OWC Drive Dock with Thunderbolt 2 & USB 3.1 Review

Bohs Hansen / 7 years ago

CrystalDiskMark

CrystalDiskMark is a small HDD and SSD benchmark utility that allows you to measure a drive’s sequential and random performance.

HDD via USB 3.1

Single drive setup connected to an Intel controlled motherboard port.

OWC Drive Dock BenchUSB HDD cdm

HDD via TB2

Single drive setup connected to an onboard Thunderbolt 2 controller.

OWC Drive Dock BenchTB HDD cdm

HDD Mirror (TB2)

Dual drive setup connected to an onboard Thunderbolt 2 controller and set up with software RAID.

HDD Striped (TB2)

Dual drive setup connected to an onboard Thunderbolt 2 controller and set up with software RAID.

OWC Drive Dock BenchTB HDDStriped cdm

SSD via USB 3.1

Single drive setup connected to an Intel controlled motherboard port.

OWC Drive Dock BenchUSB SSD cdm

SSD via TB2

Single drive setup connected to an onboard Thunderbolt 2 controller.

OWC Drive Dock BenchTB SSD cdm

SSD Mirror (TB2)

Dual drive setup connected to an onboard Thunderbolt 2 controller and set up with software RAID.

OWC Drive Dock BenchTB SSDmirror cdm

SSD Striped (TB2)

Dual drive setup connected to an onboard Thunderbolt 2 controller and set up with software RAID.

OWC Drive Dock BenchTB SSDStriped cdm

Performance Analysis

OWC Drive Dock Chart CDM seq

OWC Drive Dock Chart CDM random

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