Intel Optane SSD 905P Review: Seriously Fast Storage For Enthusiasts

Name: Intel Optane SSD 905P
Brand: Intel

by Marco Chiappetta — Thursday, May 03, 2018, 01:49 PM EDT

We like PCMark 8's Storage 2.0 benchmark module for its real-world application measurement approach to testing. PCMark 8 offers a trace-based measurement of system response times under various scripted workloads of traditional client / desktop system operation. From simple application start-up performance, to data streaming from a drive in a game engine, and video and photo editing with Adobe applications, we feel comfortable that these tests reasonably illustrate the performance profile of SSDs in an end-user / consumer PC usage model, more so than a purely synthetic transfer test.

Futuremark's PCMark Storage 2.0

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The trace-based PCMark Storage Test proved to be another strong point for the Intel Optane SSD 905P. It offered the lowest times in all of the individual tests except for the one (After Effects), where it just missed the mark set by the 900P. As a result, the Optane SSD 905P puts up the best overall score as well. Technically, it took second place in terms of throughput, but we're talking about a tiny difference between it and the 900P, and both drives simply crushed everything else we tested.

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Marco Chiappetta

Marco's interest in computing and technology dates all the way back to his early childhood. Even before being exposed to the Commodore P.E.T. and later the Commodore 64 in the early ‘80s, he was interested in electricity and electronics, and he still has the modded AFX cars and shop-worn soldering irons to prove it. Once he got his hands on his own Commodore 64, however, computing became Marco's passion. Throughout his academic and professional lives, Marco has worked with virtually every major platform from the TRS-80 and Amiga, to today's high end, multi-core servers. Over the years, he has worked in many fields related to technology and computing, including system design, assembly and sales, professional quality assurance testing, and technical writing. In addition to being the Managing Editor here at HotHardware for close to 15 years, Marco is also a freelance writer whose work has been published in a number of PC and technology related print publications and he is a regular fixture on HotHardware’s own Two and a Half Geeks webcast. - Contact: marco(at)hothardware(dot)com