Intel SSD 750 400GB PCIe Review
Category : Storage
Published by Marc Büchel on 21.12.15
With the SSD 750 Intel was the first manufacturer to launch an NVMe-SSD for end users. The drive which is lying front of us in this case performs extremely well pumping out up to 2200 MB/s sequential read and 900 MB/s sequential write throughput performance. Apart from that there is the sheer capacity of this drive as well as the fact, that you get MLC NAND flash memory.
Specifications / Delivery
| Model | Intel SSD 750 400GB | Intel SSD 750 1.2TB |
| Capacity | 400 GB | 1200 GB |
| Form Factor | PCIe | PCIe |
| Controller | 18 channel NVMe | 18 channel NVMe |
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| Warranty | 5 Years | 5 Years |
| Price |
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Intel is the first company which launched an NVMe SSD for end users. NVMe or NVM Express stands for Non-Volatile Memory Host Controller Interface Specification (NVMHCI). These specs define how solid state drives are being accessed through the PCI Express bus and therefore directly communicate with the CPU. NVMe replaces AHCI in the case of SSDs and it brings quite a few advantages to the table. AHCI, or Advanced Host Controller Interface, was optimized for drives with low throughput and high latencies. Apart from that it could not deal with high parallelism, being limited to a queue depth of 32. NVMe on the other hand has been designed to leverage the benefits of SSD from ground up, which means it can deal perfectly with low latency and high throughput drives. Apart from that it supports another magnitude of parallelism, whereas the queue depth can reach up to 65536. Since SSDs are based on controllers, which usually feature between eight and ten channel, parallelism is a key factor in gaining more performance. The SSD 750 from Intel even features an 18-channel controller. This is setting a new benchmark in the consumer segment and basically the main reason why these drives can reach such high throughput speeds and IOPS numbers.
Having a closer look at the specs we see that Intel claims the 400GB SSD 750 can reach up to 2200/900MB/s sequential read/write, which is simply a new level when it comes to the desktop market. Apparently this kind of performance in combination with a high-capacity drive doesn’t result in a bargain, which is why this particular drive will set you back almost 330 Euro. Nevertheless, for this kind of money you really do get a drive, which outperforms almost anything available on the market to date and also offers plenty of capacity so you can even save a lot of data on it.
Impressions
How do we test?
Testenvironment
iozone
iozone3 is a benchmark suite for storage solutions which natively runs under Windows/Linux.We are testing the throughput rates/IOPS 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 |
| Intel SSD 750 PCIe x4 1.2 TB |  |
1'361'466 |
| OCZ RevoDrive 3 X2 480 GB PCIe-SSD |  |
1'291'486 |
| Intel SSD 750 PCIe x4 400 GB | |
1'064'310 |
| Kingston HyperX Predator 480GB |  |
1'018'023 |
| 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 |
OCZ Vector 180 960 GB
|
|
537'432 |
Samsung 840 PRO 256 GB
|
|
536'082 |
OCZ Vector 180 480 GB |
|
535'560 |
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 |
Samsung 850 PRO 256 GB
|
|
531'027 |
| 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 Trion 100 960 GB | |
517'599 |
| 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 800GB
|
|
500'153 |
ADATA XPG mSATA SSD SX300 128 GB
|
|
499'239 |
Extrememory XLR8 Express 120 GB
|
|
491'205 |
| Samsung PM863 960GB | |
480'603 |
| OCZ Synapse 64 GB | |
469'784 |
Samsung 840Evo 1 TB |
|
462'097 |
ADATA S511 60 GB
|
|
457'001 |
| Plextor M5Pro 256 GB | No Review |
444'122 |
Crucial M500 480 GB |
No Review |
439'829 |
Samsung PM863 960GB
|
|
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 840Evo 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 |
| Intel SSD 750 PCIe x4 1.2 TB | |
2'337'700 |
| Intel SSD 750 PCIe x4 400 GB | |
2'156'208 |
| OCZ RevoDrive 3 X2 480 GB PCIe-SSD | |
1'460'560 |
| Kingston HyperX Predator 480GB | |
1'006'809 |
| 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 Trion 100 960 GB | |
559'075 |
| OCZ Vector 256 GB
|
|
553'400 |
| Samsung 850 PRO 256 GB
|
|
548'836 |
| 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 |
| OCZ Vector 180 960 GB
|
|
544'820 |
| Samsung PM863 960GB | |
544'742 |
| Samsung 845DC PRO 800GB
|
|
544'499 |
| ADATA XPG mSATA SSD SX300 128 GB
|
|
543'650 |
| ADATA S511 SSD 120 GB
|
|
542'606 |
| OCZ Vector 180 480 GB |
|
542'453 |
| Corsair Neutron GTX 240 GB
|
|
542'442 |
| OCZ Vertex 4 512 | |
542'075 |
| Samsung PM863 960GB
|
|
541'626 |
| Kingston HyperX SSD 120 GB
|
|
541'613 |
Intel SSD 335 Series 240 GB |
No Review |
541'542 |
| 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 840Evo 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 840Evo 250 GB mSATA |
No Review |
532'816 |
| Plextor M5Pro 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 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 |
| Intel SSD 750 PCIe x4 1.2 TB | |
1'025'236 |
| OCZ RevoDrive 3 X2 480 GB PCIe-SSD | |
756'658 |
| Intel SSD 750 PCIe x4 400 TB | |
630'013 |
| Samsung 840 PRO 256 GB
|
|
412'837 |
| OCZ RevoDrive 3 240 GB | No Review |
382'970 |
| OCZ Vertex 4 512 GB | |
362'053 |
| Samsung 850 PRO 256 GB
|
|
360'357 |
| OCZ Vector 150 240 GB |
|
356'006 |
| OCZ Vertex 4 256 GB | |
354'573 |
| OCZ Vector 256 GB
|
|
354'246 |
| Samsung PM863 960GB
|
|
346'184 |
| Crucial M500 480 GB |
No Review |
346'003 |
| Samsung 840Evo 1 TB |
|
344'730 |
| Samsung 845DC PRO 800GB
|
|
343'726 |
| OCZ Trion 100 960 GB | |
342'969 |
| OCZ Agility 4 256 GB | |
341'478 |
| OCZ Octane 1 TB | |
325'007 |
| OCZ Octane 512 GB | |
324'023 |
| Kingston HyperX Predator 480GB | |
300'308 |
| Corsair Force GS 240 GB
|
|
301'486 |
| Samsung 840Evo 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 |
| Samsung PM863 960GB | |
285'893 |
| 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 |
| ADATA XPG mSATA SSD SX300 128 GB
|
|
264'870 |
| OCZ Vector 180 960 GB
|
|
263'409 |
| OCZ IBIS 240 GB | |
262'687 |
| Intel SSD 335 Series 240 GB |
No Review |
262'005 |
| Kingston HyperX SSD 120 GB
|
|
255'988 |
| Plextor M5Pro 256 GB | No Review |
254'918 |
| OCZ Vector 180 480 GB |
|
254'367 |
| 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 |
| Intel SSD 750 PCIe x4 1.2 TB | |
975'428 |
| OCZ RevoDrive 3 X2 480 GB PCIe-SSD | |
640'327 |
| Intel SSD 750 PCIe x4 400 GB | |
575'665 |
| Kingston HyperX Predator 480GB | |
443'069 |
| Samsung 840Evo 250 GB mSATA |
No Review |
400'192 |
| Plextor M5Pro 256 GB | No Review |
392'851 |
| Samsung 850 PRO 256 GB
|
|
390'689 |
| Samsung 840Evo 1 TB |
|
384'527 |
| Samsung PM863 960GB | |
382'724 |
| OCZ Vector 256 GB
|
|
381'510 |
| OCZ Vector 180 960 GB
|
|
380'211 |
| Toshiba THNSNF512GCSS 512 GB | No Review |
373'590 |
| OCZ Vertex 4 512 GB | |
368'728 |
| Samsung 845DC PRO 800GB
|
|
368'001 |
| OCZ Vector 180 480 GB |
|
366'031 |
| 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 PM863 960GB
|
|
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 |
| 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 Trion 100 960 GB | |
135'611 |
| 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 |
| Intel SSD 750 PCIe x4 1.2 TB | |
260'904 |
| OCZ RevoDrive 3 X2 480 GB PCIe-SSD | |
189'164 |
| Intel SSD 750 PCIe x4 400 GB | |
157'503 |
| OCZ RevoDrive 3 240 GB | No Review |
95'782 |
| Samsung 850 PRO 256 GB
|
|
91'053 |
| 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 PM863 960GB
|
|
86'634 |
| Samsung 845DC PRO 800GB
|
|
85'813 |
| Samsung 840Evo 1 TB |
|
85'792 |
| OCZ Agility 4 256 GB | |
85'373 |
| OCZ Vector 150 240 GB |
|
81'175 |
| Kingston HyperX Predator 480GB | |
77'077 |
| Samsung 840Evo 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
|
|
247'600 |
| Samsung PM863 960GB | |
71'883 |
| 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 Vector 180 960 GB
|
|
69'998 |
| 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 |
| OCZ Vector 180 480 GB |
|
64'244 |
| Plextor M5Pro 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 |
| OCZ Trion 100 960 GB | |
33'348 |
| 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 |
| Intel SSD 750 PCIe x4 1.2 TB | |
247'587 |
| OCZ RevoDrive 3 X2 480 GB PCIe-SSD | |
160'832 |
| Intel SSD 750 PCIe x4 400 GB | |
143'916 |
| Kingston HyperX Predator 480GB | |
111'097 |
| Samsung 840 PRO 256 GB
|
|
100'198 |
| Samsung 850 PRO 256 GB
|
|
99'919 |
| Samsung 840Evo 250 GB mSATA |
No Review |
99'476 |
| Plextor M5Pro 256 GB | No Review |
98'600 |
| Samsung 840Evo 1 TB |
|
96'308 |
| Samsung PM863 960GB | |
95'811 |
| OCZ Vector 256 GB
|
|
95'614 |
| Toshiba THNSNF512GCSS 512 GB | No Review |
93'251 |
| Samsung 845DC PRO 800GB
|
|
92'101 |
| OCZ RevoDrive 3 240 GB | No Review |
91'642 |
| OCZ Vertex 4 512 GB | |
92'288 |
| OCZ Vector 180 960 GB
|
|
92'275 |
| OCZ Vector 180 480 GB |
|
92'001 |
| 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 PM863 960GB
|
|
87'544 |
| Crucial M500 480 GB |
No Review |
86'622 |
| OCZ Trion 100 960 GB | |
85'274 |
| OCZ Vertex 450 256 GB | |
84'561 |
| 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
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|
10'833 |
| Intel X25-M 80 GB | |
5'349 |
Throughput 1 Thread (QD1)
| 1T Throughput (KB/s) | ||||||||
| 4k | 8k | 16k | 32k | 64k | 128k | 256k | 512k | |
| Seq write | 1037110 | 992598 | 992508 | 1035373 | 1021799 | 1012869 | 1010596 | 972567 |
| Seq read | 496613 | 496650 | 472185 | 576547 | 527922 | 903530 | 1071197 | 1353617 |
| Rand write | 351935 | 578086 | 847254 | 947003 | 969194 | 993293 | 1004539 | 1036902 |
| Rand read | 36835 | 60510 | 92393 | 141396 | 183560 | 338887 | 432090 | 622589 |
Throughput 4 Threads (QD4)
| 4T Throughput (KB/s) | ||||||||
| 4k | 8k | 16k | 32k | 64k | 128k | 256k | 512k | |
| Seq write | 1019129 | 999369 | 1008993 | 1037990 | 1040683 | 1043235 | 1032723 | 1039609 |
| Seq read | 1127076 | 1155783 | 1430740 | 1490776 | 1554177 | 1865996 | 2096246 | 2205193 |
| Rand write | 624589 | 907990 | 976008 | 987702 | 992063 | 1002175 | 1016063 | 1033810 |
| Rand read | 171385 | 269902 | 401326 | 528187 | 685455 | 1049109 | 1319405 | 1584333 |
Throughput 8 Threads (QD8)
| 8T Throughput (KB/s) | ||||||||
| 4k | 8k | 16k | 32k | 64k | 128k | 256k | 512k | |
| Seq write | 1011384 | 1023114 | 1051596 | 1048966 | 1041055 | 1051140 | 1041086 | 1062519 |
| Seq read | 1226633 | 1288319 | 1473857 | 1565139 | 1644558 | 1989467 | 2158726 | 2217762 |
| Rand write | 617363 | 979556 | 991613 | 1004221 | 999667 | 1022855 | 1026575 | 1030204 |
| Rand read | 320202 | 496641 | 718911 | 987251 | 1210588 | 1496827 | 1558454 | 1730139 |
Throughput 16 Threads (QD16)
| 16T Throughput (KB/s) | ||||||||
| 4k | 8k | 16k | 32k | 64k | 128k | 256k | 512k | |
| Seq write | 987573 | 1021561 | 1037166 | 1045372 | 1046674 | 1053935 | 1040723 | 1035305 |
| Seq read | 1356777 | 1485913 | 1666259 | 1804581 | 1940748 | 2134553 | 2158277 | 2217827 |
| Rand write | 680048 | 969254 | 1000470 | 994182 | 1000424 | 1026891 | 1038721 | 1054099 |
| Rand read | 541054 | 847821 | 1148020 | 1422682 | 1379059 | 1698872 | 1406467 | 1765503 |
Throughput 32 Threads (QD32)
| 32T Throughput (KB/s) | ||||||||
| 4k | 8k | 16k | 32k | 64k | 128k | 256k | 512k | |
| Seq write | 958062 | 979842 | 1016586 | 1026916 | 1062724 | 1073452 | 1064310 | 1228346 |
| Seq read | 1401145 | 1639497 | 1865748 | 2041938 | 1721080 | 2125162 | 2156208 | 2212544 |
| Rand write | 630013 | 970708 | 995609 | 989107 | 993137 | 1027358 | 1186833 | 1128389 |
| Rand read | 575665 | 977728 | 1535398 | 1783566 | 1836619 | 1839836 | 1907815 | 1981997 |
Conclusion
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With their SSD 750 series Intel has created a drive, with which they’re addressing enthusiasts mainly. Like back in the days when Intel launched the disruptive X25-M, the chip giant again manages to raise the bar and move the entire consumer market one step forward. Throughput rates in the region of 2'200 MB/s are about four times as much then what’s achievable with SATA-III, which puts these NVMe drives in a completely different league.
In terms of raw performance our test drive was able to score 1'064 MB/s sequential write and 2'156 MB/s sequential read throughput. When it comes to 4K IOPS we measured 157'500 IOPS regarding random read and 143'900 regarding random write. The performance of this drive is basically - insane, outperforming the SATA-III standard almost by a factor of four regarding sequential read. On another note we also had a look at performance with different queue depths as you can see on page 10. In case of random read performance at QD1 we see 9'200 IOPS and when it comes to random write we measured 88'000 IOPS.
Last but not least there is the price: Intels SSD 750 with 400GB is going to set you back 329 Euro and the SSD 750 1.2TB changes owner for a whopping 892 Euro. These drives are anything but cheap, but if it is highest performance you're looking for, then there is almost no alternative these days. Apart from that we noticed that the price of both drives dropped by almost 100 Euro compared to November this year. It looks like Intel wants to push these drives in Christmas period.
