Testing:
To give you an idea of the
Vizo Luxon's performance, I ran a quick base line test using HD Tach on my Seagate SATA 3 GB/s hard drive on my DFI Lanparty UT NF4 SLI-DR Expert motherboard. Here you can see the average read time was 49.4 MB/s with a burst speed of 216.7 MB/s.
After installing the drive in the Luxon, I performed the same test on the SATA and USB connections.
First we will take a look at the drive connected by a USB 2.0 port. As you can see, it has a very steady read speed, averaging 32.2 MB/s. This is significantly slower than the direct SATA connection, which averaged 49.4 MB/s. While the burst speed was just a little higher than the average read time at 32.8 MB/s. The read speed difference was not unexpected, we all know USB is going to be a slower connection.
Finally, we can see the performance of the Luxon connected by the external SATA port. As you can see here, the average read time was the same speed as being connected directly to the motherboard. However, the burst speed drop was more than I expected. Through the Luxon it was reporting 78.6 MB/s. This shows that the Luxon can only support speeds comparable to SATA 1.5 GB/s, and not SATA 3 GB/s.
The final test was to monitor the drive's thermal properties in the enclosure. As you can see, I have included several thermal readings as reported by the Cooler Master Cool Drive IV. The drive was only slightly warmer in the Luxon than when it was inside the NexStar 3, and only 3 degrees warmer than when mounted inside my Thermaltake Eureka case.
