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For testing, the drives are all wiped and reset to factory settings by HDDerase V4. We try to use free or easily available programs and some real world testing so you can compare our findings against your own system.
This is a good way to measure potential upgrade benefits.
Main system:
Kitguru Test Rig 2
Compare system:
CPU: Intel Core i7 2700k
Cooler: Thermaltake Frio OCK
Motherboard: Asus P8P67 Deluxe
Memory: ADATA DDR3 2000mhz 9-11-9-24
PSU: ADATA 1200W
Graphics: Sapphire HD6950 Flex Edition
Chassis: Thermaltake Level 10 GT
Operating System: Windows 7 64 bit
Other Drives
OCZ Vertex 460 240GB
Samsung 840 EVO 1TB
OCZ Vector 150 240GB
ADATA Premier Pro SP900 128GB
Visiontek Racer Series 120GB
Kingston HyperX 3k 120GB
OCZ Vertex 4 512GB
OCZ Vertex 4 128GB SSD Review (firmware 1.4 update)
Transcend SSD720 128GB
Kingston SSDNow V+200 90GB
OCZ Octane 512GB (V1.13 fw)
Mach Xtreme MX-DS Turbo 120GB
Corsair Performance Pro 256GB
Samsung 830 Series 512GB
Patriot Pyro SE 240GB
Patriot Wildfire 240GB
MemoRight FTM Plus 240GB SSD
Patriot Pyro 120GB SSD
OCZ RevoDrive 3 x2 480GB
Patriot Wildfire 120GB SSD OCZ Agility 3 240GB
OCZ Vertex 3 240GB
OCZ Vertex 3 MAX IOPS 240GB
ADATA S511 240GB
Intel 510 120GB
Corsair F100 100GB
OCZ Vertex 2 120GB
Crucial Real SSD C300 64GB
MemoRight FTM.25 115GB SSD
Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB
PCIe drives test system:
OCZ RevoDrive Hybrid 1TB HDD/SSD &
OCZ RevoDrive 3 x2 480GB
Software:
Atto Disk Benchmark
CrystalMark
AS SSD
PCMark 8
IOMeter
All our results were achieved by running each test five times with every configuration this ensures that any glitches are removed from the results. Trim is confirmed as running by typing fsutil behavior query disabledeletenotify into the command line. A response of disabledeletenotify =0 confirms TRIM is active.
I love Intel drives, the performance figures are only part of the story – most reliable drives by far. I still have an original Intel SSD from the 1st generation and its working fine.
I have had 3 OCZ and Corsair sandforce drives fails over a couple of a months, I will always be going back to Intel. ordering a 240GB or maybe a 480GB jackson ridge SSD in the coming months, depending if I can stretch to it.
I dont think in real world terms the write speed of 270Mb/s would be a huge issue, but for some future proofing and a boot drive, the 480GB seems a better bet. The slight price overhead due to the reliability enhancements is worth it.
Intel lover here too, reliability is very important for me, I wouldn’t risk the chance of losing data over £20 more than an OCZ or something else.
Any ideas when OCUK will have these in stock? just a preorder page atm
I have had 3 OCZ and Corsair sandforce drives fails over a couple of a months, I will always be going back to Intel. ordering a 240GB or maybe a 480GB jackson ridge SSD in the coming months, depending if I can stretch to it. http://num.to/457-287-619-226
im using the Intel sandforce based drive that works great for me and now i cant wait to get the 240 gb jackson ridge. love the reliability of intel.