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Test Procedures and Test Bench
Intel LGA2011 V3 Test System | ||
CPU | Intel i7-5960X CPU | Live Pricing |
Motherboard | MSI X99A MPower | Live Pricing |
Cooling |
Noctua NH-U12S for cooling Noctua NT-H1 Thermal Paste |
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Memory | Corsair Vengeance LPX 2666MHz DDR4 4x4GB | Live Pricing |
Storage | Kingston HyperX 240GB | Live Pricing |
Video Card | Nvidia GTX 780 | Live Pricing |
Power Supply | Thermaltake Grand 850W PSU | Live Pricing |
Case | Dimastech Test Bench | Live Pricing |
OS | Windows 7 Pro 64-bit | Live Pricing |
Test Procedures | |
CrystalDiskMark | Sequential read and write speed testing |
AS SSD | File Copy benchmark using ISO, Program, and Game settings |
Passmark 8 | Advanced Disk Benchmark using the four default tests Database, File Server, Web Server, and Workstation |
PCMark 8 | Default storage benchmark but we use the bandwidth result not the score |
Anvile’s Storage Utilities | We run the whole SSD benchmark but only use the 4K QD16 IOPS |
Queue Depth Testing | This uses Anvil’s as well but we run individual tests set to 4k file size at a queue depth from 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, and for read speeds 128 |