i ran small random writes on a hdtune pro demo and it falls in line with my older 250gb sataII seagate drive, averages around 6MB/sec and the newer seagate 350ish HDD is around 17MB/sec in that same test.

yes, its a known weak point of MLC drives, if random writes are important you need a caching controller or a SLC drive (assuming you want a SSD to begin with)

btw might be placebo but WoW was about 50ms or so less laggy than usual was 170-190ms last night off this drive and normally 220-250ms