Test Setup:
The
OCZ Technology 60GB Agility solid state drive was first tested in a system with the following other components:
» Intel Core i7-920 quad-core processor
» Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD3R Motherboard
» 6GB G.Skill 1600MHz triple channel memory kit
» Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 750GB hard drive (system drive)
» Nesteq Silent 700W modular power supply
» Windows 7 Pro operating system
All synthetic benchmarks were run on the system with the specifications listed above, and the benchmark applications were launched from the 750GB Seagate drive listed. In order to test the time required to boot Windows 7 Pro, a notebook computer with the following specifications was used:
» Intel P8400 2.26GHz dual core mobile processor
» MSI MS-1651 15.4" widescreen gaming laptop
» GeForce 9600M 512MB graphics card
» Kingston HyperX PC2-6400 4GB DDR2 memory kit
» MSI DVDRW optical drive
» Windows 7 Pro operating system
The testing portion of the review will have the 60GB Agility solid state drive matched up against four other SSDs and one traditional 2.5" SATA hard drive.
» Western Digital Scorpio 2.5" 320GB SATA-II hard drive [
review link]
» Kingston SSDNow V Series 128GB SSD [
review link]
» Super Talent UltraDrive 32GB FTM32GX25H SSD [
at eWiz.com]
» Kingston SSDNow V Series 40GB SSD [
review link]
» Imation 64GB M-Class SSD [
review link]
Testing:
The tests to be executed on the six drives include benchmarks from four pre-packaged applications, as well as an analysis of the time required for Windows 7 Pro to boot up.
» CrystalDiskMark 2.2
» SiSoft Sandra Professional 2009.9.15.122
» Everest Ultimate Edition 5.02.1756
» HD Tune Pro 3.50
» Windows 7 Pro Boot Time
