| Monday, June 1 2009 |
At the booth of ASUS we found a motherboard that supports the brand-new SATA 6 Gbit/s standard that was released just a few days ago. ASUS prepared a running demo that showcases the performance differences between SATA-II and SATA-III.
The main improvement of SATA III is that it doubles the available bandwidth again, to reach 6 Gbit/s. While no current mechanical harddrives can reach such speeds, there are several SSDs out there that can saturate a 3 Gb/s link. Other improvements include an optional smaller connector for 1.8" devices and improvements to Native Command Queuing (NCQ). By the way, the official name is "SATA 6 Gbit/s", not "SATA III" or "SATA 3.0", yes I know I got it wrong in this post.
Edit Jun 02:
I got you those screenshots with the performance numbers. As you can see the HDTach benchmark shows a burst speed of over 300 MB/s which is evidence that SATA 6 Gb is working on that motherboard. Due to the HDD used (Seagate ST3500410AS) the actual read bandwidth is far below that because the HDD is just too slow to even saturate SATA-II.
Another novely on this motherboard is support for the USB 3.0 standard. Since the chipset does not offer USB 3.0 support, ASUS has chosen to use an NEC 720200 USB 3.0 interface chip.
The main improvement of SATA III is that it doubles the available bandwidth again, to reach 6 Gbit/s. While no current mechanical harddrives can reach such speeds, there are several SSDs out there that can saturate a 3 Gb/s link. Other improvements include an optional smaller connector for 1.8" devices and improvements to Native Command Queuing (NCQ). By the way, the official name is "SATA 6 Gbit/s", not "SATA III" or "SATA 3.0", yes I know I got it wrong in this post.
Edit Jun 02:
I got you those screenshots with the performance numbers. As you can see the HDTach benchmark shows a burst speed of over 300 MB/s which is evidence that SATA 6 Gb is working on that motherboard. Due to the HDD used (Seagate ST3500410AS) the actual read bandwidth is far below that because the HDD is just too slow to even saturate SATA-II.
Another novely on this motherboard is support for the USB 3.0 standard. Since the chipset does not offer USB 3.0 support, ASUS has chosen to use an NEC 720200 USB 3.0 interface chip.
User comments
Awesome! Faster transfer rates FTW! We have to wait for the other hardware to catch up FTL! Great to see technology advancing nonetheless.
Can't wait till it goes mainstream:D
What's a water bottle doing there?
by: entropy13i guess some worker left it there while he was working, finishing the booth. these pics are from before the official opening.
What's a water bottle doing there?
by: W1zzardReally? you lucky buggers...:P
i guess some worker left it there while he was working, finishing the booth. these pics are from before the official opening.
Unfortunately you were too far away to really take a look at the performance numbers?? But close enough to take a picture?
No USB 3.0? LAME....
by: AlCabone
No USB 3.0? LAME....
lol, i thought to myself " he is right, now my printer wont print any faster :( " hahaha J/K
bottow wata not incrudeh
by: BOSE
Unfortunately you were too far away to really take a look at the performance numbers?? But close enough to take a picture?
you tell me. thats 100% crop from the cam
You couldnt have taken 10 steps closer?
by: W1zzardi cant read that :/
http://img.techpowerup.org/090601/bench.jpg
you tell me. thats 100% crop from the cam
Nice try on the numbers W1zz. That board looks killer to be sure.
by: freaksaviorNo one can:(:P
i cant read that :/
Copying 1 item 6.18GB 54 seconds. (from what I can make out)
Thats about 1 GB every 10 seconds so yes, thats about 6Gb per second of throughput.
(bear in mind that Gb is a gigabit which is 1/8 of a gigabyte.)
Edit: Feel free to check my math, I just did it quickly in my head.
Thats about 1 GB every 10 seconds so yes, thats about 6Gb per second of throughput.
(bear in mind that Gb is a gigabit which is 1/8 of a gigabyte.)
Edit: Feel free to check my math, I just did it quickly in my head.
by: Apocolypse007Thats on 3Gb SATA. There is a sticker on the monitor.
Copying 1 item 6.18GB 54 seconds. (from what I can make out)
Thats about 1 GB every 10 seconds so yes, thats about 6Gb per second of throughput.
(bear in mind that Gb is a gigabit which is 1/8 of a gigabyte.)
Edit: Feel free to check my math, I just did it quickly in my head.
You don't need to read it just tink about it.
6Gbit/sec is about 768MByte/sec, You can sea in the picture that the copy is about to finish in a minute or so. And it is readable that 1file(item) is under copy, the copy is about to finish and 54sec*768MB/s is 46080MB so 45GB of something maybe a bit bigger or smaller because it is a theoretical full speed what it can do! Maybee they copying 2 Blueray discs or something.
6Gbit/sec is about 768MByte/sec, You can sea in the picture that the copy is about to finish in a minute or so. And it is readable that 1file(item) is under copy, the copy is about to finish and 54sec*768MB/s is 46080MB so 45GB of something maybe a bit bigger or smaller because it is a theoretical full speed what it can do! Maybee they copying 2 Blueray discs or something.
That's not 3Gb Sata That is "Sata 3G" so 3rd Generation!
by: moto666Then whats Sata 6G? 6th generation?
That's not 3Gb Sata That is "Sata 3G" so 3rd Generation!
by: BOSESATA III 6Gb/s ;)
Then whats Sata 6G? 6th generation?
by: h3llb3nd4I was being sarcastic.;)
SATA III 6Gb/s ;)
by: BOSE:P didn't catch that... slap me :shadedshu
I was being sarcastic.;)
Sata 6G would be 6th generation but that would be 48Gbit/sec(6444MByte/sec) and in the year of 2022 or so!
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Good thing we dont have to wait till 2022, its already here.:)
Can't follow your logic but maybe I'm to tired. So Be Happy with your conclusion!:pimp: