Quote Originally Posted by johnw View Post
It is interesting that the WA comes out less than 2 for the "production environment". I wonder if the reason we measured 4 or 5 with the endurance test is because with continuous writing the Samsung never does much GC and so ends up having to do a lot more block erases. But maybe in the production environment, there are sufficient pauses for Samsung GC to kick in? Just a guess.
That is what I would guess as well. “Normal” client use might be a completely different picture. It would be helpful if anyone reading this thread, that is using a 470 or an 830 in a client environment, could post their SMART data.

@Christopher, I’ll be using a Z68, which has Marvel for SATA III and an Intel chip for SATA II. I’m leaning towards using the Marvel controller. I’ve ordered the 64GB version, touch wood it will arrive tomorrow morning, otherwise I’ll have to wait until Monday.