Legit Storage Reviews

SUNBEAMTECH Airbox USB 3.0 External Hard Drive Enclosure Review

Manufacturer: Sunbeam
Product: SUNBEAMTECH Airbox USB3.0 3.5
Date: Wed, May 26, 2010 - 12:00 AM
Written By: Dan Stoltz -
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HD Tach v3.0.4.0 & HD Tune 4.0.1

HD Tach is a low level hardware benchmark for random access read/write storage devices such as hard drives, removable drives (ZIP/JAZZ), flash devices, and RAID arrays. HD Tach uses custom device drivers and other low level Windows interfaces to bypass as many layers of software as possible and get as close to the physical performance of the device possible.

HD Tach

HD Tach Benchmark Results

Benchmark Results: Average read rates were spot on between the SUNBEAMTECH Airbox USB3.0 3.5" external enclosure and the Western Digital Black Edition hard drive connected directly to the SATA port.  We saw better write speeds when using the enclosure though the burst speeds were a bit slower.

HD Tune Pro 4.01 is an extended version of HD Tune which includes many new features such as write benchmark, secure erasing, AAM setting, folder usage view, disk monitor, command line parameters and file benchmark.

HD Tune

HD Tune

HD Tune Benchmark 
Results

Benchmark Results: There is very little performance difference between the SUNBEAMTECH Airbox USB3.0 3.5" External Enclosure and connecting the Western Digital Black hard drive directly to the motherboard via SATA III port.

Next Page - ATTO & CrystalDiskMark Benchmark


Review Index
Page 1 - SUNBEAMTECH Airbox USB3.0 3.5
Page 2 - Retail Packaging and Unboxing
Page 3 - A Closer look
Page 4 - The Test System
Page 5 - HD Tach v3.0.4.0 & HD Tune 4.0.1
Page 6 - ATTO & CrystalDiskMark Benchmark
Page 7 - SiSoftware Sandra 2010
Page 8 - PCMark Vantage
Page 9 - Real World File Transfer Tests
Page 10 - Final Thoughts