Intel Optane Memory 32GB Review

Although the Optane Memory module can be used with a standard SATA SSD or SSHD, we tested it in combination with a standard HDD (4TB WD Black drive) as according to Intel this is where the greatest gains in performance are to be seen. We also tested the Memory module as a stand-alone drive.

Main system:
Intel Core i7 7700K with 16GB of DDR4-3200 RAM, Sapphire R9 390 Nitro and an Asus Prime Z270-A  motherboard.

Other drives
Corsair Force MP500 480GB
Kingston HyperX Predator 480GB
OCZ RevoDrive 350 480GB
OCZ RevoDrive 3 x2 480GB
Plextor M8PeG 512GB
Plextor M6e Black Edition PCIe 256GB
PNY CS2030 240GB
Samsung SSD960 PRO 2TB
Samsung SSD960 EVO 1TB
Samsung SSD950 PRO 256GB
Samsung SM951 256GB
Samsung XP941 512GB
Toshiba OCZ RD400 512GB

Software:
Atto Disk Benchmark.
CrystalMark 3.0.3.
AS SSD.
IOMeter

All our results were achieved by running each test five times with every configuration this ensures that any glitches are removed from the results.

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