AMD Radeon R7 Series SSD 240 GB Review
Category : Storage
Published by Marc Büchel on 19.08.14
With the Radeon R7 SSD series AMD is launching their first solid state drive and at the same time OCZ has now a rather interesting customer at hand to grow their foundry business. Based on OCZs proven Barefoot 3 M00 controller and combined with Toshiba A19nm NAND flash AMD appears to be capable of offering a quick drive with very reasonable endurance rating. At this point we're curious to find out whether AMD succeeded with their plan or not.
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Specifications / Delivery
| Model | AMD Radeon R7 SSD 120 Gigabyte | AMD Radeon R7 SSD 240 Gigabyte | AMD Radeon R7 SSD 480 Gigabyte |
| Capacity | 120 GB | 240 GB | 480 GB |
| Form Factor | 2.5'', 7 mm | 2.5'', 7 mm | 2.5'', 7 mm |
| Memory |
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| Endurance | 4 years @ 30 GB/day | 4 years @ 30 GB/day | 4 years @ 30 GB/day |
| Controller | Indilinx Barefoot 3 | Indilinx Barefoot 3 | Indilinx Barefoot 3 |
| Throughput |
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| Accesstime (read) | < 0.1 ms | < 0.1 ms | < 0.1 ms |
| Acoustics | no noise | no noise | no noise |
| Warranty | 5 Years | 5 Years | 5 Years |
| Price |
xxx USD |
xxx USD |
xxx USD |
With the Radeon R7 SSD AMD as well as OCZ are going new ways. Looking at the situation from AMDs point of view, they’re making another step towards creating their Radeon based Gaming-PC, since meanwhile AMD offers CPUs, graphics cards, memory as well as SSDs. On the other hand there is OCZ taking quite a big step into the foundry business and with AMD they certainly managed to score an interesting customer.
Having a closer look at the Radeon R7 SSD shows there is a Barefoot 3 M00 controller, which can also be found in OCZs Vector 150 drive. Other than that there is Toshiba A19nm NAND, which OCZ is using with their Arc 100 SSDs. If you keep in mind, that the Vector 150 is OCZs flagship SATA SSD and the Arc 100 their entry-level offering, you might already realize how AMD is positioning the Radeon R7 Series SSD on the market. What they’re actually doing is creating a gaming category, which they put in between enthusiast and entry-level. This is also being reflected by the drives endurance rating. The Radeon R7 Series SSDs are rated for 30 Gigabyte of host writes per day over a time period of four years, which again puts it in between the Vector 150 and the Arc 100.
With their Radeon R7 Series SSDs, AMD is also to benefit from OCZs new Shield Plus warranty. In this case no proof of purchase is needed in order to qualify for support. Should a customer experience issues with a drive it's enough to mention the serial number when opening a support ticket. A customer service representative will then take over the case and find the most suitable solution. Should the drive be defective the customer will receive a pre-paid return label as well as a new drive.
Impressions
How do we test?
Testenvironment
| Models | |
| ADATA S511 60 GB |
|
| ADATA S511 SSD 120 GB |
|
| ADATA XPG mSATA SSD SX300 128 GB |
|
| AMD Radeon R7 SSD 240 GB | n/A |
| Corsair Force 3 120 GB |
|
| Corsair Force GS 240 GB |
|
| Corsair Force GT 120 GB |
|
| Corsair Neutron GTX 240 GB |
|
| Crucial M500 480 GB |
|
| Extrememory XLR8 Express 120 GB |
|
| Intel SSD 335 Series 240 GB |
|
| Intel SSD 520 180 GB |
|
| Intel SSD 520 240 GB |
|
| Intel X25-M 80 GB |
|
| Intel X25-M Gen2 34nm 160 GB |
|
| Kingmax SMP35 Client 240 GB | n/A |
| Kingston HyperX SSD 120 GB |
|
| Kingston HyperX 3K SSD 120 GB |
|
| Kingston HyperX SSD 240 GB |
|
| Kingston SSDNow V+ 200 90 GB |
|
| OCZ Agility 3 240 GB |
|
| OCZ Agility 4 256 GB |
|
| OCZ Arc 100 240 GB |
|
| OCZ IBIS 240 GB |
|
| OCZ Octane 512 GB |
|
| OCZ Octane 1 TB |
|
| OCZ RevoDrive 3 240 GB |
|
| OCZ RevoDrive 3 X2 480 GB PCIe-SSD |
|
| OCZ RevoDrive X2 480 GB PCIe-SSD |
|
| OCZ RevoDrive Hybrid 120GB SSD, 1TB HDD |
|
| OCZ Synapse 64 GB |
|
| OCZ Deneva 2 200 GB eMLC |
|
| OCZ Vector 150 240 GB |
|
| OCZ Vector 256 GB |
|
| OCZ Vertex 3 240 GB |
|
| OCZ Vertex 3.20 120 GB |
|
| OCZ Vertex 3.20 240 GB |
|
| OCZ Vertex 4 256 GB |
|
| OCZ Vertex 4 512 GB |
|
| OCZ Vertex 450 256 GB |
|
| OCZ Vertex 460 120 GB |
|
| OCZ Vertex 460 240 GB |
|
| Plextor M5Pro 256 GB |
|
| Samsung PM830 SSD 128 GB |
|
| Samsung PM830 SSD 256 GB |
|
| Smasung 840Evo 120 GB |
|
| Samsung 840Evo 250 GB mSATA |
|
| Samsung 840Evo 1 TB |
|
| Samsung 840 Pro 256 GB |
|
| Samsung 845DC EVO 960 GB |
|
| Samsung 845DC PRO 800 GB |
|
| SanDisk Extreme SSD 120 GB |
|
| SanDisk Extreme SSD 240 GB |
|
| Toshiba THNSNF512GCSS 512 GB | n/A |
Testenvironment |
|
| Motherboard | ASUS Maximus VII Gene |
| Chipset | Intel Z97 |
| CPU | Intel Core i7-4700k |
| Memory | G.Skill Ares 2133 MHz |
| Graphics card | ASUS GeFroce GTX 680 |
| Storage (system) | Intel SSD 335 Series |
| Operating systems | Windows 7 64 Bit with caching drives |
iozone
iozone3 is a benchmark suit for storage solutions which natively runs under Windows/Linux.We are testing the throughput with different block sizes using the following commands:
KByte/s
- iozone -Rb test4k.xls -i0 -i1 -i2 -+n -r 4k -s4g -t32
- iozone -Rb test256k.xls -i0 -i1 -i2 -+n -r 256k -s4g -t32
iops
- iozone -Rb test4ko.xls -i0 -i1 -i2 -+n -r 4k -s4g -t32 -O
KByte/s, Sequential write |
||
| Sequential write | Bewertung |
Throughput 256 KByte Block Size |
| OCZ RevoDrive 3 X2 480 GB PCIe-SSD |  |
1'291'486 |
| OCZ RevoDrive 3 240 GB | No Review |
771'043 |
| OCZ RevoDrive Hybrid 120GB SSD, 1TB HDD |  |
750'096 |
| OCZ RevoDrive X2 480 GB PCIe-SSD |  |
694'586 |
| OCZ IBIS 240 GB | |
680'372 |
| AMD Radeon R7 SSD 240 GB |
 |
542'663 |
| Samsung 840 Pro 256 GB | |
536'082 |
| OCZ Vector 150 240 GB |
|
534'262 |
| OCZ Vector 256 GB | |
534'058 |
| OCZ Deneva 2 200 GB eMLC | |
533'969 |
| Intel SSD 335 Series 240 GB | No Review |
533'672 |
| OCZ Vertex 450 256 GB |
|
522'897 |
| Corsair Force GS 240 GB | |
522'613 |
| OCZ Vertex 3 240 GB | |
522'212 |
| Kingmax SMP35 Client 240 GB | |
519'430 |
| Kingston HyperX SSD 240 GB | |
519'190 |
| Corsair Neutron GTX 240 GB | |
519'104 |
| OCZ Vertex 3.20 240 GB | |
517'290 |
| Intel SSD 520 240 GB | |
516'603 |
| Kingston HyperX SSD 120 GB | |
515'218 |
| OCZ Vertex 4 256 GB | |
513'309 |
| Corsair Force GT 120 GB | |
512'676 |
| Intel SSD 520 180 GB | No Review |
512'628 |
| SanDisk Extreme SSD 240 GB | No Review |
511'805 |
| OCZ Vertex 3.20 120 GB | |
510'245 |
| SanDisk Extreme SSD 120 GB | |
507'743 |
| Kingston HyperX 3K SSD 120 GB | |
505'669 |
| Toshiba THNSNF512GCSS 512 GB | No Review |
504'589 |
| Kingston SSDNow V+ 200 90 GB | |
502'272 |
| Samsung 845DC PRO 800 GB |
|
500'153 |
| ADATA XPG mSATA SSD SX300 128 GB | |
499'239 |
| Extrememory XLR8 Express 120 GB | |
491'205 |
| OCZ Synapse 64 GB | |
469'784 |
| Samsung 840 Evo 1 TB | |
462'097 |
| ADATA S511 60 GB | |
457'001 |
| Plextor M5 Pro 256 GB | No Review |
444'122 |
| OCZ Arc 100 240 GB | |
440'587 |
| Crucial M500 480 GB | No Review |
439'829 |
| Samsung 845DC EVO 960 GB | |
436'531 |
| OCZ Vertex 4 512 GB | |
434'466 |
| OCZ Vertex 460 120 GB | |
421'139 |
| OCZ Agility 4 256 GB | |
405'911 |
| ADATA S511 SSD 120 GB | |
343'488 |
| Corsair Force 3 120 GB |  |
328'922 |
| Samsung 840 Evo 250 GB mSATA |
No Review |
324'238 |
| Samsung PM830 SSD 256 GB | |
321'474 |
| OCZ Octane 1 TB | |
314'144 |
| OCZ Octane 512 GB | |
307'781 |
| Samsung PM830 SSD 128 GB | |
271'696 |
| OCZ Agility 3 240 GB | |
266'401 |
| Samsung 840Evo 120 GB | No Review |
219'159 |
| Intel X25-M Gen2 34nm 160 GB | |
80'719 |
| Intel X25-M 80 GB | |
77'257 |
KByte/s, Sequential Read |
||
| Sequential Read |
Bewertung |
Throughput 256 KByte Block Size |
| OCZ RevoDrive 3 X2 480 GB PCIe-SSD | |
1'460'560 |
| OCZ RevoDrive 3 240 GB | No Review |
857'972 |
| OCZ IBIS 240 GB | |
806'858 |
| OCZ RevoDrive Hybrid 120GB SSD, 1TB HDD | |
729'929 |
| OCZ RevoDrive X2 480 GB PCIe-SSD | |
716'357 |
| OCZ Vector 256 GB | |
553'400 |
| OCZ Vector 150 240 GB |
|
547'188 |
| Intel SSD 520 240 GB | |
545'843 |
| Intel SSD 520 180 GB | No Review |
545'656 |
| Samsung 840 Pro 256 GB | |
545'353 |
| Samsung 845DC PRO 800 GB |
|
544'499 |
| ADATA XPG mSATA SSD SX300 128 GB | |
543'650 |
| ADATA S511 SSD 120 GB | |
542'606 |
| Corsair Neutron GTX 240 GB | |
542'442 |
| OCZ Vertex 4 512 | |
542'075 |
| Samsung 845DC EVO 960 GB | |
541'626 |
| Kingston HyperX SSD 120 GB | |
541'613 |
| Intel SSD 335 Series 240 GB | No Review |
541'542 |
| AMD Radeon R7 SSD 240 GB |
|
541'465 |
| Corsair Force GS 240 GB | |
541'086 |
| OCZ Deneva 2 200 GB eMLC | |
540'973 |
| Toshiba THNSNF512GCSS 512 GB | No Review |
539'056 |
| Samsung PM830 SSD 128 GB | |
539'754 |
| Corsair Force GT 120 GB | |
539'648 |
| Kingston HyperX SSD 240 GB | |
537'745 |
| ADATA S511 60 GB | |
537'560 |
| OCZ Vertex 4 256 | |
536'605 |
| Samsung 840 Evo 1 TB | |
536'542 |
| OCZ Vertex 3 240 GB | |
534'988 |
| OCZ Vertex 3.20 240 GB | |
534'392 |
| OCZ Vertex 450 256 GB |
|
534'241 |
| Samsung PM830 SSD 256 GB | |
534'154 |
| Samsung 840 Evo 250 GB mSATA | No Review |
532'816 |
| Plextor M5 Pro 256 GB | No Review |
530'606 |
| OCZ Vertex 3.20 120 GB | |
530'584 |
| Kingston HyperX 3K SSD 120 GB | |
529'995 |
| SanDisk Extreme SSD 240 GB | No Review |
529'520 |
| OCZ Vertex 460 120 GB | |
529'462 |
| Crucial M500 480 GB | No Review |
525'278 |
| Extrememory XLR8 Express 120 GB | |
521'930 |
| OCZ Agility 3 240 GB | |
516'479 |
| Kingston SSDNow V+ 200 90 GB | |
510'372 |
| SanDisk Extreme SSD 120 GB | |
507'743 |
| Samsung 840Evo 120 GB | No Review |
504'587 |
| Kingmax SMP35 Client 240 GB | |
498'223 |
| Corsair Force 3 120 GB | |
490'777 |
| OCZ Arc 100 240 GB | |
481'733 |
| OCZ Synapse 64 GB | |
441'396 |
| OCZ Octane 1 TB | |
440'052 |
| OCZ Octane 512 GB | |
438'465 |
| Intel X25-M Gen2 34nm 160 GB |
|
247'759 |
| Intel X25-M 80 GB | |
240'404 |
| OCZ Agility 4 256 GB | |
209'723 |
KByte/s, Random write |
||
| Random write |
Bewertung |
Throughput 4 KByte Block Size |
| OCZ RevoDrive 3 X2 480 GB PCIe-SSD | |
756'658 |
| Samsung 840 Pro 256 GB | |
412'837 |
| OCZ RevoDrive 3 240 GB | No Review |
382'970 |
| OCZ Vertex 4 512 GB | |
362'053 |
| OCZ Vector 150 240 GB |
|
356'006 |
| OCZ Vertex 4 256 GB | |
354'573 |
| OCZ Vector 256 GB | |
354'246 |
| Samsung 845DC EVO 960 GB | |
346'184 |
| Crucial M500 480 GB | No Review |
346'003 |
| Samsung 840 Evo 1 TB | |
344'730 |
| Samsung 845DC PRO 800 GB |
|
343'726 |
| OCZ Agility 4 256 GB | |
341'478 |
| OCZ Octane 1 TB | |
325'007 |
| OCZ Octane 512 GB | |
324'023 |
| AMD Radeon R7 SSD 240 GB |
|
307'671 |
| Corsair Force GS 240 GB | |
301'486 |
| Samsung 840 Evo 250 GB mSATA |
No Review |
299'848 |
| OCZ Vertex 450 256 GB |
|
292'401 |
| SanDisk Extreme SSD 240 GB | No Review |
287'255 |
| OCZ Vertex 3.20 240 GB | |
286'949 |
| Corsair Neutron GTX 240 GB | |
285'558 |
| OCZ Vertex 460 120 GB | |
285'407 |
| Intel SSD 520 180 GB | No Review |
284'858 |
| Intel SSD 520 240 GB | |
283'794 |
| OCZ Deneva 2 200 GB eMLC | |
283'409 |
| OCZ Vertex 3.20 120 GB | |
282'578 |
| Kingston HyperX SSD 240 GB | |
280'556 |
| Kingston HyperX 3K SSD 120 GB | |
279'967 |
| Kingston SSDNow V+ 200 90 GB | |
276'859 |
| OCZ Vertex 3 240 GB | |
275'499 |
| OCZ Arc 100 240 GB | |
272'655 |
| ADATA XPG mSATA SSD SX300 128 GB | |
264'870 |
| OCZ IBIS 240 GB | |
262'687 |
| Intel SSD 335 Series 240 GB | No Review |
262'005 |
| Kingston HyperX SSD 120 GB | |
255'988 |
| Plextor M5 Pro 256 GB | No Review |
254'918 |
| Corsair Force GT 120 GB | |
253'269 |
| SanDisk Extreme SSD 120 GB | |
252'045 |
| ADATA S511 SSD 120 GB | |
244'150 |
| ADATA S511 60 GB | |
226'394 |
| OCZ Agility 3 240 GB | |
242'683 |
| Extrememory XLR8 Express 120 GB | |
237'082 |
| Corsair Force 3 120 GB | |
225'092 |
| OCZ RevoDrive Hybrid 120GB SSD, 1TB HDD | |
213'027 |
| OCZ Synapse 64 GB | |
200'308 |
| Samsung PM830 SSD 256 GB | |
156'814 |
| OCZ RevoDrive X2 480 GB PCIe-SSD | |
156'644 |
| Samsung 840Evo 120 GB | No Review |
148'166 |
| Samsung PM830 SSD 128 GB | |
132'997 |
| Toshiba THNSNF512GCSS 512 GB | No Review |
95'808 |
| Kingmax SMP35 Client 240 GB | |
94'447 |
| Intel X25-M Gen2 34nm 160 GB |
|
62'388 |
| Intel X25-M 80 GB | |
48'194 |
KByte/s, Random read |
||
| Random read |
Bewertung |
Throughput 4 KByte Block Size |
| OCZ RevoDrive 3 X2 480 GB PCIe-SSD | |
640'327 |
| Plextor M5 Pro 256 GB | No Review |
392'851 |
| Samsung 840 Evo 250 GB mSATA | No Review |
400'192 |
| Samsung 840 Evo 1 TB | |
384'527 |
| OCZ Vector 256 GB | |
381'510 |
| Toshiba THNSNF512GCSS 512 GB | No Review |
373'590 |
| AMD Radeon R7 SSD 240 GB |
|
371'471 |
| OCZ Vertex 4 512 GB | |
368'728 |
| Samsung 845DC PRO 800 GB |
|
368'001 |
| OCZ RevoDrive 3 240 GB | No Review |
364'987 |
| Corsair Neutron GTX 240 GB | |
359'009 |
| OCZ IBIS 240 GB | |
357'112 |
| Samsung 840 Pro 256 GB | |
353'123 |
| Samsung 845DC EVO 960 GB | |
349'781 |
| OCZ Vertex 4 256 GB | |
348'881 |
| Samsung 840Evo 120 GB | No Review |
348'724 |
| Crucial M500 480 GB | No Review |
346'164 |
| OCZ Vertex 450 256 GB |
|
337'922 |
| OCZ Vector 150 240 GB |
|
328'627 |
| OCZ Arc 100 240 GB | |
326'127 |
| Samsung PM830 SSD 256 GB | |
310'109 |
| OCZ Vertex 460 120 GB | |
309'467 |
| Intel SSD 520 240 GB | |
283'794 |
| OCZ Agility 4 256 GB | |
255'743 |
| Kingmax SMP35 Client 240 GB | |
231'999 |
| OCZ Deneva 2 200 GB eMLC | |
226'958 |
| Intel SSD 520 180 GB | No Review |
212'409 |
| OCZ Vertex 3.20 240 GB | |
171'179 |
| Intel SSD 335 Series 240 GB | No Review |
171'684 |
| Kingston HyperX SSD 240 GB | |
168'648 |
| OCZ Vertex 3 240 GB | |
167'922 |
| Corsair Force GS 240 GB | |
163'408 |
| Samsung PM830 SSD 128 GB | |
151'097 |
| Extrememory XLR8 Express 120 GB | |
149'622 |
| OCZ Agility 3 240 GB | |
142'942 |
| SanDisk Extreme SSD 240 GB | No Review |
141'910 |
| OCZ Octane 1 TB | |
126'603 |
| OCZ Octane 512 GB | |
123'553 |
| ADATA XPG mSATA SSD SX300 128 GB | |
102'038 |
| Kingston HyperX 3K SSD 120 GB | |
102'031 |
| Corsair Force GT 120 GB | |
98'387 |
| Kingston HyperX SSD 120 GB | |
96'042 |
| ADATA S511 SSD 120 GB | |
95'928 |
| SanDisk Extreme SSD 120 GB | |
93'316 |
| Kingston SSDNow V+ 200 90 GB | |
89'121 |
| OCZ RevoDrive Hybrid 120GB SSD, 1TB HDD | |
87'188 |
| Corsair Force 3 120 GB | |
84'113 |
| OCZ Vertex 3.20 120 GB | |
81'160 |
| Intel X25-M Gen2 34nm 160 GB |
|
58'647 |
| ADATA S511 60 GB | |
51'187 |
| OCZ Synapse 64 GB | |
47'918 |
| OCZ RevoDrive X2 480 GB PCIe-SSD | |
43'003 |
| Intel X25-M 80 GB | |
30'287 |
IOPS, Random write |
||
| Random write |
Bewertung |
IOPS 4 KByte Block Size |
| OCZ RevoDrive 3 X2 480 GB PCIe-SSD | |
189'164 |
| OCZ RevoDrive 3 240 GB | No Review |
95'782 |
| OCZ Vertex 4 512 GB | |
90'519 |
| Crucial M500 480 GB | No Review |
88'642 |
| OCZ Vector 256 GB | |
88'537 |
| OCZ Vertex 4 256 GB | |
88'460 |
| Samsung 845DC EVO 960 GB | |
86'634 |
| Samsung 845DC PRO 800 GB |
|
85'813 |
| Samsung 840 Evo 1 TB | |
85'792 |
| OCZ Agility 4 256 GB | |
85'373 |
| OCZ Vector 150 240 GB |
|
81'175 |
| AMD Radeon R7 SSD 240 GB |
|
77'345 |
| Samsung 840 Evo 250 GB mSATA | No Review |
76'721 |
| Corsair Force GS 240 GB | |
75'577 |
| OCZ Vertex 450 256 GB |
|
74'983 |
| OCZ Deneva 2 200 GB eMLC | |
74'389 |
| Samsung 840 Pro 256 GB | |
72'000 |
| OCZ Vertex 3.20 240 GB | |
71'470 |
| Intel SSD 520 240 GB | |
71'338 |
| OCZ Vertex 460 120 GB | |
71'323 |
| OCZ Vertex 3.20 120 GB | |
71'227 |
| Corsair Neutron GTX 240 GB | |
71'180 |
| Intel SSD 520 180 GB | No Review |
70'944 |
| OCZ Vertex 3 240 GB | |
70'031 |
| Kingston HyperX SSD 240 GB | |
70'016 |
| OCZ Arc 100 240 GB | |
69'836 |
| Kingston HyperX 3K SSD 120 GB | |
69'760 |
| Corsair Force GT 120 GB | |
69'108 |
| OCZ IBIS 240 GB | |
67'339 |
| ADATA XPG mSATA SSD SX300 128 GB | |
66'107 |
| SanDisk Extreme SSD 240 GB | No Review |
65'817 |
| Intel SSD 335 Series 240 GB | No Review |
65'714 |
| Kingston SSDNow V+ 200 90 GB | |
64'446 |
| Plextor M5 Pro 256 GB | No Review |
63'620 |
| Kingston HyperX SSD 120 GB | |
63'553 |
| ADATA S511 SSD 120 GB | |
61'302 |
| OCZ Agility 3 240 GB | |
60'579 |
| Extrememory XLR8 Express 120 GB | |
58'604 |
| ADATA S511 60 GB | |
56'749 |
| Corsair Force 3 120 GB | |
56'017 |
| SanDisk Extreme SSD 120 GB | |
53'719 |
| OCZ RevoDrive Hybrid 120GB SSD, 1TB HDD | |
53'618 |
| OCZ Synapse 64 GB | |
52'126 |
| OCZ RevoDrive X2 480 GB PCIe-SSD | |
39'744 |
| Samsung PM830 SSD 256 GB | |
39'192 |
| Samsung 840Evo 120 GB | No Review |
38'077 |
| Samsung PM830 SSD 128 GB | |
32'772 |
| Toshiba THNSNF512GCSS 512 GB | No Review |
23'799 |
| Kingmax SMP35 Client 240 GB | |
23'640 |
| OCZ Octane 1 TB | |
22'192 |
| OCZ Octane 512 GB | |
20'492 |
| Intel X25-M Gen2 34nm 160 GB |
|
15'434 |
| Intel X25-M 80 GB | |
6'297 |
IOPS, Random read |
||
| Random read |
Bewertung |
IOPS 4 KByte Block Size |
| OCZ RevoDrive 3 X2 480 GB PCIe-SSD | |
160'832 |
| Samsung 840 Pro 256 GB | |
100'198 |
| Samsung 840 Evo 250 GB mSATA | No Review |
99'476 |
| Plextor M5 Pro 256 GB | No Review |
98'600 |
| Samsung 840 Evo 1 TB | |
96'308 |
| OCZ Vector 256 GB | |
95'614 |
| Toshiba THNSNF512GCSS 512 GB | No Review |
93'251 |
| AMD Radeon R7 SSD 240 GB |
|
92'991 |
| Samsung 845DC PRO 800 GB |
|
92'101 |
| OCZ RevoDrive 3 240 GB | No Review |
91'642 |
| OCZ Vertex 4 512 GB | |
92'288 |
| Samsung 840Evo 120 GB | No Review |
91'598 |
| OCZ Vector 150 240 GB |
|
89'692 |
| OCZ IBIS 240 GB | |
89'630 |
| Corsair Neutron GTX 240 GB | |
89'585 |
| OCZ Vertex 4 256 GB | |
87'654 |
| Samsung 845DC EVO 960 GB | |
87'544 |
| Crucial M500 480 GB | No Review |
86'622 |
| OCZ Vertex 450 256 GB |
|
84'561 |
| OCZ Arc 100 240 GB | |
82'351 |
| Samsung PM830 SSD 256 GB | |
77'637 |
| OCZ Vertex 460 120 GB | |
77'119 |
| OCZ Agility 4 256 GB | |
63'925 |
| Kingmax SMP35 Client 240 GB | |
57'856 |
| OCZ Deneva 2 200 GB eMLC | |
55'090 |
| Intel SSD 520 180 GB | No Review |
53'477 |
| Intel SSD 520 240 GB | |
51'835 |
| Corsair Force GS 240 GB | |
51'373 |
| Intel SSD 335 Series 240 GB | No Review |
46'647 |
| OCZ Vertex 3 240 GB | |
42'308 |
| Kingston HyperX SSD 240 GB | |
41'917 |
| OCZ Vertex 3.20 240 GB | |
41'813 |
| Samsung PM830 SSD 128 GB | |
37'813 |
| Extrememory XLR8 Express 120 GB | |
37'403 |
| SanDisk Extreme SSD 240 GB | No Review |
36'550 |
| OCZ Agility 3 240 GB | |
35'295 |
| OCZ Octane 1 TB | |
32'403 |
| OCZ Octane 512 GB | |
31'442 |
| Kingston HyperX 3K SSD 120 GB | |
25'822 |
| ADATA XPG mSATA SSD SX300 128 GB | |
25'036 |
| Corsair Force GT 120 GB | |
24'807 |
| Kingston HyperX SSD 120 GB | |
24'473 |
| ADATA S511 SSD 120 GB | |
24'338 |
| SanDisk Extreme SSD 120 GB | |
22'278 |
| Kingston SSDNow V+ 200 90 GB | |
21'443 |
| OCZ RevoDrive Hybrid 120GB SSD, 1TB HDD | |
21'853 |
| Corsair Force 3 120 GB | |
20'718 |
| OCZ Vertex 3.20 120 GB | |
20'438 |
| Intel X25-M Gen2 34nm 160 GB |
|
14'606 |
| ADATA S511 60 GB | |
12'963 |
| OCZ Synapse 64 GB | |
11'980 |
| OCZ RevoDrive X2 480 GB PCIe-SSD | |
10'833 |
| Intel X25-M 80 GB | |
5'349 |
Conclusion
Throughput 1 Thread (QD1)
| 1T Throughput (KB/s) | ||||||||
| 4k | 8k | 16k | 32k | 64k | 128k | 256k | 512k | |
| Seq write | 524'188 | 527'710 | 517'095 | 512'708 | 343'211 | 506'181 | 504'406 | 349'117 |
| Seq read | 248'411 | 349'723 | 334'398 | 319'659 | 270'066 | 359'120 | 357'965 | 404'887 |
| Rand write | 188'903 | 266'879 | 377'802 | 438'585 | 433'929 | 484'202 | 477'005 | 478'787 |
| Rand read | 21'805 | 34'879 | 46'785 | 64'902 | 104'390 | 154'347 | 211'873 | 286'652 |
Throughput 4 Threads (QD4)
| 4T Throughput (KB/s) | ||||||||
| 4k | 8k | 16k | 32k | 64k | 128k | 256k | 512k | |
| Seq write | 539'992 | 393'070 | 551'468 | 555'563 | 553'007 | 552'267 | 388'642 | 551'958 |
| Seq read | 493'759 | 478'732 | 526'899 | 538'473 | 532'859 | 543'734 | 543'099 | 542'426 |
| Rand write | 322'786 | 438'842 | 492'696 | 530'991 | 544'946 | 550'109 | 551'487 | 552'200 |
| Rand read | 67'005 | 108'761 | 154'286 | 215'406 | 313'627 | 406'304 | 523'438 | 542'456 |
Throughput 8 Threads (QD8)
| 8T Throughput (KB/s) | ||||||||
| 4k | 8k | 16k | 32k | 64k | 128k | 256k | 512k | |
| Seq write | 526'412 | 537'115 | 541'036 | 540'693 | 539'763 | 540'187 | 536'929 | 535'624 |
| Seq read | 489'796 | 506'609 | 507'206 | 529'119 | 538'193 | 543'845 | 543'660 | 542'607 |
| Rand write | 309'594 | 426'361 | 484'917 | 519'838 | 530'745 | 535'549 | 535'969 | 536'152 |
| Rand read | 158'447 | 220'407 | 288'382 | 375'545 | 487'888 | 539'973 | 537'435 | 538'802 |
Throughput 16 Threads (QD16)
| 16T Throughput (KB/s) | ||||||||
| 4k | 8k | 16k | 32k | 64k | 128k | 256k | 512k | |
| Seq write | 523'355 | 531'579 | 546'825 | 541'172 | 544'135 | 425'432 | 539'251 | 537'353 |
| Seq read | 487'578 | 504'701 | 527'667 | 535'110 | 539'471 | 543'821 | 542'802 | 542'092 |
| Rand write | 315'041 | 430'657 | 489'454 | 518'088 | 531'011 | 535'936 | 537'536 | 538'094 |
| Rand read | 261'499 | 357'232 | 455'603 | 508'346 | 531'823 | 517'718 | 532'179 | 539'045 |
Throughput 32 Threads (QD32)
| 32T Throughput (KB/s) | ||||||||
| 4k | 8k | 16k | 32k | 64k | 128k | 256k | 512k | |
| Seq write | 527'706 | 557'812 | 545'936 | 555'236 | 548'138 | 545'824 | 542'663 | 556'379 |
| Seq read | 488'477 | 511'666 | 523'546 | 534'134 | 537'326 | 542'679 | 541'465 | 542'296 |
| Rand write | 307'671 | 387'114 | 488'016 | 525'509 | 543'417 | 546'806 | 547'984 | 545'223 |
| Rand read | 371'471 | 464'467 | 503'003 | 524'281 | 536'865 | 541'655 | 542'268 | 543'063 |
Conclusion
Announcement:
Despite the circumstance that the rating of a product is based on as many
objective facts as possible there are factors which can have an influence on a
rating after publication. Every autor may perceive data differently over time
whereas one possible reason for example is a deeper background knowledge or
understanding of certain processes. Certain unforseen market conditions as well
as changes have the potential to render a descision made at a certain point in
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