Kingston SSDNow 40GB (X25-V)
1517.82TB Host writes 49735977*32)
Reallocated sectors : 05 769 +1
Available Reserved Space : E8 86 (86)
POH 14074
MD5 OK
31.76MiB/s on avg (~184 hours)
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Kingston SSDNow 40GB (X25-V)
1517.82TB Host writes 49735977*32)
Reallocated sectors : 05 769 +1
Available Reserved Space : E8 86 (86)
POH 14074
MD5 OK
31.76MiB/s on avg (~184 hours)
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This is a fantastic thread! It's about time someone did this sort of testing. AFAIK not even Anand tests their drives to destruction.
I agree wholeheartedly. I want to chime in, though, because I have a relevant story from the early days of SSD. Back in 2008 I bought a 128GB Memoright SSD. This was back when SSD's were pricey and very rough around the edges - the thing cost ~$2000. But the upgrade was the single biggest "you can feel it" improvement to my laptop's performance (not to mention solved my heat problem). After about two months it failed. I'm not sure what was written or what type of failure occurred. But SSD technology was new, and I was curious, so I did some non-scientific investigating. After roughly 10 minutes of use, the system would start freezing up and Windows would start reporting errors. If I rebooted immediately, the BIOS would hang for a while and not detect it. If I left the drive off for a period of time, I found I could plug it in and get about 10 minutes of use, although corruptions would be reported. Writing to the drive caused it to freeze up a lot quicker than reading. Two different computers gave identical results. Eventually I plugged it into a machine set up for recovery, using software (Acronis) that would only read from the drive. Although my read rate was incredibly slow, after many hours it did manage to read all my data off.
I binary compared large files to what I had in backups, checked on CRC's / PAR files, and it turned out the data that had been dormant all looked good. It only seemed the very recent data had been affected by corruptions.
Anyway I figured this seemed interesting because, although the failure mode wasn't ideal (in that the drive threw up lots of corrupted data), it did keep most of my data safe and despite being in the throws of death allowed me to read it all off. As far as I'm concerned, it fulfilled a promise here that it seems newer SSD's have all abandoned.
Granted it could just be that I was lucky and this was a fluke occurrence of this mode of failure.
Primary workstation (circa 2010 + upgrades):
- Hex-core Xeon X5680, 3.33GHz stock, @3.6GHz / 1.336V
- Noctua NH-D14
- Asus P6T6 WS Revolution
- 48GB ECC RAM @1443MHz / CAS8 (3x Kingston KVR13E9/8I, 3x Kingston/Hynix KVR13E9/8HM)
- Areca ARC-1882ix-24 w/ 4GB BBU cache
- 4x 480GB Intel SSD DC 3500 (each 500MB/s read, 410MB/s write, 75k IOPS), 10% spare, RAID0 boot
- 8x 4TB Hitachi Deskstar 7K4000 in RAID6
- EVGA GTX 1080 Ti 11GB GDDR5X
- Mellanox MHGH28-XTC 4X DDR Infiniband
- Adaptec AVA-2903B (for Epson Perfection 1200S) via PEX 8111 PCIe x1 to PCI adapter
- Syba SD-PEX50023 PCIe x1 to parallel / serial (for legacy h/w programmer)
- Matrix Orbital BLK202A-GW LCD w/ 3x DS18S20 temp probes (linked to OHM)
- Rosewill RCR-FD400 media reader, stock 3.5" floppy replaced w/ slim YD-8U10-2 USB model
- Silverstone ST1500 PSU
- Coolermaster ATCS 840 case (top fans flipped upside down, beneath custom dust filter)
- Assorted NF-P12 and NF-S12B chassis fans
- RioRand 12V DC Temperature Controller hack for RAID card fan, in custom 3D printed enclosure
- 3x LOGISYS ML12WT LED sticks on 5V-to-12V up-converter tapped into 5V ATX stanby power, triggered by magnetic reed switch
(internal case lighting comes on when you open the case, even when powered off!)- 2x SuperMicro M14T drive cage (fan removed)
- 2x TrippLite S510-18N SFF-8087 to 4-in-1 SFF-8484
- Dell UltraSharp U3011
- 2x Samsung SyncMaster 213T
- Acer H5360 3D Projector
- Kinesis Contoured Keyboard
- Saitek X52 Pro Flight Controls
- 3Dconnexion SpaceMouse Pro Wireless
- HTC Vive w/ Leap Motion accessory
- 24x7 Prime95 stable, several Memtest86 passes
+ Dell M6600 laptop / 2x PM830 RAID0 / 32GB RAM
+ 24-Bay 80TB whitebox SAN / Norco RPC-4224 / Asus P6T6 / Intel i7-920 / 24GB ECC RAM (for eventual Xeon)
+ Toshiba M7 Tablet PC / 120GB Intel 320 G3 SSD
+ various iPhone & Android gizmos
+ TRS-80
Oh where oh where has everybody gone?
Not sure.. but this thread may start getting more attention after it was mentioned in SlashDot comments:
http://tech.slashdot.org/story/13/02...rite-endurance
Personally, I find the real-world work folks are doing here much more compelling than the theoretical calculations that got Slashdotted. So often other factors (poor engineering, inferior firmware) have a much greater influence on failure than nand spec.
Primary workstation (circa 2010 + upgrades):
- Hex-core Xeon X5680, 3.33GHz stock, @3.6GHz / 1.336V
- Noctua NH-D14
- Asus P6T6 WS Revolution
- 48GB ECC RAM @1443MHz / CAS8 (3x Kingston KVR13E9/8I, 3x Kingston/Hynix KVR13E9/8HM)
- Areca ARC-1882ix-24 w/ 4GB BBU cache
- 4x 480GB Intel SSD DC 3500 (each 500MB/s read, 410MB/s write, 75k IOPS), 10% spare, RAID0 boot
- 8x 4TB Hitachi Deskstar 7K4000 in RAID6
- EVGA GTX 1080 Ti 11GB GDDR5X
- Mellanox MHGH28-XTC 4X DDR Infiniband
- Adaptec AVA-2903B (for Epson Perfection 1200S) via PEX 8111 PCIe x1 to PCI adapter
- Syba SD-PEX50023 PCIe x1 to parallel / serial (for legacy h/w programmer)
- Matrix Orbital BLK202A-GW LCD w/ 3x DS18S20 temp probes (linked to OHM)
- Rosewill RCR-FD400 media reader, stock 3.5" floppy replaced w/ slim YD-8U10-2 USB model
- Silverstone ST1500 PSU
- Coolermaster ATCS 840 case (top fans flipped upside down, beneath custom dust filter)
- Assorted NF-P12 and NF-S12B chassis fans
- RioRand 12V DC Temperature Controller hack for RAID card fan, in custom 3D printed enclosure
- 3x LOGISYS ML12WT LED sticks on 5V-to-12V up-converter tapped into 5V ATX stanby power, triggered by magnetic reed switch
(internal case lighting comes on when you open the case, even when powered off!)- 2x SuperMicro M14T drive cage (fan removed)
- 2x TrippLite S510-18N SFF-8087 to 4-in-1 SFF-8484
- Dell UltraSharp U3011
- 2x Samsung SyncMaster 213T
- Acer H5360 3D Projector
- Kinesis Contoured Keyboard
- Saitek X52 Pro Flight Controls
- 3Dconnexion SpaceMouse Pro Wireless
- HTC Vive w/ Leap Motion accessory
- 24x7 Prime95 stable, several Memtest86 passes
+ Dell M6600 laptop / 2x PM830 RAID0 / 32GB RAM
+ 24-Bay 80TB whitebox SAN / Norco RPC-4224 / Asus P6T6 / Intel i7-920 / 24GB ECC RAM (for eventual Xeon)
+ Toshiba M7 Tablet PC / 120GB Intel 320 G3 SSD
+ various iPhone & Android gizmos
+ TRS-80
Kingston SSDNow 40GB (X25-V)
1572.29TB Host writes 51520860*32)
Reallocated sectors : 05 774 +5 (769)
Available Reserved Space : E8 86 (86)
POH 14799
MD5 OK
31.72MiB/s on avg (~334 hours)
(It idled for about a week)
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So is there a dummy's guide for doing these SSD writes? What software do you use, size files, etc? I'm going to get one of the Samsung 840 (not Pro) 120GB drives and torture test it. Although one thing I'd like to do is every 500 P/E cycles is do a secure erase and check performance. Thanks.
edit: Nevermind I found the AnvilBenchmark program.
Last edited by HTWingNut; 03-02-2013 at 08:01 AM.
Kingston SSDNow 40GB (X25-V)
1609.47TB Host writes 52738985*32)
Reallocated sectors : 05 775 +1 (774)
Available Reserved Space : E8 86 (86)
POH 15138
MD5 OK
31.83MiB/s on avg (~338 hours)
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Hardware:
Kingston SSDNow 40GB (X25-V)
1638.34TB Host writes 53685046*32)
Reallocated sectors : 05 777 +2 (775)
Available Reserved Space : E8 86 (86)
POH 15401
MD5 OK
31.83MiB/s on avg (~600 hours)
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Sandforce came and went away, so it did Samsung and Marvell, yet this poor Intel drive seems it will outlive all of them.
The very definition of 'slowly but surely'...lol
'Best Bang For The Buck' Build - CM Storm Sniper - CM V8 GTS HSF
2500K @ 4.5GHz 24/7 - Asus P8Z68-V Pro Gen3 - GSkill 2x4GB DDR3-2400 C10
Sapphire Vapor-X 7770 OC Edition - PC Power & Cooling Silencer MkIII 600W
Boot: 2x 64GB SuperSSpeed S301 SLC Raid 0 Work: Intel 520 120GB
Storage: Crucial M500 1TB - Ocz Vertex 4 128GB - 4x 50GB Ocz Vertex 2
HDDs: 2 x 1TB WD RE4 Raid0 - Ext.Backup: 2 x 1.5TB WD Blacks Raid 1
A test on the 256GB OCZ Vector would be interesting. Unfortunately I have neither the money nor any PC to test it 24/7. Is anyone on the Vector right now?
Kingston SSDNow 40GB (X25-V)
1696.02TB Host writes 55575099*32)
Reallocated sectors : 05 788 +11 (777)
Available Reserved Space : E8 86 (86)
POH 15927
MD5 OK
31.69MiB/s on avg (~527 hours)
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Hardware:
Thank you for keeping updating Anvil!
I am still amazed this old little Intel SSD keeps on going.
3770K 4.7Ghz 1.32v / ASUS P8Z77-V PRO / 8GB DDR3 1866 9-9-9-27 /ASUS HD7970 1025MHz / Antec NeoHE 550 / Samsung 830 256GB Crunching
Cooled by PA120.3, EK-HF, D-tek Fuzion GFX, DDC3.1 XSPC res/top
i5 2400 Stock / ASUS P8P67 LE / 4GB DDR3 1600 / Seasonic S12II 430W / Intel G2 40GB Crunching
2600K 4.6Ghz 1.34v / ASUS P8Z68-V PRO / 8GB DDR3 1600 8-8-8-24 / Antec 430W / Intel G2 80GB Crunching
W3520 4.0Ghz 1.19v / Rampage II Gene / 6GB Kinston Value 1333 / 9800GT / Corsair TX650 / Antec mini P180 / Intel G2 160GB Crunching
Intel G860 Stock / Gigabyte H67MA-UD2H-B3 / 4GB DDR3 1333 / Antec Earthwatts green 380W / Crucial M4 64GB Crunching
E6600 3.2Ghz 1.36v - P5B Deluxe / i7 930 4.0Ghz 1.29v - ASUS P6X58D-E / Q9450 3.6Ghz 1.28v - Rampage Formula Retired
Hey people i register just to say some things.
I follow this thread about one year now and this is something amazing that you do here.You crash your SSDs so SSD manufacturers cant lie to us,consumers,about their endurance.
Man,a lot of people must thank you.
THANK YOU
I want to say one more important thing.It seems that this thread is cooling down and this is something we can not allow!
I believe,a lot of people will like to know Vector,840 PRO and Corsair Neutron endurance.
So i suggest that you open thread(or in this) where you(moderator)will select 5 latest drives and everyone will be able to participate with at least 1$ to buying process,of SSD they want to see in endurance test.
I would be the first person that will participate with 10$ for testing Samsung 840 PRO 128GB.
Last edited by Unit Igor; 04-20-2013 at 12:07 PM.
Wrong place to ask I know..... but given a worst case scenario running 24/7 of 6144GB of writes daily, let's assume non-compressible, choose a drive:
Samsung 840pro or Intel 520? Here, they cost a similar amount for a 128/120
Much as I have followed this thread for ages I feel I still want some of you specialists to comment on this
Back to topic: I too would chip in for purchase of drives to be endurance tested
My Biggest Fear Is When I die, My Wife Sells All My Stuff For What I Told Her I Paid For It.79 SB threads and 32 IB Threads across 4 rigs 111 threads Crunching!!
non-compressible is 520's (SandForce's) worst enemy. Sammy 840 Pro is the winner easy.
'Best Bang For The Buck' Build - CM Storm Sniper - CM V8 GTS HSF
2500K @ 4.5GHz 24/7 - Asus P8Z68-V Pro Gen3 - GSkill 2x4GB DDR3-2400 C10
Sapphire Vapor-X 7770 OC Edition - PC Power & Cooling Silencer MkIII 600W
Boot: 2x 64GB SuperSSpeed S301 SLC Raid 0 Work: Intel 520 120GB
Storage: Crucial M500 1TB - Ocz Vertex 4 128GB - 4x 50GB Ocz Vertex 2
HDDs: 2 x 1TB WD RE4 Raid0 - Ext.Backup: 2 x 1.5TB WD Blacks Raid 1
When will we be seeing petabytes in this count? (1 billion gigabytes)
Kingston SSDNow 40GB (X25-V)
1759.1TB Host writes 57642046*32)
Reallocated sectors : 05 799 +11 (788)
Available Reserved Space : E8 86 (86)
POH 16528
MD5 OK
31.83MiB/s on avg (~515 hours)
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8 more days, and it's been 2 years!
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Hardware:
2 years indeed....chuggin' on....slowly but very surly, lol
'Best Bang For The Buck' Build - CM Storm Sniper - CM V8 GTS HSF
2500K @ 4.5GHz 24/7 - Asus P8Z68-V Pro Gen3 - GSkill 2x4GB DDR3-2400 C10
Sapphire Vapor-X 7770 OC Edition - PC Power & Cooling Silencer MkIII 600W
Boot: 2x 64GB SuperSSpeed S301 SLC Raid 0 Work: Intel 520 120GB
Storage: Crucial M500 1TB - Ocz Vertex 4 128GB - 4x 50GB Ocz Vertex 2
HDDs: 2 x 1TB WD RE4 Raid0 - Ext.Backup: 2 x 1.5TB WD Blacks Raid 1
What happened with this thread? As far as I see, with some small exceptions, it's almost dead from the end of January 2013.
Bump, keep the challenge going!
We should start doing bounties to test drives, lol. I'm wondering how the new Samsung 840 EVO's will perform.
-Cpu:Opteron 170 LCBQE 0722RPBW(2.87ghz @ 1.300v)
(retired)Opteron 146 (939) CAB2E 0540
-Heatsink: Thermalright XP-90
-Fan:120mm Yate Loon 1650 RPM @ 12V, 70.5 CFM, 33dB
-Motherboard: DFI Lanparty nF4 UT Ultra-D
-Ram: Mushkin High Performance blue, 2gigs(2X1gig kit) PC3200 991434
-Hard drive: Seagate 400GB Barracuda SATA HD 7200.10(AS noisey model)
-Video card: evga 6800GS @520/1170
-Case: P180
-PSU:Enermax 535Watt EG565P-VE FMA (24P)
Fantastic thread! Thank you for all the hard work you've done. Really, thank you.
I'd love to chip in with some $$ for a 840 EVO SSD purchase for it to be tested. Going to get one of them myself as well.
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