Review

  1. Introduction
  2. Packaging, Contents and Specifications
  3. Closer Look
  4. Test Bench and Methodology
  5. AS SSD Benchmark (Pass 3)
  6. 8MB ATTO Benchmark (Pass 3)
  7. AIDA64 Average Access Test (Block Size 64KB)
  8. CrystalDisk Benchmark
  9. HD Tune Pro Benchmark
  10. Transfer Tests
  11. Software Impressions- Seagate Dashboard
  12. Conclusion

It gives me great pleasure to say that I get hardware support from the manufacturers to review not only their own products, but others on behalf of the readers. Its some companies such as Asus, Gigabyte, Kingston, Western Digital and Coolermaster who give me hardware support by updating my test rig no strings attached and that helps me to help you! Thumbs up to these guys!

I would like to thank

  • Gigabyte India for providing Gigabyte 890GPA UD3H Rev 1.0 motherboard
  • Asus India for providing Asus 990FX Sabertooth motherboard
  • Kingston Taiwan for providing hardware support with memory kits and SSD drive.
  • WD India for providing WD 300GB HLFS Velociraptor Hard Drive.
  • Coolermaster India for providing Coolermaster GX450 RS-450-ACAA-D3 Power Supply

Test Setup for: Seagate Backup Plus 1TB (STBU1000300) USB 3.0 Portable Storage Drive
Motherboard+ Processor Gigabyte 890GPAUD3H Rev 1.0+ AMD 965BE
Memory Kingston KHX1600C9D3P1K28G HyperX Genesis 8GB 1600MHz DDRIII
Primary OS drive WD 3000HLFS Velociraptor 300GB/WD 320GB BLUE 320AAJS
Power Supply Coolermaster GX450
Chassis N.A.

The Benchmarks that I am using are as follows:

AS SSD (Pass 3) Read and Write (Pass 3)

ATTO (Pass 3) Test File Size= 0.5 to 8MB- Read and Write Pass 3

Aida64 Access Test Write and Read Access time File Size 64KB Pass 3

CrystalDisk Benchmark with Pass 3, each with 5 re-runs 1000MB File Size

HDtune Pro Sequential Write and Read Pass 3

Transfer Tests 1.27GB zip file transfer test; 11.34GB ISO Transfer; 98.39GB Assorted Movie Folder Transfer; 1.34GB Assorted Photo folder Transfer

 
 



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