Intel IOMeter: FileServer, WebServer and WorkStation

Since the difference in interfaces performances doesn’t depend on the workload type that much, we decided to sum up these three patterns into one block:

All performance rating diagrams are very similar to one another.

As you see, the difference between the tested interfaces in WorkStation is minimal. Since the linear workload is more typical of a desktop PC (the outgoing requests queue is not very long), the drive connected to the USB 2.0 interface doesn’t look so slow, as in server patterns.

Now let’s check the HDD performance in desktop applications with the help of WinBench tests.