Although a little more boring than the Cinebench thread, it might be interesting to see where the community's storage devices stand and discuss them and stuff. Also RAID vs. non-RAID if people are kind enough to use some of their time.
CrystalDiskMark 3.0.3b (make sure to download the correct program. I recommend using the Portable .zip file)
ATTO (use a fake email if you like, the file is sent within a minute or two)
RULES:
Submission screenshot must be legible and contain the finished benchmarks.
Submission post must contain make, model, and capacity of the drive being tested.
Alternatively, if using a RAID setup, the submission post must also contain the make, model, and capacity of each drive being tested as well as the RAID level.
Yeah, that doesn't look right. Your 4K read looks like the only score that actually is close to specs. Everything else is nowhere near what it seemingly should be.
As previously stated in the top of the original post I made, 16GB L1 Read/Write Cache with DDR3 2133 MHz system RAM. PrimoCache is awesome, makes a single SSD act like a 10-drive RAID 0 SSD array on a RAID controller card.
Most people can get away with 8GB just fine, some professionals may want to use as much as 16-32GB depending on what the system will allow for max RAM and still allow for RAM usage elsewhere in programs. Some server farms use 128GB of L1 Cache in a Read only mode for large data RAID 5 cluster servers.
In terms of everyday use, It will make downloading, installing, and loading programs from the drive effected by the Cache much quicker. It's also relatively easy to setup with PrimoCache, although if you want to use their software you need to buy a serial key. It's well worth it though if you find yourself transferring data around a lot between several different drives in your system.
