Razer Blade 14 inch (2015) Review

1. Introduction2. Razer Blade 14 inch (2015) (Packing and Accessories)3. Razer Blade 14 inch (2015) 4. Razer Blade 14 inch (2015) (High Res Gallery)5. Testing Methodology and Configuration6. SiSoft Sandra7. Cinebench R11.5 64 bit8. Cinebench R159. 3DMark 1110. 3DMark11. SSD & HDD Performance12. USB 3.0 Bandwidth Testing13. HD Encoding14. Tomb Raider15. Grid AutoSport16. Metro Last Light Redux17. Total War Rome: Emperor Edition18. Thermal Dynamics / IR Thermometer Readings19. Acoustics Performance20. Battery Performance21. Closing Thoughts22. View All Pages

To test USB 3.0 performance we need a drive that is capable of completely saturating the bus. Until recently we used the Corsair Voyager GTX drive, one of the fastest pen drives on the market. We have recently switched to using a 500GB Brinell Drive, available on Amazon for around £250 inc vat. Inside is a 500GB SAMSUNG EVO 840 SSD, a product all our readers are familiar with.

We have not reviewed this product, but it is one of the fastest external SSD products you can buy, and is self powered from the USB 3.0 port.

Performance from the external SSD over USB 3.0 is stellar. Both read and write speeds hold steady over 400MB/s.

ATTO highlights slightly weaker write performance, hitting a peak around 370MB/s. Read performance peaks higher than CrystalDiskMark however, around 460MB/s.

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