Some thoughts on the performance of SSD RAID 0 arrays
How We Tested
Contents
During our testing procedures, we used the configuration listed below. The only variable component between each benchmarking session was the SSD being tested.
Hardware Configuration
- Processor: Core i7-4770K
- Motherboard: ASRock Z97 Extreme4
- Memory: 16 GB G.Skill Sniper (DDR3-1600/PC3-12800), configured at 1,600 MHz
- Boot drive: Kingston SM2280 M.2 120 GiB SSD
- Video card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 750
- Video resolution: 1920 x 1080
- Video monitor: Phillips 236VL
- Power supply: Corsair CX500M
Software Configuration
- Operating System: Windows 7 Home Basic 64-bit using NTFS File System
Benchmarking Software
Error Margin
We adopted a 3% error margin in our tests, meaning performance differences of less than 3% can not be considered meaningful. Therefore, when the performance difference between two products is less than 3%, we consider them to have similar performance.