- Highpoint Rocket 7604a The RAID card is half the size of the previous iteration
- Delivery almost 60 Gbps using four GEN5 ssD without food cable
- The first review shows that it offers strong performance on Intel and AMD platforms
The Highpoint Rocket 7604A is a PCIE Gen5 RAID card that is aimed at professionals who need extreme sequential performance in compact work stations.
Although it is based on the legacy of the larger rocket model 1608a, it manages to reduce the form of form in almost half while maintaining a similar performance.
The 7604A fits a single -slot configuration and a half length and is completely fed by the PCIE bus, without the need for external energy.
Eclipses Record maintenance models
Tweaktown He recently reviewed the card, describing it as “a masterpiece of engineering” that offers a sequential performance of 59.8 GB/s using only four SSD of M.2 Gen5.
This eclipse performance even the previous registration retention models of the company. He achieves this with a Raid Broadcom PEX89048A controller and four Gen5 x4 m.2 slots.
The tests covered Intel and AMD platforms. Intel Systems had the advantage in reference points such as Anvil and Blackmagic, while AMD took leadership in certain file transfer scenarios.
Matched with four Samsung 9100 pro units (Tweaktown Notes that the units must be naked to fit the card), the 7604A rocket reached almost 60 GB/s of sequential performance in Crystaldiskmark. “Better than any AIC we have found,” the Senior Hardware editor of the Site, Jon Couter, observed.
In Atto, he delivered up to 54 GB/s, more than double the performance reached with 1608a using eight crucial T705 units.
Tweaktown He also reported that the 7604A broke multiple laboratory records, obtaining 93,000 points at the Anvil reference point, far exceeding any AIC based on previous flash.
Users can configure RAID software through Windows, which admits RAID 0 and RAID 1, or use HighPoint’s own configuration utility to unlock additional options such as RAID 10. The card also supports SSD PCIE GEN4, although the performance is reduced when used in that mode.
At $ 999, below its original sale price of $ 1999, Rocket 7604A is less expensive than its predecessor and many competitive solutions. It is clearly not made for casual users, but for anyone who needs maximum performance in a limited space, this card definitely offers.
Tweaktown He granted it 98% (dropping some points for performance and value, but scoring the maximum for quality and characteristics) and appointed him choice of the editor.
