Test Rig and Procedures
Testing Hardware |
Live Pricing |
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Case |
Primochill Wetbench |
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Motherboard |
Asus ROG Maximus Z790 Extreme |
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CPUs |
Intel i9-13900K w/ PL2 set to 253W |
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Ram |
Crucial 2x32GB 64GB Kit |
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Power Supply |
be quiet Dark Power Pro 1600W |
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Thermal Paste |
Noctua NT-H2 |
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SSD |
Viper VP4300 Lite 4TB |
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OS |
Windows 11 Pro |
Test Procedures |
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CrystalDiskMark 8 |
Full CrystalDiskMark benchmark then also taking a look at the IOPS performance on both read and write RND4K Q32T1 |
AS SSD |
File Copy benchmark using ISO, Program, and Game settings |
Passmark Performance Test 10 |
Passmark storage benchmark is run using the provided score |
Anvil's Storage Utilities |
We run the whole SSD benchmark but only use the 4K QD16 IOPS for random read performance |
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 |
ATTO Disk Benchmark |
ATTO Disk Benchmark is run with a queue depth of 1 for both read and write file transfer speeds |
PCMark 10 |
PCMark 10 storage benchmarks for the Full System Drive benchmark and the Data Drive Benchmark |
Real World Test |
File transfer tests are done in Windows 11 using the default transfer tool. Tests are done with a folder filled with Word Documents, a folder filled with JPG and RAW photos, and a folder filled with movies |