Gigabyte Brix Pro GB-BXi7-4770R System Review
Chris Hadley / 11 years ago
Hard Drive Performance
AIDA64 Storage
AIDA64 Extreme Edition is a streamlined Windows diagnostic and benchmarking software for home users. AIDA64 Extreme Edition provides a wide range of features to assist in overclocking, hardware error diagnosis, stress testing, and sensor monitoring. It has unique capabilities to assess the performance of the processor, system memory, and disk drives. AIDA64 is compatible with all current 32-bit and 64-bit Microsoft Windows operating systems, including Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2.
CrystalDiskMark
CrystalDiskMark is a small HDD benchmark utility for your hard drive that enables you to rapidly measure sequential and random read/write speeds.
Here are some key features of “CrystalDiskMark”:
- Sequential reads/writes
- Random 4KB/512KB reads/writes
- Text copy
- Change dialog design
- internationalization (i18n)
Systems Comparison
2.5″ hard drives are inherently slower than a full fat 3.5″ drive as we already know and on the SATA header there doesn’t appear to be any performance bottle necks with our WD Red drive.
