Mach Xtreme Technology MX DS Turbo 120 GB SSD Review

AS SSD

As you will have gathered from the previous page, we measured the performance of each drive using four different programs: AS SSD, CrystalDiskMark, HD Tune, and ATTO Disk Benchmark. We will be looking at the test results from each program in the order they appear in the list above.

It is important to note that we connected the SSDs to a SATA-600 port on our motherboard rather than a SATA-300 port, which could cause performance limitations. We used the default configuration in AS SSD for our tests.

In the sequential read test, the MX DS Turbo exhibited a similar level of performance to the Patriot Wildfire and Corsair Force GT while performing 145% better than the Corsair Force 3. In the sequential write test, the Patriot Wildfire performed the best, beating the Corsair Force GT by 35 percent. It also beat the MX DS Turbo and Corsair Force 3 by 63% as they exhibited a similar level of performance.

In the read test, the MX DS Turbo performed the best, beating the Corsair Force GT by 5%, the Patriot Wildfire by 10% and the Corsair Force 3 by 17 percent. In the write test, the four drives all exhibited a similar level of performance.

In the access time read test, the Corsair Force GT, Force 3 and Patriot Wildfire all exhibited a similar level of performance which was 187% faster than the MX DS Turbo. In the write test, the Corsair Force GT performed the best, beating the MX DS Turbo by 9%, the Patriot Wildfire by 15% and the Corsair Force 3 by 21 percent.