Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB 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. Both test SSDs will be plugged into Intel AHCI SATA 6Gb/s port for the test.

 

Test System(s):

Test System

  • Processor: Intel Core i5 3570K
  • Motherboard: ASUS Z77 V-Pro
  • Memory: 2x4GB Patriot Div 2 1600MHz
  • Video Card: EVGA GTX 570 SC
  • Hard Drive(s): Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500TB (OS), Corsair Force 3 60GB (CSSD-F60GB3-BK), OCZ Vertex 3 120GB, Patriot Pyro SE 120GB, Corsair Force GT 180GB, Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB
  • Power Supply: NZXT HALE90 750W
  • Media: LG Blu-Ray
  • Operating System: Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit

 

Benchmarks:

Read and or Write

  • HD Tune (IOPS)
  • AIDA64
  • ATTO
  • Crystal DiskMark
  • AS SSD
  • IOmeter
  • File Copy (1GB and 10GB)
  • Load times (Windows 7 boot and Photoshop CS4)

 

 

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