After the Vertex 460 with 120 Gigabyte capacity we're now having a look at the Vertex 460 with 240 Gigabyte. Usually solid state drives with 240 Gigabyte capacity are quicker than 120 Gigabyte models. In this case we're curious to see what the differences between these to drives will be.
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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 in their back OCZ it can now be expected from the company 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 logic, that could be found with the Vertex 450 already. Apparently, since OCZ is now using latest Toshiba NAND there were some changes to the firmware necessary, in order to keep performance and endurance up as high as possible.
With the Vertex 460 you get OCZ's Barefoot 3 M10
controller which the company develops inhouse. 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 improving performance. When it
comes to the NAND interface, OCZ uses and eight channel ONFI/Toggle interface.
The Vertex 460 drives features NAND flash, that has been
manufactured using 19 nanometer structures. 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 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 TH58TEG7DDJBA4C 19
nanometer chips - the ones you find on the Vertex 460 - are validated at 3'000
P/E-cycles.
Impressions
How do we test?
Testenvironment
| Models | |
| ADATA S511 60 GB |
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| ADATA S511 SSD 120 GB |
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| 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 |
|
| 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 |
|
| SanDisk Extreme SSD 120 GB |
|
| SanDisk Extreme SSD 240 GB |
|
| Toshiba THNSNF512GCSS 512 GB | n/A |
Testenvironment |
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| 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
KByte/s, Sequential write |
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| 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 |
| OCZ Vertex 460 240 GB | No Review |
520'075 |
| 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 |
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 |
| OCZ Vertex 460 240 GB | No Review |
538'313 |
| 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 |
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 |
| OCZ Vertex 460 240 GB | No Review |
286'275 |
| 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 |
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 |
| OCZ Vertex 460 240 GB | No Review |
318'269 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| OCZ Vertex 460 240 GB | No Review |
71'383 |
| 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 |
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 |
| OCZ Vertex 460 240 GB |
No Review |
82'626 |
| 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
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 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.
Authors: m.buechel@ocaholic.ch