SSD Reviews Thread

**onethreehill** · 07-01-2011, 08:30 PM

**onethreehill** · 07-01-2011, 08:31 PM

Updated: March 28, 2013

ADATA S510 120GB - Micron 29F64G08CBAAA
ADATA S511 60GB - Intel 29F64G08AAME1
ADATA S511 120GB - Intel 29F64G08AAME1
ADATA S511 240GB - Intel 29F16B08CAME1
Corsair Force Series 3 120GB - Micron 29F64G08CBAAA
Corsair Force Series 3 240GB - Intel 29F16B08CAME1
Corsair Force Series GT 120GB - Intel 29F64G08ACME2
Corsair Force Series GT 120GB - Micron 29F64G08CBAAB
Corsair Force Series GT 240GB - Micron 29F128G08CFAAB
Corsair Performance 3 128GB - Toshiba TH58TVG7D2FBA89
Corsair Performance 3 256GB - Toshiba TH58TV68D2FBA89
Corsair Performance 3 256GB - Toshiba TH58TEG8D2HBA8C
Corsair Force Series GS 240GB - SanDisk SDZNPQBHER-016GT
Corsair Neutron 240GB - Micron 29F128G08CFAAB
Corsair Neutron GTX 240GB - Toshiba TH58TEG8D2HBA8C
Corsair Neutron GTX 240GB - Toshiba TH58TEG7DDJTA20
Crucial RealSSD C300 128GB -
Crucial RealSSD C300 256MB - Micron 29F128G08CFAAB
Crucial RealSSD C300 512GB -
Crucial m4 64GB - Micron 29F64G08CFACB
Crucial m4 128GB - Micron 29F64G08CFACB
Crucial m4 256MB - Micron 29F128G08CFAAB
Crucial m4 512GB - Micron 29F256G08CJAAB
EDGE Boost Pro 120GB - Micron 26F64G08CBAAA
Intel SSD 510 120GB - Intel 29F64G08CAMDD
Intel SSD 510 250GB - Intel 29F16B08JAMDD
Intel SSD 330 120GB - Intel 29F16B08CCME2
Intel SSD 520 240GB - Intel 29F16B08CCME2
Future Storage 240GB - Toshiba TH58TAG802FBA89
KingSpec Challenger E3000s 240GB - Intel 29F16B16MCME1
Kingston SSDNow V+200 120GB - Intel 29F64G08ACME3
Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB - Intel 29F16B08CCME3
Kingston HyperX 120GB -
Kingston HyperX 240GB - Intel 29F16B08CCME2
Mach Xtreme DS Turbo 120GB - Intel 29F64G08ACME2
MemoRight FTM Plus 60GB -
MemoRight FTM Plus 120GB - Micron 29F64G08CBAAB
Memoright FTM Plus 240GB -
Mushkin Chronos MX 120GB - Intel 29F64G08ACME3
Mushkin Chronos Deluxe 120GB - Toshiba TH58TAG7D2FBA89
Mushkin Chronos Deluxe 240GB - Toshiba TH58TAG8D2FBA89
OCZ Solid 3 120GB - Micron 29F64G08CBAAA
OCZ Agility 3 120GB - Micron 29F64G08CBAAA
OCZ Agility 3 240GB - Micron 29F128G08CFAAA
OCZ Agility 4 240GB - Micron 29F128G08CFAAA
OCZ Vertex 3 120GB - Intel 29F64G08ACME2
OCZ Vertex 3 240GB - Intel 29F16B08CCME2
OCZ Vertex 3.20 240GB - Intel 29F16808CCMF3
OCZ Vertex 3 Max IOPS 120GB - Toshiba TH58TAG7D2FBAS9
OCZ Vertex 3 Max IOPS 240GB - Toshiba TH58TAG7D2FBA89
OCZ Vertex 4 512GB - Intel 29F32B08JCME3
OWC Mercury Electra 6G 120GB -
OWC Mercury Electra 6G 240GB – Intel 29F16BG08CAME1
OWC Mercury Extreme Pro 6G 120GB - Micron 29F64G08CBAAB
OWC Mercury Extreme Pro 6G 240GB – Micron 29F128G08CFAAB
OWC Mercury Extreme Pro 6G 120GB - Toshiba TH58TAG7D2FBA89
OWC Mercury Extreme Pro 6G 240GB - Toshiba TH58TAG7D2FBA89
Patriot Pyro 120GB - Micron 29F64G08CBAAA
Patriot Pyro 240GB - Intel 29F16B08CAME1
Patriot Pyro SE 120GB - Micron 29F64G08CBAAB
Patriot Pyro SE 240GB - Micron 29F128G08CFAAB
Patriot Wildfire 120GB - Toshiba TH58TAG6D2FBA49
Plextor PX-128M2S 128GB - Toshiba TH58TAVG7D2FBA89
Plextor PX-256M2S 256GB - Toshiba TH58TAVG8D2FBA89
Plextor PX-128M2P 128GB - Toshiba TH58TAVG7D2FBA89
Plextor PX-256M2P 256GB - Toshiba TH58TAV68D2FDA88
Plextor PX-128M3S 128GB - Toshiba TH58TEG7D2HBA4C
Plextor PX-256M3S 256GB - Toshiba TH58TEG8D2HBA8C
Plextor PX-128M3P 128GB - Toshiba TH58TEG7D2HBA4C
Plextor PX-256M3P 256GB - Toshiba TH58TEG8D2HBA8C
Plextor PX-256M5S 256GB - Micron 29F128G08CFAAB
Plextor PX-256M5P 256GB - Toshiba TH58TEG8D2JBA8C
PNY Prevail Elite 240GB - Intel 29F16B16MCME1
Samsung SSD 830 256GB - Samsung K9PFGY8U7A-HCKO
Silicon Power V30 60GB - Intel 29F64G08ACME2
Silicon Power V30 120GB - Intel 29F64G08ACME2
Super Talent TeraDrive CT3 64GB - Micron 29F64G08CBAAA
Strontium Matrix Series 120GB - Micron 29F64G08CFACB
Team Xtreem S3 - Intel 29F64G08ACME2
Zalman F1 120GB- Intel 29F64G08ACME3

http://wenku.baidu.com/view/91061cd0...5cc170a20.html

OCZ Agility 3 240GB SSD - Asynchronous NAND

As always, we look at the part number to tell us what's going on. Micron's part numbers are a little different than Intel's but the key things to pay attention to here are the 128G (128Gbit packages, 16GB per package) and characters 11 and 14. Character 11 here is an F, which corresponds to 2 die per package (2 x 8GB 25nm die in each NAND device) while number 14 is an A, indicating that this is asynchronous NAND. To date I've only encountered 25nm synchronous (represented by the letter B) NAND, but as with any other silicon device there's always a cost savings if you can sacrifice performance.

http://www.anandtech.com/show/4346/o...3-240gb-review

OCZ Vertex 3 240GB SSD - Synchronous NAND

These are Intel 25nm NAND devices, looking at the part number tells us a little bit about them. You can ignore the first three characters in the part number, they tell you that you're looking at Intel NAND. Characters 4 - 6 (if you sin and count at 1) indicate the density of the package, in this case 64G means 64Gbits or 8GB. The next two characters indicate the device bus width (8-bytes). Now the ninth character is the important one - it tells you the number of die inside the package. These parts are marked A, which corresponds to one die per device. The second to last character is also important, here E stands for 25nm.

Once again we have sixteen NAND devices, eight on each side. OCZ standardized on Intel 25nm NAND for both capacities initially. The density string on the 240GB drive is 16B for 16Gbytes (128 Gbit), which makes sense given the drive has twice the capacity.

A look at the ninth character on these chips and you see the letter C, which in Intel NAND nomenclature stands for 2 die per package (J is for 4 die per package if you were wondering).

http://www.anandtech.com/show/4316/o...3-240gb-review

**Hondacity** · 07-01-2011, 08:33 PM

add a-data sf2281

**onethreehill** · 07-01-2011, 09:04 PM

Originally Posted by Hondacity

add a-data sf2281

Okie Dokie

ADATA S511 120GB SSD Reviews
http://thessdreview.com/our-reviews/...-their-lineup/

ADATA S511 240GB SSD Reviews
http://benchmarkreviews.com/index.ph...=780&Itemid=60
http://www.kitguru.net/components/ss...ce-2281/all/1/

**Highendtoys** · 07-02-2011, 02:46 AM

You'll find about a hundred more here: http://www.tweaktown.com/cat/storage/index.html

**mak1skav** · 07-02-2011, 05:44 AM

Thanks for your time and your effort mate to collect and sum all that reviews for us.

**Computurd** · 07-02-2011, 09:30 AM

yes that is handy to have in one place. there are so many devices coming out so quickly...

**qgshadow** · 07-06-2011, 07:13 AM

So whats is the best SSD around now, for Home use, Gaming....

Single Drive and Raid0

for single drive i guess sandforce is the best, but i heard it sucks in raid.

is this correct?

**Highendtoys** · 07-06-2011, 02:55 PM

Here is SandForce RAID - http://www.tweaktown.com/articles/41...ort/index.html

Doesn't look like suck to me

**onethreehill** · 07-06-2011, 03:09 PM

Intel SSD 510 RAID Review
Intel SSDs are best known for providing good performance, compatibility, and reliability. We take the company’s latest, the 510 series, and put it in RAID levels 0, 1, 5, and 6, plus a special four-drive RAID 0 configuration and achieve some astonishing performance numbers. To get an idea of just how fast these drives are, check out our in-depth RAID review where we reach speeds in excess of 1,100MB/s read and write.

http://www.storagereview.com/intel_ssd_510_raid_review

Corsair Force GT 120GB SSD Review
The Force GT is the latest in Corsair's range of SandForce based SSDs and features a tweaked architecture which should benefit reading and writing of music and video files (uncompressible data). Today we will be putting the 120GB model through a selection of synthetic and real world tests to find out how it compares to an alternative model which is also tuned for OS use rather than maximum IOPS.

http://www.hardwareheaven.com/review...roduction.html

**F@32** · 07-07-2011, 04:00 AM

Originally Posted by onethreehill

http://www.hardwareheaven.com/review...roduction.html

I'm curious to see 4K QD1 performance of the GT drive.

**Nizzen** · 07-07-2011, 07:41 AM

Originally Posted by F@32

I'm curious to see 4K QD1 performance of the GT drive.

What benchmark do you need and on what controller? Iometer?

I have 4pcs of Force gt 120gb

2xr0 @ ich 6g. Sandy bridge @ 4850mhz
Tested several times. Results go from 31-34 MB/s

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**F@32** · 07-08-2011, 06:36 AM

Originally Posted by Nizzen

What benchmark do you need and on what controller? Iometer?

I have 4pcs of Force gt 120gb

2xr0 @ ich 6g. Sandy bridge @ 4850mhz
Tested several times. Results go from 31-34 MB/s

Great, thank you Nizzen. If I read this correctly, it is on par with C300 4K QD1 RR with incompressible data? If so, it is truly great to achieve ~550 MB/s in sequential and such level of random performance.

Also, if you don't mind could you please execute
1) 4K random read at QD32
2) 4K random write at QD1
3) 4K random write at QD32

Would be interesting to see if it can hit advertised 85K IOPs writing...

**W1zzard** · 07-06-2011, 11:01 PM

http://www.techpowerup.com/reviewdb/SSD/

goes way back

**onethreehill** · 07-07-2011, 12:58 AM

Patriot Wildfire 120GB SSD Review
Second-generation solid-state drives (SSDs) based on a new-and-improved SandForce controller are arriving thick and fast, but from what we've seen thus far, it's clear that not all SF-2281-based drives are made equal.

OCZ has attempted to cover all bases with its extreme (Vertex 3 Max IOPs), high-end (Vertex 3) and mid-range (Agility 3) models, and Corsair has also put forth two interesting propositions - the competitively-priced Force Series 3 for everyday performance, and the extreme Force GT for those who demand maximum performance.

Next in line to join the second-generation SandForce festivities is Patriot Memory, who has opted to throw caution to the wind and come out firing on all cylinders with the aptly titled Wildfire.

http://www.hexus.net/content/item.php?item=31048

**PaRn ssR** · 07-07-2011, 06:34 AM

Thanks.

**Computurd** · 07-08-2011, 02:52 PM

it is on par with C300 4K QD1 RR with incompressible data? If so, it is truly great to achieve ~550 MB/s in sequential and such level of random performance.

you are aware this is two devices in Raid 0. not one, right?

**F@32** · 07-08-2011, 07:31 PM

Hey CT. Yes I saw that. However, if my understanding is correct, with the test size smaller than the strip he would test only one device regardless of QD. Is that right? Anyway, single GT advertised as 85K 4K IOPs, which I think it can do with compressible data and high QD, probably 32.

Cheers.

**flamenko** · 07-09-2011, 09:00 AM

Corsair Force Series GT 120GB SSD Review - The Force GT and Series 3 Compared!

**onethreehill** · 07-11-2011, 05:02 PM

SSD Roundup from Crucial, Intel and OCZ
Crucial RealSSD C300 256GB
Crucial m4 256GB
Intel 510 120GB
Intel 510 250GB
OCZ Vertex 3 120GB
OCZ Vertex 3 240GB
OCZ Vertex 3 480GB
OCZ Vertex 2 240GB
http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/sto...-sata-600.html

**onethreehill** · 07-11-2011, 08:17 PM

Patriot Wildfire 120GB SSD Review @Benchmarkreviews

Patriot Wildfire 120GB SSD Review @Overclockersclub

**Hondacity** · 07-11-2011, 09:57 PM

cursair 240gb force gt review?

**Computurd** · 07-12-2011, 12:00 AM

man i would love to review a wildfire.

**Anvil** · 07-12-2011, 01:21 AM

@CT

Where is the one that Les reviewed? Link

**flamenko** · 07-12-2011, 02:35 AM

If this helps, I can leave it and if not let me know and we can delete. It is the SATA 3 hierarchy of all SATA 3 SSDs that we have tested thusfar and does nto include the monster Revo drives:

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