System setup and notes
| System name | HEXUS E6700 GTS |
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| Processor | Intel Core 2 Duo E6700 (2.67GHz, 4MB L2 cache, 1,066MHz, dual-core) |
| Motherboard | Intel Bad Axe 2 (i975X) |
| Memory | 4GB (2x 2GB) Corsair CM2X1024-6400 |
| Memory timings and speed | 5-5-5-15-2T @ 800MHz |
| Graphics card | MSI GeForce 8800 GTS 512MB |
| Flash/disk drive(s) | Corsair 32GB
SURVIVOR USB2.0 pendrive (£79) Corsair 8GB Voyager USB2.0 pendrive (£17) Kingston 32GB SDHC Class 4 card (£120) PNY 512MB USB2.0 pendrive (£5) Crucial 32GB SSD (£319) Toshiba 320GB MK3252GSX. 5,400rpm, 2.5in hard drive (£49) |
| Operating System | Microsoft Vista Home Premium SP1 |
| Benchmarks | HD Tune 3.10 Pro for SSD and mechanical hard drives Check Flash v1.05 for flash-based drives HEXUS crazy-ass torture test |
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Notes
The Corsair SURVIVOR's performance is only one facet of its feature-set, because its main selling point, other than huge capacity, lies the with rugged nature of the casing.Performance still needs to be quantified, of course, and we've brought together five other storage devices of varying prices.
Corsair's ultra-speedy 8GB Voyager is one of the fastest around, and we've also added in a high-capacity SDHC card from Kingston, a small-capacity Compact Flash from SanDisk, and a 512MB USB2.0 drive from PNY. The non-USB drives were connected to the system via a USB-based SanDisk multi-card reader.
Fleshing out the comparative results is a traditional 320GB 2.5in drive from Toshiba and an ultra-expensive SSD (solid-state drive) from Crucial. Please use their numbers as a performance yardstick and nothing more.
We've measured the average read and write speeds using HD Tune 3.10 Pro for the SSD and mechanical hard drives, and used Check Flash 1.05 to determine the flash-based throughput.
Let's get to the graphs.
