

468.7

Asus Z87 Gryphon

472.0

USB 3

Read Speed

MSI Z87-G45 Gaming

278.2

Asus Z87 Pro

429.8

Asus Z87 Plus

431.1

MSI Z87 MPower

268.5

Asus Z87 Gryphon

430.1