HyperX Savage 240GB SSD Review

The SSD Benchmark 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. This means windows defender, windows update, disk fragmentation and everything else that would interfere with testing was disabled. Windows 8.1 also had the power option set to high performance. We also disabled Turbo mode on the Intel Core i7-5960X to ensure our numbers are spot on and repeatable.

The Intel X99 platform that we used to test the M.2 PCIe SSD was based around the ASUSX99 Sabertooth motherboard with BIOS 1702 that came out on 04/15/2015. We used Intel RST storage drivers, the exact version was 13.1.0.1058. The Crucial Ballistix DDR4 32GB 2400MHz memory kit was run at 2666MHz with 15-15-15-28 1T memory timings. The Corsair Neutron XT 240GB SSD was used as the primary drive.

Intel X99 Test Bench

CrystalDiskInfo 6.3.2 Readout:

The readout on CrystalDiskInfo 6.3.2 shows that the HyperX Savage 240GB SSD supports S.M.A.R.T., AAM, NCQ and TRIM. The firmware version that we are running at the time of testing on the drive is SAFM00.r.

The overall capacity shows up as 223GB in Windows.

Let’s have a look at the performance!