SuperSSpeed S302 Hyper Gold MLC 240GB SSD Review (Page 13)

Passmark Advanced Multi-User Tests

Version and / or Patch Used: 6.1

Developer Homepage: http://www.passmark.com

Test Homepage: http://www.passmark.com

Many users complain that I/O Meter is too complicated of a benchmark to replicate results so my quest to find an alternative was started. Passmark has added several multi-user tests that measure a hard drives ability to operate in a multi-user environment.

The tests use different settings to mimic basic multi-user operations as they would play out on your server. Variances is read / write percentage as well as random / sequential reads are common in certain applications, Web Servers read nearly 100% of the time while Database Servers write a small amount of data.

The Workstation test is the only single user environment and will be similar to how you use your system at home.

SuperSSpeed manufacturers several different types of SSDs and some of the MLC flash models are equipped with power loss features for enterprise use. Our sample S302 does not have the power loss features, but as we saw from the specification sheet, it's possible to special order S302s with this feature.

The performance should remain the same between these two models.