PCSTATS chose to run the whole PCMark Vantage benchmark a couple times to illustrate where the greatest benefit from enabling Intel SRT will be found. This took a loooong time! Pay attention to this benchmark chart and don't skim over the numbers, it's important to understand what type of applications will see any benefit from Intel SRT.

Futuremark PCMark Vantage 1.0.0.0 Overall: Points Ranking SSD 15795 HDD 9850 HDD + Cache SSD (Enhanced) RUN 1 10589 HDD + Cache SSD (Enhanced) RUN 2 14635 HDD + Cache SSD (Enhanced) RUN 3 14155

First up, PCMark Vantage's Overall results - the SSD system is the clear winner with 15,795 and the HDD system is the looser at 9850. With HDD + Cache SSD enabled in Enhanced mode, the first time through Intel SRT doesn't make a significant impact. The second time is a whole different ball of wax! Once I/O data is cached to the Intel 311 SSD, Intel SRT speeds up the benchmark score to within 93% of the system installed on an SSD.

Futuremark PCMark Vantage 1.0.0.0 Memory: Points Ranking SSD 11200 HDD 7365 HDD + Cache SSD (Enhanced) RUN 1 8910 HDD + Cache SSD (Enhanced) RUN 2 9956 HDD + Cache SSD (Enhanced) RUN 3 9972 TV and Movies: Points Ranking SSD 6599 HDD 5445 HDD + Cache SSD (Enhanced) RUN 1 5972 HDD + Cache SSD (Enhanced) RUN 2 5734 HDD + Cache SSD (Enhanced) RUN 3 5949

For the TV and Movies test in Vantage we see Intel SRT having less of an impact on the first, second and third runs than with the Memory test suite. The overall improvement is to about 90% of the SSD system.

Futuremark PCMark Vantage 1.0.0.0 Gaming: Points Ranking SSD 15644 HDD 7811 HDD + Cache SSD (Enhanced) RUN 1 14664 HDD + Cache SSD (Enhanced) RUN 2 14834 HDD + Cache SSD (Enhanced) RUN 3 14688 Music: Points Ranking SSD 16398 HDD 9143 HDD + Cache SSD (Enhanced) RUN 1 15200 HDD + Cache SSD (Enhanced) RUN 2 14670 HDD + Cache SSD (Enhanced) RUN 3 14510

For Gaming, Intel SRT boosts the HDD system to 95% of the SSD system result. For Music it boosts the HDD system to 93% of the SSD system's result. By way of comparison, the HDD system without Intel SRT stands at 50% and 56% of the SSD systems' results, respectively. In both suites there almost no change between run 1 / run 2 / run 3.

Futuremark PCMark Vantage 1.0.0.0 Communications: Points Ranking SSD 15096 HDD 11887 HDD + Cache SSD (Enhanced) RUN 1 14662 HDD + Cache SSD (Enhanced) RUN 2 14200 HDD + Cache SSD (Enhanced) RUN 3 14474

Communication is less demanding on data storage so the separation between SSD and HDD systems is only 21%. Again, little change between the three test runs though a clear benefit from simply enabling SSD cache.

Futuremark PCMark Vantage 1.0.0.0 Productivity: Points Ranking SSD 18643 HDD 7242 HDD + Cache SSD (Enhanced) RUN 1 12968 HDD + Cache SSD (Enhanced) RUN 2 15064 HDD + Cache SSD (Enhanced) RUN 3 15230

Productivity results double from 7242 to 15230 with the addition of an SSD cache over that the pure HDD test system. It takes Intel SRT a couple runs to achieve the highest improvement though.

Futuremark PCMark Vantage 1.0.0.0 HDD: Points Ranking SSD 31224 HDD 4501 HDD + Cache SSD (Enhanced) RUN 1 20255 HDD + Cache SSD (Enhanced) RUN 2 18659 HDD + Cache SSD (Enhanced) RUN 3 20005

Last but not least is the Vantage HDD test suite where Intel SRT improves the HDD system benchmark result by 4.5x! In the next section PCSTATS will expand the Vantage HDD suite so you can see how Intel Smart Response Technology influences the speed of the sub tests from 20MB/s to 120MB/s, for example.