The test system used in this review was an HP dc7900. The computer came equipped with an Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 3.0GHz CPU, 2GB of DDR2 800MHz memory, Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3250310AS 250GB SATA hard drive, NVIDIA Quadro FX570 256MB PCIe graphics card and Intel 82567LM-3 gigabit network card. For the operating system, I installed a fresh copy of Windows 7 Enterprise.
To test the performance of the RiDATA X Series SSD, I ran a series of benchmarks using CrystalDiskMark 3.0, HD Tach RW 3.0.4.0, ATTO Disk Benchmark 2.43, HD Tune Pro 4.01 and Iometer.
CrystalDiskMark 3.0:
First, I ran a few quick tests using CrystalDiskMark. This benchmark tool measures the performance of a storage device by testing its sequential read and write speeds as well as its random read and write speeds using blocks 512K and 4K in size.
According to RiDATA, the 128MB version of the X Series is capable of 255MB/s sequential read and 190MB/s sequential write speeds. While the drive performed well, it came up a bit short of these numbers in our tests.
HD Tach RW 3.0.4.0:
Next, I used HD Tach to test the X Series' read, write and burst speeds as well as its seek times and CPU usage.
Looking at the screenshot above, you can see that the X Series had average read and write speeds of 219.4 MB/s and 167.7 MB/s respectively, as well as a burst speed of 248.2 MB/s.
ATTO Disk Benchmark 2.43:
I also used ATTO Disk Benchmark to test the X Series' sequential read and write speeds. The test was run using blocks ranging in size from 0.5KB to 8192KB and the total length set to 256MB.
When tested with ATTO, the X Series' read speeds topped out at about 258 MB/s and its write speeds at 149 MB/s.
