Gigabyte Z97N-Gaming 5 (LGA 1150) Motherboard Review
Ryan Martin / 10 years ago
SATA, M.2 and USB Performance
To test the storage performance in our motherboard reviews we use AIDA’s Disk Benchmark utility built into their AIDA64 Engineer Edition software package and run linear read and write tests. We run each of the benchmark tests on a SATA III, USB 3.0 and M.2 device. For SATA III testing we use a Patriot WildFire 120GB SATA III SSD, for USB 3.0 testing we use the Kingston Hyper X 64 GB USB 3.0 flash drive and for M.2 testing we use Plextor’s 256GB M.2 M6e SSD. The drives are always formatted before use.
Linear Read
Linear Write
The Z97N-Gaming 5 has no M.2 port so it posts no results for that particular test. In USB and SATA testing it reveals itself to be fully capable of maximising the Z97 controller’s performance.
