As we have done in previous storage device testing we will use hard drive benchmarking software to determine the performance of the Sharkoon SATA QuickPort Pro LAN, namely HD Tune and HD Tach. Tests will be run to measure the read performance using all of the connectivity options. We will use both a 2.5” drive and a 3.5” drive to test against.

Hard Drives tested:
Western Digital WD5000AAKS - 500GB Caviar Blue with 16MB cache, 7200rpm
Fujitsu MHZ2160BH - 160GB, 8MB cache, 5400rpm

Benchmark Software:
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)

Test System used:
CPU: Intel Core i7 920
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD5
RAM: OCZ Blade OCZ3B2000C9LV6GK PC3-16000 3x2GB
Case: Silverstone FT01B-W Fortress
PSU: BeQuiet! Dark Power Pro 850W
CPU Cooler: Corsair H50 with 2 x Akasa Apache 120mm fans
System Hard Drive: OCZ Vertex 120GB SSD
eSATA PCIe Card: Sitecom XC-043
OS: Windows 7 Professional 64-bit