Test bed:
Xeon 3580 @ 4.3 GHz
Saaphire 5870 @ default settings
Evga Classified mb
Corsair GTX CMG6GX3M3A2000C7 7-8-7-20 1T
Seagate 80GB HDD
SuperTalent 30GB SSD
Win7 64 PRO
Benchmarks:
Vantage (CPU)
PCM05 (HDD and CPU)
HD Tune
CineBench (CPU)
Atto
Vantage -
A nice increase in performance with the ssd enabled.
PCM05 -
The ssd blistered thru PCM05 compared to the hdd alone.
HD Tune -
The ssd still shows improvement but notice the sharp drop...I believe this is because of the small size of the ssd. You make the call.
CineBench -
Unsure of the CineBench results...
Atto -
The Atto test revealed a gain for the ssd, tho not as great as expected.
Conclusions:
I am not sure if I included the correct tests or not. There does seem to be gains with the ssd "piggy backed" to the hdd. Is it worth the effort? I will let other's more knowledgable than myself make that decision. I do like how the ssd wakes up the always sluggish Win7 OS...I think I will be using this on my upcoming micro build.
