FutureMark PCMark Vantage - HDD Suite	Source: FutureMark

PCMark Vantage is the first objective hardware performance benchmark for PCs running 32 and 64 bit versions of Windows Vista. PCMark Vantage is perfectly suited for benchmarking any type of Windows Vista PC from multi media home entertainment systems and laptops to dedicated workstations and hi-end gaming rigs. Regardless of whether the benchmarker is an artist or an IT Professional, PCMark Vantage shows the user where their system soars or falls flat, and how to get the most performance possible out of their hardware. PCMark Vantage is easy enough for even the most casual enthusiast to use yet supports in-depth, professional industry grade testing. Higher points are better.

Futuremark PCMark Vantage - HDD Suite Windows Defender: (MB/s) Points Ranking Samsung 540U3C-A01 156.1 Samsung 900X4C-A02 138.3 Samsung 915S3G-K01 203.4 Gaming: (MB/s) Points Ranking Samsung 540U3C-A01 228.2 Samsung 900X4C-A02 164.5 Samsung 915S3G-K01 188.4 Importing to Photo Gallery: (MB/s) Points Ranking Samsung 540U3C-A01 147.9 Samsung 900X4C-A02 193.5 Samsung 915S3G-K01 190.4 Windows Vista Startup: (MB/s) Points Ranking Samsung 540U3C-A01 123.4 Samsung 900X4C-A02 208.8 Samsung 915S3G-K01 190.9 Editing w/h Movie Maker: (MB/s) Points Ranking Samsung 540U3C-A01 89.1 Samsung 900X4C-A02 198.4 Samsung 915S3G-K01 133.9 Media Center: (MB/s) Points Ranking Samsung 540U3C-A01 148 Samsung 900X4C-A02 299.4 Samsung 915S3G-K01 218.3 Adding Files to Media Player: (MB/s) Points Ranking Samsung 540U3C-A01 41.4 Samsung 900X4C-A02 123.9 Samsung 915S3G-K01 65.9 Application Loading: (MB/s) Points Ranking Samsung 540U3C-A01 61.4 Samsung 900X4C-A02 184.7 Samsung 915S3G-K01 70.9

On the whole, PCMark Vantage positions the 128GB Samsung SSD inside the Samsung ATIV Book 9-Lite notebook well. The rest of the system may hamperperformance in the last four tests, but the first half demonsrate good results.

Next up, AS SSD results...

AS SSD 1.6 Benchmark	Source:AS SSD

The AS SSD benchmark determines the performance of Solid State Drives (SSD). AS SSD benchmark is made specifically to test SSD performance. It is a synthetic benchmark that gauges bandwidth and latency speeds for solid state disks. Higher bandwidth (MB/s) is better, lower latencies (ms) are better.

AS SSD Benchmark 1.6.4013 - Read/Write Read Sequential (MB/s) Points Ranking Samsung 540U3C-A01 435 Samsung 900X4C-A02 459.58 Samsung 915S3G-K01 467.95 Write Sequential (MB/s) Points Ranking Samsung 540U3C-A01 299.7 Samsung 900X4C-A02 253.42 Samsung 915S3G-K01 128.04 Read 4K (MB/s) Points Ranking Samsung 540U3C-A01 6.46 Samsung 900X4C-A02 18.29 Samsung 915S3G-K01 18.98 Write 4K (MB/s) Points Ranking Samsung 540U3C-A01 7.64 Samsung 900X4C-A02 41.67 Samsung 915S3G-K01 32.83 Read 4k-64Thrd (MB/s) Points Ranking Samsung 540U3C-A01 27.36 Samsung 900X4C-A02 284.47 Samsung 915S3G-K01 176.2 Write 4k-64Thrd (MB/s) Points Ranking Samsung 540U3C-A01 7.17 Samsung 900X4C-A02 91.6 Samsung 915S3G-K01 122.41 Read Acc. Time (ms) Points Ranking Samsung 540U3C-A01 0.576 Samsung 900X4C-A02 0.137 Samsung 915S3G-K01 0.148 Write Acc. Time (ms) Points Ranking Samsung 540U3C-A01 0.523 Samsung 900X4C-A02 0.087 Samsung 915S3G-K01 0.114

AS SSD gives us a true measure of the 128GB mSATA SSDs performance. Sequential Read is 467MB/s, among the highest of the three Samsung notebooks tested. Sequential Write is 128MB/s, lower than both the other notebooks. The remainder of AS SSD benchmarks position the 128GB SSD well.

So what does PCSTATS make of the Samsung ATIV Book 9-Lite notebook?