Conclusion

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Judging by the results we've gathered on the previous pages, it looks like OCZ did a good job with the implementation of Toshiba's 19 nanometer MLC NAND. A closer look at the performance results reveals that the Vertex 460 with 240 Gigabyte capacity is a rather quick drive. It's good to see that Toshiba and OCZ are up for a solid start and it should give confidence to all customers.  

Checking the the performance numbers we measured up to 538 Megabyte per second for sequential reads and 520 Megabyte per second for sequential writes. Regarding random throughput the Vertex 460 has been able to provide 71'000 IOPS while performing random write operations and 82'600 IOPS performing random reads. Since the Vertex 460 is based on a OCZ's own Barefoot 3 M10 controller there will be no performance drops when transferring compressed data.

When we headed over to Geizhals.at to check prices we found the Vertex 460 with 240 Gigabyte capacity listed for 159.38 Euro, which is a reasonable price. If you're now looking at the 840 Evo 250 Gigabyte from Samsung, which is quite a bit cheaper and your asking yourself why this is the case, well OCZ is using more expensive MLC NAND, whereas Samsung puts TLC NAND into the 840 Evo. MLC NAND brings the advantage of a longer lifespan, when compared to TLC NAND.

Recommendation

The Vertex 460 with 240 Gigabyte offers  good performance at a reasonable price point and it features solid MLC NAND. Should you be willing to spend 159 Euro on an SSD, then this is certainly a good choice.