HDTune 4.01
HDTune tests a similar level of features that HDTach does, but with a slightly different access pattern and thus can provide us with an additional set of benchmark numbers to compare between storage configurations. Here we can get the minimum, maximum and average transfer rates as well as the burst rates and access times. CPU utilization has proven negligible with modern processing horsepower, and is no longer included.
Bursts in HDTune show the Agility on-par with Vertex.
Sequential throughput is also comparable.
I tested a Vertex 2 120GB
I tested a Vertex 2 120GB against an Agility 3 120GB on an X58 (3Gb) and found them to be very close in most things with the Vertex having a slight advantage except for Random Read/Write 4KB (QD=1) and burst speeds.
I realize that the Agility 3 is designed for 6Gb so my test is not entirely fair.
dude, they both peak at
dude, they both peak at 275mb/s which is max speed for sata 3gbps…its not exactly a wonder why u cant see much of a difference when you put a 550mb drive on a 275mb line and compare it with a 275mb drive
Allyn: another good review.
Allyn: another good review. I’m just adding this Comment to remind you about our private correspondence, in which we discussed a test to determine if TRIM works on OS software RAIDs when the RAID members are formatted as “dynamic” partitions.
Cheers and … thanks for the great reviews!
MRFS