Testing Methodology
In order to determine the In Win AMMO external 2.5” hard drive enclosure’s performance, the benchmarks of two software will be used: HD Tune and HD Tach. Both tests will measure the read performance of the AMMO using the USB 2.0 connector. The AMMO will be attached to the given ports on the I/O panel of a Gigabyte GA-MA78GM-S2H motherboard. The AMMO results will be compared to the transfer speeds of the hard drive installed using an internal SATA port. The hard drive that will be used for testing is the Toshiba MK2555GSX 250GB, a fairly modest 5400RPM SATA 3.0 Gb/s hard drive.



Benchmarks
- Test 1: Read performance in HD Tune 2.55
- Test 2: Read performance in HD Tach 3.0.4.0 (Long Bench with 32mb zones)
- Hard Drive Tested: Toshiba MK2555GSX 250GB 5400RPM SATA 3.0 Gb/s

Test Setup
- CPU: AMD Athlon X2 5000+ Black Edition @ 2.6 GHz 1.15V
- Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-MA78GM-S2H 780G
- RAM: Corsair XMS2 TWIN2X4096-6400C5 PC2-6400 2x2GB
- Case: Antec NSK3480 mATX
- Power supply: Antec EarthWatts 380W
- CPU cooler: Noctua NH-U12P with Noctua NF-P12 @ 5V
- Case fan: Noctua NF-P12 @ 5V
- Hard drive 1: Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD6400AAKS 640GB
- Hard drive 2: Toshiba MK2555GSX 250GB
- DVD Drive: LG GH22NS30 DVD Writer
- OS: Windows Vista Ultimate SP1 64bit
- Mouse pad: QPAD|UC Large
- Monitor: Dell E207WFP 20” TN