SATA and M.2 Performance
Website: ATTO Disk Benchmark
We tested the SATA and performance with an OCZ Vector 150 240GB, as this is one of the fastest SSDs we've ever tested, and it can saturate the bandwidth of SATA 6Gbps ports.
For M.2 port testing, we used a Plextor PX-G256M6e SSD. This is rated at 770MB/sec read and 580MB/sec write speeds - not quite saturating the M.2 interface but we've been unable to get our mitts on anything faster for long term testing as the interface is still in its infancy.
We use ATTO Disk Benchmark, and take the read and write speeds for 1,024KB data chunks.
-
Asus Z170-Deluxe (Intel M.2)
-
Asus Z170-Deluxe (Intel SATA 6Gbps)
-
Asus Z170-Deluxe (ASMedia 6Gbps)
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
700
800
MB/sec, higher is better
Rightmark Audio Analyzer
Publisher: Rightmark
We've recently started testing motherboards using RightMark Audio Analyzer. We use the Playback/Recording test, first adjusting levels so they're within the benchmark parameters and then using 24-bit 192KHz tracks, we connect the line-in to the speaker/line-out jack using a standard 3.5mm audio cable. Following feedback we felt it important to include some results given that on-board audio is a hotly fought-over area with motherboards at the moment.
-
Gigabyte X99-Gaming 5P
-
Asus Sabertooth X99
-
Asus Z170-Deluxe
-
ASRock X99E-ITX/ac
-
ASRock Fatal1ty X99M Killer
-
MSI X99A XPOWER AC
-
ASRock X99 Extreme 11
-
Asus X99 Deluxe
-
EVGA X99 Micro
-
Asus X99-Pro
-
Gigabyte X99M-Gaming 5
-
Gigabyte GA-X99-UD4P
-
Gigabyte GA-X99-Gaming 5
-
MSI X99S SLI Plus
-
MSI X99S MPower
Higher is better
-
Gigabyte X99-Gaming 5P
-
Asus Sabertooth X99
-
Asus Z170-Deluxe
-
ASRock X99E-ITX/ac
-
ASRock Fatal1ty X99M Killer
-
MSI X99A XPOWER AC
-
ASRock X99 Extreme 11
-
Asus X99 Deluxe
-
Asus X99-Pro
-
EVGA X99 Micro
-
Gigabyte X99M-Gaming 5
-
Gigabyte GA-X99-UD4P
-
Gigabyte GA-X99-Gaming 5
-
MSI X99S MPower
-
MSI X99S SLI Plus
Lower is better (figures are negative)
-
Gigabyte X99-Gaming 5P
-
Asus Z170-Deluxe
-
Asus X99 Deluxe
-
MSI X99S SLI Plus
-
Asus X99-Pro
-
Gigabyte GA-X99-Gaming 5
-
Asus Sabertooth X99
-
ASRock X99E-ITX/ac
-
MSI X99A XPOWER AC
-
EVGA X99 Micro
-
Gigabyte X99M-Gaming 5
-
MSI X99S MPower
-
Gigabyte GA-X99-UD4P
-
ASRock X99 Extreme 11
-
ASRock Fatal1ty X99M Killer
0
0.0025
0.005
0.0075
0.01
0.0125
Lower is better
Want to comment? Please log in.