We measure the system USB 3.0 performance by using the excellent Patriot SuperSonic Magnum 256GB USB 3.0 drive, which we reviewed back in February this year.
Performance via the USB 3.0 ports is excellent, scoring almost 260 MB/s and 177MB/s in sequential read and write tests.
Due to the nature of this kind of flash, and via the USB 3.0 interface, 4k and 4k QD32 performance is substantially worse than from a native SSD drive across a SATA connector.
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The ATTO Disk Benchmark shows similar results in the read test, peaking at 260 MB/s. The write performance results are much lower however, dropping to around 65 MB/s.
my favourite of the bunch so far. awesome work MSI
nice system build. In my dreams.
Seriously though im thinking about this board for my next build – once I get my money back from DABS for a faulty product.
I think the gigabyte boards look the best, but its not that big a deal when they all seem this good. ASUS Is my least favourite.
Good job from MSI with this one – i have had good succcess in the past with MSI products.
I think that this has to be one of the nicest looking 1150 boards that you’ve looked at in the past few days, well done MSI!
bought, own it, love it.