Summary
Benchmarks
We used a traditional benchmark such as HDTUNE but included our favourite
“IOMeter”. IOMeter measures IOPS (Input Output per Second) at different user
configuration settings. We completed a set number of sequential and random
tests to give a true indication of the performance on this drive.
Drive
Benchmark
Result
Super Talent Raid Drive
Corsair X256 D1
HDTUNE read avg.
HDTUNE read avg.
772.1 MB/s
226.5 MB/s
Super Talent Raid Drive
Corsair X256 D1
HDTUNE write avg.
HDTUNE write avg.
562.5 MB/s
207.5 MB/s
Super Talent Raid Drive
Corsair X256 D1
IOMETER Total IOPS
IOMETER Total IOPS
9052.37 IOPS
4180.11 IOPS
Super Talent Raid Drive
Corsair X256 D1
IOMETER Read I/Os
IOMETER Read I/Os
6063.69 IOPS
2800.63 IOPS
Super Talent Raid Drive
Corsair X256 D1
IOMETER Write I/Os
IOMETER Write I/Os
2988.69 IOPS
1379.48 IOPS
Super Talent Raid Drive
Corsair X256 D1
Average IO Response
Average IO Response
0.8835 ms
1.9134 ms
Super Talent Raid Drive
Corsair X256 D1
Maximum IO Response Time
Maximum IO Response Time
139.2781 ms
10.9235 ms
Super Talent Raid Drive
Corsair X256 D1
IOMETER Total MB/sec
Total MB/sec
35.36MB/s
87.714 MB/s
particularly low.
What concerned us about
the drive was in the Maximum
IO response time where it was
slower than the reference drive
by a factor or 13, a poor showing
by the Intel IOP348 controller
to say the least. We also noted
how significantly short off the
claimed figures the drive was
where numbers as high as
1.4GB/sec for read and 1.2GB/
sec for writes are stated. Even
our burst speed writes could not
approach anything near those
numbers regardless of the
benchmark we used.
Looking solely at performance,
the drive is a performer of
note, but when factoring in the
stratospheric price we can’t help
but be underwhelmed by what
you eventually end up with after
such a financial investment.
This drive will not be breaking
records or anything like that
anytime soon and competitive
overclockers may have to look
to other solutions for their
dose of record breaking SSD
performance.?
[ Neo ]
The RAID DRIVE
from SUPER TALENT
impressed us with its
sequential read and write
speeds, while these are
lower than the stated
maximum rates of up to
1.4GB/s they are faster
than any other single drive
we have tested to date.
As mentioned earlier, the
Intel IOP348 processor
isn’t as impressive as we
would have thought as the
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