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TSSDR has recently moved back into the realm of enterprise and data center SSD reviews after having been absent from this space for some time. Looking back in fact, our last enterprise report…true enterprise report…was way back in February 2018 by Sean Webster. It was on the Intel SSD DC P4510 Gen3 Enterprise SSD and at that point in time, it might be fair to say we were the (if not one of the) go to resources in enterprise/data center reviews. Well that was yesterday and today is a new day. This is the newest TSSDR Enterprise/Data Center SSD Test Bench:
This Test Bench is PCIe 5.0 and runs on a script originally authored by Allyn Malventano but graciously provided for our use by Jon Coulter of Tweaktown and it analyses ever aspect of enterprise SSD performance. It runs on the Ubuntu Linux Distribution and tests include 128K read and write throughput with latencies, 4K and 8K read and write IOPS with latency, and 4K Mixed loads 70/30 and 50/50 IOPS with latency. All testing is steady state and there are twenty charts in total for our final report.
Testing at The SSD Review strictly adheres to industry accepted enterprise solid state storage testing procedures. All testing conducted follows and repeats the following pattern:
- Secure Erase SSD
- Write the full SSD twice with 128K sequential data
- Precondition the SSD by filling its volume with 4/8K random writes twice.
- Run each workload with a 30-second ramp for five minutes at each Queue Depth.
In setting up this test bench, the motherboards BIOS was updated to the latest release and the ONLY modification to the BIOS is that we turned hyperthreading off. We do this specifically for single core CPU-intensive applications where the OS scheduler may incorrectly manage the threads, resulting in sub-standard performance.
Building a workstation such as this isn’t possible without some great sponsorship. We would lke to thank Intel for sending along their Xeon W7-2595X 26-Core Workstation Processor, ASUS for their Pro WS W790E-SAGE SE Gen5 Workstation motherboard, Corsair for providing their W5 DDR5 ECC RDIM 64GB DDR5 DRAM 6000MT/s CL40 Memory Kit, along with their HX1200i High Performance Platinum ATX Power Supply, and Silverstone for sponsoring our build with their XE360-4677 HP Triple 120mm All-In-One Cooler for IIntel LGA4677.
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INTEL XEON W7-2595X 26-CORE WORKSTATION PROCESSOR
The Intel Xeon w7-2595X Processor is a 26-Core 52-thread CPU with a 2.8GHz base clock and Max Turbo Frequency of 4.8GHz. This CPU was launched in Q3’24 and has a base power rating of 250w and 300w maximum turbo power.
Installation of the w7-2595x is vastly different than ones typical desktop CPU and requires the correct installation bracket, two of which shipped with the motherboard. This CPU was chosen over the W9-3495x as it is believed to provide better latency results specific to our testing.
Memory specifications for this CPU are limited to DDR5-4800, however you will notice that we were successful with ECC DDR5-6000 RDIMM Corsair memory in our specific build.
At the time of this report, we could find the Intel Xeon w7-2595X Workstation CPU for $2518.18US. Check Amazon.
PRIMOCHILL PRAXIS OPEN CHASSIS TEST BENCH
I never would have figured how difficult it might be to find an ‘open’ PC chassis where the motherboard lies flat. This Praxis was suggested and it turns out that it is the absolute perfect chassis for our specific testing. On the left side is also a power button with a reset button on the right. Does it fit all the components? Simply check out all of our system photos in this report.
at the time of this report, we found the Primochill Praxis Wetbench priced at $234.99. Check Amazon.
