Need some help configuring Mac Pro!

[666sheep]

I disagree. BlackMagic gives a darn good indication of which storage devices and IO schemes work best on a Macintosh.

Because it has eye candy GUI? Come on, this benchmark tests R/W of different video frames, i.e. files above 512MB. It's good for storage testing, not the boot/apps drive.

I guess, like Tessy, you would say that SATAIII and SATAII are equal in every day use.

You're guessing wrong.

 

[dollystereo]

For booting and appd only purpose you don't need PCIe card. All small files reads/writes and IOPS are within SATA II specs, for most of SSDs. ICH10 in MP tops out about 110k IOPS. You'd have more benefits from PCIe card using SSD for storage of bigger files. BTW, Blackamgic is worthless as boot drive testing tool.

At last someone with sense.
Random W/R is the important factor for daily use. Sata2=Sata3.
For media, sustained is important. For boot drive Sata 2 is good enough. (this test have been done)