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GIGABYTE Z68XP-UD3-iSSD Motherboard Review

Manufacturer: Gigabyte
Product: GIGABYTE Z68XP-UD3-iSSD
Date: Wed, Aug 24, 2011 - 12:00 AM
Written By: Dan Stoltz -
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SATA III 6Gbps Performance Testing

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

The SATA6 Testing was done using Crucial RealSSD C300 256Gb SATA6 SSD drive.

GIGABYTE Z68XP-UD3-iSSD HD Tach SATA3 Performance Results

Benchmark Results: The GIGABYTE Z68XP-UD3-iSSD had an average read that was quite comparable with our other Z68 Motherboards. The Average Write was between 30-40MB/s slower than our other Intel Z68 motherboards though it was still a solid performance on 197.9MB/s..

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

GIGABYTE Z68XP-UD3-iSSD HD Tune SATA3 Performance Results

Benchmark Results: The GIGABYTE Z68XP-UD3-iSSD was able to pull out a respectable read speed of 300.4MB/s and a write speed of 219.9MB/s. The performance numbers are just behind our other Intel Z68 systems.

Next Page - SuperSpeed USB 3.0 Performance Testing


Review Index
Page 1 - GIGABYTE Z68XP-UD3-iSSD Intel Z68 Motherboard
Page 2 - GIGABYTE Z68XP-UD3-iSSD Retail Packaging and Bundle
Page 3 - GIGABYTE Z68XP-UD3-iSSD Motherboard Layout and Features
Page 4 - GIGABYTE Z68XP-UD3-iSSD System BIOS
Page 5 - The Legit Reviews Test System
Page 6 - SiSoft Sandra 2011 sp2 Memory Bandwidth
Page 7 - NVIDIA SLI Scaling Performance
Page 8 - AMD CrossFireX Performance Scaling
Page 9 - Futuremark 3DMark 11 Synthetic Benchmark
Page 10 - Rightmark Audio Analyzer
Page 11 - SATA III 6Gbps Performance Testing
Page 12 - SuperSpeed USB 3.0 Performance Testing
Page 13 - GIGABYTE Z68XP-UD3-iSSD Intel Smart Response Technology Performance
Page 14 - GIGABYTE Z68XP-UD3-iSSD System Power Consumption
Page 15 - GIGABYTE Z68XP-UD3-iSSD Overclocking
Page 16 - Final Thoughts and Conclusion