Patriot EP Pro 32GB UHS-I SD Card Review - Test System and Testing Methods

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Test System and Testing Methods

(As of January 1, 2010) To test all Hard Drives, SSDs, Hard Drive Enclosures and Hard Drive Docks, Hi Tech Legion will use its suite of popular diagnostic benchmarks. In most benchmarks "Higher is Better" unless otherwise stated. Benchmarks will include HD Tune, Crystal Mark, AIDA64 (Disk Benchmark) and ATTO. The benchmarks used are easily accessible to the general public. Depending on the drive tested, benchmarks may or may not reflect comparisons to other drives. Hi Tech Legion will also try to provide comparisons in seconds on applications and games. (Initialization Times, when specified) For External Hard Drives, Enclosures and Docks, file transfer times will be benchmarked.

 

Test System(s):

Test System

  • Processor: Intel Core i5 2500K
  • Motherboard: Gigabyte Z68XP-UD5
  • Memory: 2x4GB Patriot Div 2 DDR3-1600MHz
  • Graphics Card: EVGA GTX 570
  • Hard Drive: Seagate 7200.12 500TB HDD (OS Drive), WD Raptor 74GB
  • Heatsink: Thermaltake Jing
  • Power Supply: NZXT HALE90 750W
  • Operating System: Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit

 

Benchmarks:

Read and or Write

  • HD Tune

  • AIDA64

  • ATTO

  • Crystal DiskMark

 

 

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