HyperX Predator M.2 PCIe SSDs in RAID 0 – Hitting 2.8GB/s

By Nathan Kirsch April 10, 2015

The Intel X99 Based Test System

Before we look at the numbers, lets take a brief look at the test system that was used. All testing was done on a fresh install of Windows 8.1 Pro 64-bit and benchmarks were completed on the desktop with no other software programs running. Windows has had the power option set to high performance.

The Intel X99 platform that we used to test the HyperX Predator PCIe SSD was done on the ASUS X99-Deluxe motherboard with UEFI/BIOS 1601 that came out on 04/07/2015. An Intel Core i7-5960X Haswell-E processor was used to power the system and a Corsair Neutron GTX 240GB SSD with 19nm MLC NAND and firmware M311 kept the Windows 8.1 OS safely stored.

Intel Z97 Test Bench

Intel LGA2011-v3 Test Platform
Component	Brand/Model	Live Pricing
Processor	Intel Core i7-5960X	Click Here
Motherboard	ASUS X99 Deluxe	Click Here
Memory	Crucial Ballistix Elite 2666MHz 16GB DDR4	Click Here
Video Card	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980	Click Here
Hard Drive	Corsair Neutron GTX 240GB SSD	Click Here
Cooling	Corsair H105	Click Here
Keyboard	Corsair K95	Click Here
Mouse	Corsair M95	Click Here
Power Supply	Corsair AX860i	Click Here
Operating System	Windows 8.1 64-Bit	Click Here

CrystalDiskInfo 6.3.0 Readout:

Looking at the detailed information in CrystalDiskInfo 6.3.0 we find that S.M.A.R.T., NCQ and TRIM are enabled. The firmware version that we are running at the time of testing was OC34L5TA.

Let’s have a look at the performance!