Anyone know of any AM4 reviews that cover SATA/RAID performance?

[Rifter]

Just curious how it holds up to intel. I Know AMD sata performance has not been as good as intel in the past im just curies how their brand new platform compares.

I currently run 2 2TB WD blacks in RAID 0 for my steam games on my x58 board, have been for 6 years now. Just wondering if i should do the same on my planned ryzen build or buy a new bigger HDD or SSD and give up the RAID.

 

[UsandThem]

I'm not aware of any reviews testing the RAID performance yet as the whole launch felt rushed with last second updates.

That being said, when you do upgrade to a newer platform, a SSD (either a SATA or PCIe based one) for your OS drive is the way to go, in my opinion. I will say since I have used both kinds, the best way I can describe it is a SATA drive is 'almost instantaneous', and a NVMe drive 'is instantaneous' with typical desktop usage. With SATA SSD prices high right now, there's not much of a price increase to move to an "entry-level" NVMe drive like the MyDigitalSSD BPX line. Just something to consider and read about before upgrading.

You can always leave your RAID drives as your data drives if you wanted to, but after 6 years in RAID 0, you know the inherent risks of that.

 

[Rifter]

I'm not aware of any reviews testing the RAID performance yet as the whole launch felt rushed with last second updates.

That being said, when you do upgrade to a newer platform, a SSD (either a SATA or PCIe based one) for your OS drive is the way to go, in my opinion. I will say since I have used both kinds, the best way I can describe it is a SATA drive is 'almost instantaneous', and a NVMe drive 'is instantaneous' with typical desktop usage. With SATA SSD prices high right now, there's not much of a price increase to move to an "entry-level" NVMe drive like the MyDigitalSSD BPX line. Just something to consider and read about before upgrading.

You can always leave your RAID drives as your data drives if you wanted to, but after 6 years in RAID 0, you know the inherent risks of that.

I already have a intel SSD in my current system for OS, and intend to buy a NVMe SSD for the OS/Core apps drive in my new build. I use spinners for just steam and media storage.

Also i backup the array monthly to 2 3.5" HDD's, one stored onsite in a fireproof safe one stored off site.

 

[WhoBeDaPlaya]

PC Perspective did. AMD's storage subsystem is on par with Intel now (Z270 / X99) :

https://www.pcper.com/reviews/Proce...nd-Zen/Ryzen-Chipsets-and-Storage-Performance

 

[Valantar]

Eteknix covered SATA, NVMe and USB storage in their review of the MSI X370 Xpower Titanium. Not the most thorough, but covers the basics. Corroborates what @WhoBeDaPlaya said: AMD's storage system is now on par with Intel's.

 

[WhoBeDaPlaya]

Eteknix covered SATA, NVMe and USB storage in their review of the MSI X370 Xpower Titanium. Not the most thorough, but covers the basics. Corroborates what @WhoBeDaPlaya said: AMD's storage system is now on par with Intel's.

Not sure why this wasn't mentioned more (if at all) in the Ryzen threads, as it is a huge leap for AMD.

 

[kalmquist]

Eteknix covered SATA, NVMe and USB storage in their review of the MSI X370 Xpower Titanium. Not the most thorough, but covers the basics. Corroborates what @WhoBeDaPlaya said: AMD's storage system is now on par with Intel's.

The AMD X370 board comes in last in SATA performance, but since all boards are within about 2% of each other, it isn't a big deal. Unfortunately, the review doesn't specify whether they measured the speed of the CPU SATA ports or the speed of the SATA ports provided by the X370 chip set.

 

[Rifter]

Not sure why this wasn't mentioned more (if at all) in the Ryzen threads, as it is a huge leap for AMD.

I agree, the main reason i went x58 for my last build was mostly due to AMD's sad SATA performance at the time. If they have fixed this and are now on par with intel that is indeed another huge plus. I cant believe no one is mentioning this in reviews.