How We Test, Arrangement Specs

The Intel SSD 510 Series 120GB, OCZ Vertex 3 and Crucial RealSSD C300 feature SATA 6Gb/s connectivity, requiring us to test using the Sandy Bridge (LGA1155) weapons platform. All other 3Gb/s drives were tested on our elder LGA1366 political platform, but this shouldn't affect the results. A few select SATA 3Gb/s drives were tested along our LGA1155 system to check for accuracy, both synthetic and real-world performance were much the Lapplander.

In addition to our featured flash devices, the Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM hard driving has been included for comparison's sake. Some other SSDs tried for comparison feature controllers such every bit the SandForce SF-1200, JMicron JMF616, Intel PC29AS218A, Marvell 88SS9174, Toshiba TC58NCF618GBT and Samsung S3C29MAX01. Our testing retinue consists of four synthetic bench mark programs and our own file copying and lading time tests.

As you likely know, spell manufacturers claim formidable point I/O performance away of the box, this performance can decrease finished time. Unlike a conventional disk drive, whatsoever write operation made to an SSD is a two-step process: a data block must embody erased and then scripted to. Manifestly if the drive is new and unused thither will be nothing to erase and therefore the first step can comprise bypassed, but this but happens once unless the repulse is trimmed.

Considering this, we'll prove how much performance you can carry to lose from each SSD over time. We'll examine all drives in their clean unaccustomed state, and then run the HD Tach full bench mark different multiplication to fill the entire drive. This simulates heavy usage and clearly indicates of how performance will be affected after normal long-term use.

All drives therein roundup financial support the Windows 7 Thin run, which is meant to counteract these negative effects.

SATA 6Gb/s System Glasses
- Intel Core i7-2600K (LGA1155)
- x2 4GB DDR3-1600 G.Skill (CAS 8-8-8-20)
- Asus P8P67 Deluxe (Intel P67)
- OCZ ZX Series (1250w)
- Intel SSD 510 Series 120GB
- Crucial RealSSD C300 256GB
- OCZ Vertex 3 240GB
- Asus GeForce GTX 580 (1536MB)
Computer software
- Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate (64-bit)
- Nvidia Forceware 270.51