How We Examination, Organization Specs

The Intel SSD 510 Series 120GB, OCZ Vertex 3 and Crucial RealSSD C300 were tested using SATA 6Gb/southward, requiring us to use the Sandy Bridge (LGA1155) platform. All other 3Gb/s drives were tested on our older LGA1366 platform, merely this shouldn't affect the results. A few select SATA 3Gb/s drives were tested on our newer LGA1155 test arrangement to check for testing accurateness, both synthetic and existent-globe operation were much the same.

In improver to our featured wink devices, the Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM hard bulldoze has been included for comparison's sake. Other SSDs used for comparison characteristic controllers such as the SandForce SF-1200, JMicron JMF616, Intel PC29AS218A, Marvell 88SS9174, Toshiba TC58NCF618GBT and Samsung S3C29MAX01. Our testing suite consists of four synthetic benchmark programs and our own file copying and load time tests.

As yous should know by now, while manufacturers claim impressive peak I/O operation out of the box, this performance can diminish over time. Unlike a conventional difficult drive, any write operation made to an SSD is a two-step process: a data block must be erased and then written to. Obviously if the drive is new and unused there will be nothing to erase and therefore the commencement step can exist bypassed, but this only happens once unless the drive is trimmed.

Because this, we'll test how much performance you can expect to lose from each SSD over time. We'll test all drives in their clean unused state, so run the Hd Tach full benchmark several times which fills the entire drive. This simulates heavy usage and gives us a clear indication of how operation volition exist affected in normal long-term use.

All drives in this roundup support the Windows vii TRIM role, which is meant to counteract these negative effects.

SATA 6Gb/south Organisation Specs
- Intel Cadre i7-2600K (LGA1155)
- x2 4GB DDR3-1600 G.Skill (CAS 8-8-viii-20)
- Asus P8P67 Deluxe (Intel P67)
- OCZ ZX Series (1250w)
- Intel SSD 510 Series 120GB
- Crucial RealSSD C300 256GB
- OCZ Vertex three 240GB
- Asus GeForce GTX 580 (1536MB)

Software
- Microsoft Windows seven Ultimate (64-bit)
- Nvidia Forceware 270.51

SATA 3Gb/due south System Specs
- Intel Core i7-965 EE (LGA1366)
- x3 2GB DDR3-1600 1000.Skill (CAS 8-eight-viii-20)
- Asus P6T Deluxe (Intel X58)
- OCZ ZX Serial (1250w)
- Crucial RealSSD C300 256GB
- Kingston SSDNow V+ 100 256GB
- Kingston SSDNow 5 100 256GB
- OCZ RevoDrive X2 240GB
- OCZ Vertex 2 Pro 100GB
- OCZ Vertex 120GB
- Intel SSD 320 Series 300GB
- Samsung 470 Series 256GB
- Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB
- Asus GeForce GTX 580 (1536MB)

Software
- Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate (64-bit)
- Nvidia Forceware 270.51