Test System
| Processor | Intel Core i5-3210M @ 2.5GHz |
| Platform hub | Intel HM77 |
| Memory size | 16GB (2 DIMMs in dual-channel) |
| Memory type | Kingston DDR3L at 1600 MT/s |
| Memory timings | 9-9-9-27-1T |
| System drive | Crucial M4 128GB with 070H firmware |
| Test drives | ST1000LX001 1TB with SD02 firmware |
| WD5000BPVT 500GB with 03.01A03 firmware | |
| Laptop Model | Lenovo E430 |
| Operating system | Windows 8.1 Pro x64 on system drive |
| Windows 10 Home (Build 1586.218) for test drives |
The following test applications were used:
- Crystal DiskMark 5.12
- AS SSD Copy Benchmark 1.8.5636
- ATTO Disk Benchmark v3.05
- Avidemux 2.6.8 x64
- LibreOffice 5.05
- GIMP 2.8.16
- PCMark 7 v1.40
All tests above (with exception of & AS SSD & ATTO) were run at least 3 times with a system reboot in between each run. The average of the 3 runs are used in the charts.
A secure erase was done on the 2 test drives before Windows 10 was installed.
Seagate SSHD utilizes complex firmware algorithms to optimize system storage performance. Hence, 3 runs or more may be required to achieve optimum performance.