SilverStone RVS02
Testing out the SilverStone RVS02 SATA3/USB3 enclosure for a Phoronix.com article. Using the Linux 3.2 kernel and an OCZ Agility 3 SSD (SATA 3.0) as the disk.


RVS02 On USB 3.0: 

	Processor: Intel Core i5-2500K @ 3.30GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock Z68 Pro3, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family, Memory: 2 x 1024 MB, Disk: 60GB OCZ VERTEX2 + 240GB RVS02 SuperSpeed, Graphics: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family IGP (1100MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B

	OS: Ubuntu 11.10, Kernel: 3.2.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 4.22.0, Display Server: X Server 1.10.4, Display Driver: intel 2.16.902, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.12-devel (git-887c349), Compiler: GCC 4.6.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

RVS02 On USB 2.0: 

	Processor: Intel Core i5-2500K @ 3.30GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock Z68 Pro3, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family, Memory: 2 x 1024 MB, Disk: 60GB OCZ VERTEX2 + 240GB RVS02 SuperSpeed, Graphics: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family IGP (1100MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B

	OS: Ubuntu 11.10, Kernel: 3.2.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 4.22.0, Display Server: X Server 1.10.4, Display Driver: intel 2.16.902, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.12-devel (git-887c349), Compiler: GCC 4.6.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

Serial ATA 3.0: 

	Processor: Intel Core i5-2500K @ 3.30GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock Z68 Pro3, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family, Memory: 2 x 1024 MB, Disk: 60GB OCZ VERTEX2 + 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family IGP (1100MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B

	OS: Ubuntu 11.10, Kernel: 3.2.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 4.22.0, Display Server: X Server 1.10.4, Display Driver: intel 2.16.902, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.12-devel (git-887c349), Compiler: GCC 4.6.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080


Apache Benchmark 2.2.17
Static Web Page Serving
Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better
RVS02 On USB 3.0 . 32952.40 |==================================================
RVS02 On USB 2.0 . 31573.47 |================================================
Serial ATA 3.0 ... 33046.88 |==================================================


PostMark 1.51
Disk Transaction Performance
TPS > Higher Is Better
RVS02 On USB 3.0 . 1214 |====================================
RVS02 On USB 2.0 . 347  |==========
Serial ATA 3.0 ... 1816 |======================================================


SQLite 3.7.3
Test Target: Default Test Directory
Seconds < Lower Is Better
RVS02 On USB 3.0 . 13.66 |================
RVS02 On USB 2.0 . 44.35 |=====================================================
Serial ATA 3.0 ... 33.77 |========================================


IOzone 3.347
Record Size: 64Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Write Performance
MB/s > Higher Is Better
RVS02 On USB 3.0 . 168.27 |=================
RVS02 On USB 2.0 . 38.27  |====
Serial ATA 3.0 ... 509.42 |====================================================


IOzone 3.347
Record Size: 64Kb - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Read Performance
MB/s > Higher Is Better
RVS02 On USB 3.0 . 200.31 |=========================
RVS02 On USB 2.0 . 36.51  |=====
Serial ATA 3.0 ... 409.61 |====================================================


Dbench 4.0
Client Count: 6
MB/s > Higher Is Better
RVS02 On USB 3.0 . 933.42 |=================================================
RVS02 On USB 2.0 . 276.47 |===============
Serial ATA 3.0 ... 990.74 |====================================================


FS-Mark 3.3
Test: 1000 Files, 1MB Size
Files/s > Higher Is Better
RVS02 On USB 3.0 . 140.00 |=========================
RVS02 On USB 2.0 . 34.20  |======
Serial ATA 3.0 ... 297.13 |====================================================


Compile Bench 0.6
Test: Initial Create
MB/s > Higher Is Better
RVS02 On USB 3.0 . 128.27 |======================
RVS02 On USB 2.0 . 29.63  |=====
Serial ATA 3.0 ... 297.83 |====================================================


Compile Bench 0.6
Test: Compile
MB/s > Higher Is Better
RVS02 On USB 3.0 . 160.86 |=================
RVS02 On USB 2.0 . 36.76  |====
Serial ATA 3.0 ... 503.16 |====================================================


Compile Bench 0.6
Test: Read Compiled Tree
MB/s > Higher Is Better
RVS02 On USB 3.0 . 709.04 |====================================================
RVS02 On USB 2.0 . 640.63 |===============================================
Serial ATA 3.0 ... 713.19 |====================================================