The Vertex 460 marks a new chapter in the history of OCZ. Meanwhile Toshiba has bought OCZ and the company now operates under the name OCZ Storage Solutions as a subsidiary of Toshiba. When it comes to the Vertex 460, we have basically a Vertex 450 lying in front of us with the latest NAND flash memory from Toshiba. Other than that the firmware needed to be upgraded an optimized in order to sequeeze maximum performance out of the drive.
Specifications / Delivery
Model |
OCZ Vertex 460 120 Gigabyte |
OCZ Vertex 460 240 Gigabyte |
OCZ Vertex 460 480 Gigabyte |
Capacity |
120 Gigabyte |
240 Gigabyte |
480 Gigabyte |
Form
Factor |
2.5'', 7mm |
2.5'', 7mm |
2.5'', 7mm |
Memory |
19nm Toshiba MLC NAND, 3'000 P/E-cycles |
19nm Toshiba MLC NAND, 3'000 P/E-cycles |
19nm Toshiba MLC NAND, 3'000 P/E-cycles |
Technology |
|
|
|
Throughput |
530 MB/s sequential read
420 MB/s sequential write
80'000 IOPS 4K random read
90'000 IOPS 4K random write |
540 MB/s sequential read
525 MB/s sequential write
85'000 IOPS 4K random read
90'000 IOPS 4K random write |
545 MB/s sequential read
525 MB/s sequential write
95'000 IOPS 4K random read
90'000 IOPS 4K random write |
Accesstime (read) |
< 0.1 ms |
< 0.1 ms |
< 0.1 ms |
MTBF |
2'000'000
hours |
2'000'000
hours |
2'000'000
hours |
Acoustics |
no noise |
no noise |
no noise |
Warranty |
3 Years |
3 Years |
3 Years |
Software |
Acronis True Image |
Acronis True Image |
Acronis True Image |
MSRP |
89.99 Euro |
169.99 Euro |
329.99 Euro |
With the entire supply chain backing
them up, it can now be expected from OCZ that the Vertex 460 is not only
a very quick drive but also features an aggressive price tag. A closer look at
the controller reveals that there is the same Barefoot 3 M10, which could
be found with the Vertex 450 as well. Apparently, OCZ is now using the latest
Toshiba NAND and there were some changes to the firmware necessary in order to keep
performance and endurance as high as possible.
With the Vertex 460 you get OCZ's latest Barefoot 3 M10
controller which the company developed in-house. According to the block diagram we
can see that the controller is based on an ARM architecture. Additionally OCZ
optimized the clock generator towards lower power consumption, which they
already did when they released the Vertex 450. In other words
this means, they've lowered the internal clock speeds in order to make the drive
more energy efficient. Furthermore this drive ships with AES 256-bit encryption
as well as an ECC engine which is taking care of error corrections. On the right
hand side of the diagram you can see that OCZ equips the Vertex 460 with an
additional DRAM cache, which in the end helps to improve performance. When it
comes to the NAND interface, OCZ uses an eight channel ONFI/Toggle interface.
The Vertex 460 SSD features NAND flash, which has been
manufactured using 19 nanometer manufacturin process. When it comes
to the manufacturing process of NAND flash, then a customer gets an upside as
well as a downside at the same time. Let's talk about the upside first: a
manufacturing process shrink
enables the manufacturer to put more memory chips on one 300 millimeter wafer.
In other words the manufacturing process becomes more cost efficient. This cost
efficiency is going to be carried to the end user who actually buys these
products for a lower price. The downside however is, that making the structures
smaller causes the P/E-cycles to drop. Most 25 nanometer MLC NAND flash chips
featured a P/E-cycle count of either 5'000 or 3'000. Toshibas XYZ 19
nanometer chips - the ones you find on the Vertex 460 - are validated at 3'000
P/E-cycles.
[pagebreak]
Impressions
[pagebreak]
How do we test?
Testenvironment
Models |
|
ADATA S511 60 GB |
|
ADATA S511 SSD 120 GB |
|
ADATA XPG mSATA SSD SX300 128 GB |
|
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 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 |
n/A |
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 |
|
SanDisk Extreme SSD 120 GB |
|
SanDisk Extreme SSD 240 GB |
|
Toshiba THNSNF512GCSS 512 GB |
n/A |
|
Testenvironment |
Motherboard |
ASUS Maximus V Formula |
Chipset |
Intel Z77 |
CPU |
Intel Core i7 2500k |
Memory |
G.Skill Ares 2133 MHz |
Graphics
card |
ASUS GeFroce GTX 680 |
Storage
(system) |
Intel SSD 335 Series |
Operating
systems |
Ubuntu - most recent Kernel version
Windows 7 64 Bit with caching
drives |
Filesystem |
XFS |
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
[pagebreak]
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 |
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 |
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 |
Crucial M500
480 GB |
No Review |
439'829 |
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 |
[pagebreak]
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 |
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 |
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 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 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 |
[pagebreak]
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 |
Crucial M500
480 GB |
No Review |
346'003 |
Samsung 840 Evo 1 TB |
|
344'730 |
OCZ Agility 4 256 GB |
|
341'478 |
OCZ Octane 1 TB |
|
325'007 |
OCZ Octane 512 GB |
|
324'023 |
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 |
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 |
[pagebreak]
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 |
OCZ Vertex 4 512 GB |
|
368'728 |
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 |
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 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 |
[pagebreak]
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 |
Samsung 840 Evo 250 GB |
No Review |
76'721 |
Samsung 840 Evo 1 TB |
|
85'792 |
Crucial M500
480 GB |
No Review |
88'642 |
OCZ Vector 256 GB |
|
88'537 |
OCZ Vertex 4 256 GB |
|
88'460 |
OCZ Vector 150 240 GB |
|
81'175 |
OCZ Agility 4 256 GB |
|
85'373 |
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 |
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 |
[pagebreak]
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 |
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 |
Crucial M500
480 GB |
No Review |
86'622 |
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 |
|
10'833 |
Intel X25-M 80 GB |
|
5'349 |
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Conclusion
Announcement:
Despite the circumstances that the rating of a product is based on as many
objective facts as possible there are certain 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 have gathered on a couple of previous previous pages, it looks like
OCZ did a good job with the implementation of Toshiba's 19 nanometer NAND. A
closer look at the performance results reveals that the Vertex 460 with 120
Gigabyte capacity is one of the quickest drives money can buy, if you're looking
for a 120 Gigabyte model. It's good to see that Toshiba and OCZ are up for a
solid start and it should give confidence to all customers. We can expect
a fierce battle on the SSD market in 2014 as well as the following years.
Checking the performance numbers we measured up to 529 Megabyte per second
for sequential reads and 421 Megabyte per second for sequential write
performance.
Regarding random throughput, the Vertex 460 has been able to provide 71'000 IOPS
while performing random write operations and 77'000 IOPS performing random
reads. Since the Vertex 460 is based on a OCZ's own Barefoot 3 M10 controller there
will be no significant performance drops when transferring compressed data.
Taking a
closer look at the price of this drive shows that OCZ decided to go with the MSRP to 89.99
Euro. Compared to the competition, the Vertex 460 is not the cheapest SSD around, but
it certainly comes with an attractive price point, which is right inbetween the
Samsung 840 Evo and the Samsung 840 Pro. In our opinion pricing the drive in
this range suits it perfectly.
Recommendation
The Vertex 460 with 120
Gigabyte offers really good performance at a decent price point. Should you be looking for a
quick drive for a fair price, then the Vertex 460 120 Gigabyte is certainly a
good choice.
Authors: m.buechel@ocaholic.ch