SilverStone MS08 Mobile Rack 3.5-inch RAID Enclosure Review

Test Procedure & Specifications

I will be using two of my WD RED 1TB 2.5-inch hard disk drives to test the SilverStone MS08 enclosure. The testing in itself is pretty straightforward and there that much to say about. I will be testing the enclosure in each available RAID mode and with a wide a variety of applications to gather as many tests results as possible.

Test system:

• Supermicro C7Z97-OCE
• Intel Xeon E3-1230Lv3
• Corsair Vengeance 16GB 1866MHz
• Kingston HyperX 240GB SSD
• Sapphire R7 240 2GB
• be quiet! Dark Power Pro 850W
• Thermaltake Water 3.0 Performer

Test Drives:

• WD RED 2.5-inch 1TB

Software used:

• AIDA64 Storage Benchmark
• Anvil’s Storage Utilities
• AS SSD Benchmark
• ATTO Benchmark
• CrystalDiskMark
• PCMark 8 Storage Benchmark
• IOMeter
• HD Tach

I will be creating each possible RAID array with through the hardware settings and give it time to initialize itself before running the actual benchmarks. I will be running a series of benchmarks with the software mentioned above on each array before destroying it and moving on to the next.

The SSD with the operating system is running on a different SATA controller to avoid possible performance impact. Each of the following pages will display a list of screenshots from each test as well as comparison charts for a quick overview.