Testing (continued):

PCMark Vantage x64 HDD Suite:

FutureMark's PCMark Vantage (64-Bit) hard drive suite was the next set of tests to be executed on the SSDs included in this review. Of all the results available in this suite, six were selected to be displayed for comparison purposes, and each test provides results with units in terms of MB/s (higher is better).

"Application Loading" is the first test that we'll review, and as the name implies, it simulates the loading of applications within Windows, which is typically a heavily read-oriented test. At just over 288MB/s, the RevoDrive easily separates itself from the crowd in this test!



The next chart from PCMark Vantage is from the portion of the test they call "Gaming". While the RevoDrive doesn't blow away the competition this time, it still manages to lead the pack by a decent margin.



The third chart is for "Windows Vista Startup", which is effectively FutureMark's simulation of Vista booting up. At about 125MB/s faster than the next drive, for a total of 349MB/s, booting up should be a dream on the RevoDrive!