OCZ Enyo USB 3.0 SSD (USB 3.0 Testing)
Forceware 290.36
DirectX 9.0c/DirectX 10/DirectX 11 (Nov 2010)
Intel RST
3DMark 11
Adobe Master Collection CS5.5
dBpoweramp
Aida64
Google Chrome
Cyberlink MediaExpresso 6.5
Flash 11
Sisoft Sandra
Battlefield 3
Batman Arkham City
F1 2011
Skyrim
Atto Disk Benchmark
Fraps
GPUz
The test system was built from scratch, a format of the hard drive was performed (NTFS) and then Windows 7 was installed. Following the completion of the installation, the video drivers were installed. All windows updates were then installed as were the latest builds of the benchmarking tools. Finally, the hard drives were de-fragmented. For each test, the video drivers were set to default quality/optimizations (unless otherwise stated).
Good Benchmarking Practice
Where possible, each benchmark was performed three times and the median result for each resolution/setting is shown in the tables that will follow. All applications had their latest patches applied and all hardware features the latest BIOS/Firmware.
