IcyDock SSD Xpander (SSD Hybrid) Review

For testing, we try to use free programs and some real world testing so you can compare our findings against your own system.

While many people will be using the XPander with a smaller 40GB SSD drive combined with a larger mechanical drive, we wanted to measure ultimate throughput performance and opted for a SATA 3 Intel 510 drive with a fast 7,200 rpm 1TB Samsung hard drive (HD103SJ).

CPU: Intel Core i7 2600k
Cooler: Thermaltake Frio OCK
Motherboard: Asus P8P67 Deluxe
Memory: ADATA DDR3 2000mhz 9-11-9-24
PSU: ADATA 1200W
Graphics: Sapphire HD6950 Flex Edition
Chassis: Thermaltake Level 10 GT
Operating System: Windows 7 64 bit Ultimate
Monitor: Dell U2410

Software:
Atto Disk Benchmark
HD Tach
CrystalMark
PCMark Vantage
PCMark 7
SiSoft Sandra
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Call Of Pripyat

All our results were achieved by running each test five times with every configuration this ensures that any glitches are removed from the results. Trim is confirmed as running by typing fsutil behavior query disabledeletenotify into the command line. A response of disabledeletenotify =0 confirms TRIM is active.

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