PCMark Vantage HDD Tests

PCMark Vantage is an objective hardware performance benchmark tool for PCs running 32- and 64-bit versions of Microsoft Windows Vista or Windows 7. PCMark Vantage is well suited for benchmarking any type of Microsoft Windows Vista/7 PC: from multimedia home entertainment systems and laptops, to dedicated workstations and high-end gaming rigs. Benchmark Reviews has decided to use the HDD Test Suite to demonstrate simulated real-world storage drive performance in this article.

PCMark Vantage runs eight different storage benchmarks, each with a specific purpose. Once testing is complete, results are given a PCMark score while and detailed results indicate actual transaction speeds. Samsung’s 860 PRO produced an impressive total PCMark Vantage (secondary) HDD Test Suite score of 88766, beating 860 EVO’s score of 85099, and positioning this SSD near the very top of all our SATA test results with PCMark Vantage.

Specific benchmark speeds are reported below:

512GB Samsung 860 PRO PCMark Vantage Results

Our tests were conducted on an Intel P67-Express Sandy Bridge motherboard using the onboard native SATA 6Gb/s controller with 64-bit Windows 7. This test is not comparable to other PCMark tests, and may not be fairly compared to storage devices attached to other computer systems.

In the next section, I share my review conclusion and final product rating.