Patriot Gauntlet Node Wireless Enclosure Review - Test System and Testing Methods

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(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):

System

  • Processor: Intel Core i7-3960X
  • Memory: 4x4GB Corsair Vengeance 1600MHz DDR3
  • Mainboard: ASUS P9X79 WS
  • GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580
  • HDD: Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB HDD (OS)
  • SSD: OCZ Vertex 4 256GB SSD (Test Drive)
  • Power Supply: Antec HCG-750W
  • Optical Drive: ASUS BC-12B1ST BD-Combo Drive
  • Operating System: Windows 7 Ultimate 64-Bit

 

Benchmarks

Benchmarks
  • Crystal Disk
  • HD Tune Pro
  • AIDA 64
  • ATTO
  • 1GB and 5GB File Transfer

 

 

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