Conclusion
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time obsolete.
Judging by the results we've gathered on the previous pages, it looks like
OCZ did a good job with the combining of Toshiba's A19 nanometer MLC NAND
with their Barefoot 3 M00 controller. A
closer look at the performance results reveals that the Radeon R7 SSD with 240
Gigabyte capacity is definitely a quick drive.
Checking the the performance numbers we measured up to 541 Megabyte per second
for sequential reads and 542 Megabyte per second for sequential writes.
Regarding random throughput the Radeon R7 SSD has been able to deliver 77'300 IOPS
while performing random write operations and 92'900 IOPS performing random
reads. Since the Radeon R7 SSD is based on a OCZ's Barefoot 3 M00 controller there
will be no performance drops when transferring compressed data and also
sustained as well as steady state performance are on the level you want them to
be.
A closer look at pricing reveals, that the Radeon R7 120GB costs 74 Euro, the
240GB model accounts for 122 Euro and the 480GB drive sells for 195 Euro at
launch. Usually prices drop by 10 to 20 during the first month after release.
Once that happened AMD definitely has a SSD in its portfolio that sells at a
reasonable price point and offers really good performance.
Recommendation
Should you be looking
for a quick 240 Gigabyte SSD with reasonable reliability figures, then you
should definitely consider the AMD Radeon R7 SSD.
Authors: m.buechel@ocaholic.ch