Benchmarking Storage Options for PCs: The Results Are In - Exposing the Strengths and Weaknesses of HDDs, SSDs, and Hybrids

Table of Contents

• Table of Contents
• IDC Opinion
• In This Study
• Executive Overview
• Situation Overview
  • Let the Tests Begin
    • The Tests Defined
      • Industry Benchmarks
      • Specific Scripts
      • Data Fragmentation
      • Nice to Haves - But Not at This Time
      • Table: The Six Different Drive Technologies Tested
    • The Test Subjects
    • The Test Platform
  • The Test Results
    • HD Tach - Access Times
      • Figure: HD Tach Score by Drive Type: Access Speed
      • Virus Scan Test
      • Figure: Complete System Virus Scan Speed by Drive Type
      • Application Launch
      • Figure: Internet Explorer Program Launch Speed by Drive Type
      • File Copy Tests
      • Figure: File Copy Test Summary by Drive Type
      • Figure: File Copy Speed by Drive Type: 200 MS Word Documents
      • Figure: File Copy Speed by Drive Type: 1,000 MP3 Files
      • Figure: File Copy Speed by Drive Type: 2.67GB File
      • Boot Times and Shutdown
      • Figure: Startup/Shutdown Analysis by Drive Type
      • Industry Benchmarks
      • WorldBench 6 Beta 2
      • Figure: WorldBench 6 Beta 2 Score by Drive Type
      • Mobile Mark Version 7
      • Figure: MobileMark Score by Drive Type
      • IOzone
      • Figure: IOzone Read Results by Drive Type and File Size
      • Figure: IOzone Sequential Read Results by Drive Type and Block Size: 2GB File
      • Figure: IOzone Sequential Write Results by Drive Type and Block Size: 2GB File
      • Figure: IOzone Random Read Results by Drive Type and Block Size: 2GB File
      • Figure: IOzone Random Write Results by Drive Type and Block Size: 2GB File
      • Table: A Summary of the Test Scores
• Conclusion
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  • Methodology
    • Benchmarking Drive Performance
      • WorldBench 6 Beta 2
      • MobileMark Version 7
      • IOzone
      • HD Tach
    • Special Scripts
      • Test Duration
        • Application Load Time
        • MP3 File Copy Time
        • Large File Copy Time
        • Small File Copy Time
      • System Startup and Shutdown Performance
      • Virus Scan
  • Synopsis