Vantec NexStar 3 eSATA

Dec 22,2005 0

7. eSATA vs USB2.0

Review Pages

1. Introduction
2. Installation
3. HD Tach
4. Performance Test v5.0
5. SiSoftware Sandra
6. PCMark05
7. eSATA vs USB2.0
8. Conclusion

We tested the transfer speed with USB 2.0, in order to compare it against eSATA. We used HD Tach and PCMark 05. Both tests were carried out with the NexStar 3 enclosure.

-HD Tach Tests

-PCMark 05

The test results, more analytically:

HDD Test Suite	NexStar 3 on USB 2	NexStar 3 on eSATA
XP Startup (MB/sec)	6.952	7.836
Application Loading (MB/sec)	5.655	7.332
General Usage (MB/sec)	4.697	5.612
Virus Scan (MB/sec)	28.263	69.250
File Write (MB/sec)	25.369	56.153

As we expected, the best performance came when using eSATA, with almost double the performance in comparison to USB 2.0.

Review Pages

1. Introduction
2. Installation
3. HD Tach
4. Performance Test v5.0
5. SiSoftware Sandra
6. PCMark05
7. eSATA vs USB2.0
8. Conclusion

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