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PCIe 2.0 Bandwidth
The FirmTek SeriTek/Q6G provides excellent performance with SATA hard disks (HDD) or Solid State Drives (SSD). Best results will be obtained when the SeriTek/Q6G is mounted in a PCIe 2.0 4x, 8x or 16x expansion slot. The ultra-high bandwidth capability provided by the SeriTek/Q6G provides RAID support in excess of 700MB/sec.

Performance Chart
Configuration	Performance	Enclosure
Single 6G SSD	505MB/s Read 428MB/s Write	miniSwap/ES
Two 6G SSDs Stripped RAID	716MB/s Read 706MB/s Write
Four Samsung F3 HDDs configured as a stripped RAID	557MB/s Read 713MB/s Write	One SeriTek/2eEN4
Five Samsung F3 HDDs configured as a stripped RAID	238MB/s Read 223MB/s Write	One SeriTek/5PM
Ten Samsung F3 HDDs configured as a stripped RAID	445MB/s Read 417MB/s Write	Two SeriTek/5PM
Fifteen Samsung F3 HDDs configured as a stripped RAID	526MB/s Read 582MB/s Write	Three SeriTek/5PM
Sixteen Samsung F3 HDDs configured as a stripped RAID	608MB/s Read 623MB/s Write	Four SeriTek/5PM

This information was produced by FirmTek, LLC for customers desiring an analysis of the performance options available with the FirmTek SeriTek/Q6G and FirmTek enclosures. Performance tests were completed with a 2009 Apple Mac Pro. Results will vary with different enclosures or hard disk models.