Benchmarks: File Re-create Examination

Core i7 Test System Specs
- Intel Cadre i7 965 Extreme Edition (Overclocked @ 3.70GHz)
- x3 2GB Chiliad.Skill DDR3 PC3-12800 (CAS 9-9-9-24)
- Asus P6T Deluxe (Intel X58)
- OCZ GameXStream (700 watt)
- Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB 7200rpm HDD
- Intel X25-K 160GB (2d Gen)
- G.Skill Falcon Two
- OCZ Vertex 128GB
- OCZ Vertex Express Edition 100GB
- OCZ Vertex 2 Pro 100GB
- HIS Radeon HD 5750 (1GB)
Software
- Microsoft Windows vii Ultimate (64-fleck)
- ATI Catalyst 10.3

For testing purposes we first ran each SSD through Hard disk drive Tach's total disk criterion, which fills the drive with a single contiguous file and thus forces a block rewrite for every successive write asking. This was done to simulate the degradation problem that SSDs without support for the TRIM part are likely to face.

The OCZ Vertex 2 100GB performed in much the same way later on we ran the full disk benchmark every bit information technology does back up the TRIM function and information technology appears to work well.


The to a higher place graphs bear witness the time it took to duplicate a 6GB ISO file on disk as well as the throughput in megabytes per 2d. As you can see, the SandForce SSDs all took around 73–74 seconds to consummate this chore, while the Intel X25-M took 79 seconds and the original Vertex drive using the Indilinx Barefoot controller took 83 seconds. The slowest drive of form was the conventional hard bulldoze, which took 127 seconds to consummate the job.

When looking at the throughput we see that the Vertex 2 sustained 83MB/due south, making it slightly faster than the Intel X25-K which produced an boilerplate transfer rate of 78MB/s. These are impressive figures when compared to the 48MB/southward produced by the Samsung hard bulldoze. In this test the Vertex 2 was 12% faster than the original Vertex as it provided 9MB/s improve performance.


The programme re-create test is made up of many small non-compressed files. This is where SSDs typically struggle and in the by cheaper drives accept proven to exist slower than traditional difficult drives. However, nosotros seem to be by that country with the SandForce, Intel and Indilinx controllers. The enterprise-grade OCZ Vertex 2 Pro was peculiarly fast here taking only xv seconds to consummate the chore with a throughput of 91MB/south.

Side by side best was the Intel X25-M, taking 17 seconds with a transfer rate of 82MB/southward, making it only a fraction quicker than the Vertex 2, which took 18 seconds with a throughout of 80MB/s. This made OCZ's latest drive just 2.5% faster than the original Vertex SSD, which worked out to be 2MB/due south.


The game re-create evaluation comprises of a mixture of small and large files. Here the Vertex two matched the functioning of the Vertex LE, both taking 15 seconds to complete the test with a throughput of 94MB/s.

This fabricated both drives slower than the Intel X25-M, which was the all-time performing drive, beating even the Vertex 2 Pro. Again the Vertex 2 was only a fraction faster than the original Vertex SSD, delivering 4% better performance.