OCZ RevoDrive 350 480 GB Review
Category : Storage
Published by Marc Büchel on 24.04.14
OCZ had launched the last version of their PCI-Express based RevoDrives back in 2011, three years ago. Back then the SSD maker put up to two SandForce SF-2281 controller on one PCI-Express card, which allowed for transfer speeds of more than 1000 Megabyte per second. Today the company launches the successor of this drive and it can host no less than four controllers, which have been bundled using OCZ's proprietary VCA 2.0 architecture.
Specifications / Delivery
Model |
OCZ RevoDrive 350 240 GB |
OCZ RevoDrive 350 480 GB |
OCZ RevoDrive 350 960 GB |
Capacity |
240 Gigabyte |
480 Gigabyte |
960 Gigabyte |
Form
Factor |
PCI-Express |
PCI-Express |
PCI-Express |
Memory |
19nm Toshiba Toggle NAND |
19nm Toshiba Toggle NAND |
19nm Toshiba Toggle NAND |
Technology |
Toggle |
Toggle |
Toggle |
Controller |
2 x SF-2282 |
4 x SF-2282 |
4 x SF-2282 |
Architecture |
VCA 2.0 |
VCA 2.0 |
VCA 2.0 |
Capacity single drives |
120 GB |
120 GB |
240 GB |
Throughput |
1000 MB/s sequential read
950 MB/s sequential write
45'000 IOPS 4K random read
80'000 IOPS 4K random write |
1800 MB/s sequential read
1700 MB/s sequential write
90'000 IOPS 4K random read
140'000 IOPS 4K random write |
1800 MB/s sequential read
1700 MB/s sequential write
135'000 IOPS 4K random read
140'000 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 |
MSRP |
|
|
|
Architecture
The RevoDrive 350 with 480 Gigabyte NAND flash comes with no less than four
SandForce SF-2282 controllers. In principle the RevoDrive 350 is based on four
individual SandForce SF-2282 SSD with 120 Gigabyte. Compared to the predecessor it features the same
architecture, where there is no SATA-to-PCI-X-to-PCIe chain but a single SATA-to-PCI-e-84 bridge chip on the PCB.
This means that the four SF-2282 controllers get a full 4 Gigabyte per second of raw bandwidth. Compared to
the predecessor bandwidth has been doubled since the PCI Express Gen 2.0 x8 interface is twice as wide.
Basically the RevoDrive 350's PCB is being equipped with up to four individual SSDs. It's rather interesting
to have a closer look at the drive size of these individual units, since it to see relations between drive size
and peak performance. In case of the RevoDrive 350 240 Gigabyte there are two controllers so the units must offer
120 Gigabyte capacity each. As for the RevoDrive 350 480 Gigabyte there are four controllers and therefore
drive size is also 120 Gigabyte per piece. With the RevoDrive 350 960 Gigabyte things are a little bit different.
There are also four controllers, which means drive size is 240 Gigabyte per unit. As proven several times in different
SSD reviews 240 Gigabyte drives offer superior performance to 120 Gigabyte, which explains the substantially higher
IOPS values communicated by OCZ in case of the 960 Gigabyte drive.
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Impressions
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How do we test?
Testenvironment
Models |
|
ADATA S511 60 GB |
|
ADATA S511 SSD 120 GB |
|
ADATA SP920
Premier Pro 512 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
350 480 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 |
|
Samsung
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
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KByte/s, Sequential
write |
Sequential
write |
Bewertung |
Throughput 256 KByte
Block Size |
OCZ RevoDrive
350 480 GB PCIe-SSD |
|
1'822'177 |
OCZ RevoDrive 3 X2 480 GB
PCIe-SSD |
|
1'191'486 |
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 |
ADATA SP920 Premier Pro 512
GB |
|
508'572 |
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
350 480 GB PCIe-SSD |
|
1'869'966 |
OCZ RevoDrive 3 X2 480 GB PCIe-SSD |
|
1'260'560 |
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 SP920 Premier Pro
512 GB |
|
543'967 |
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
350 480 GB PCIe-SSD |
|
374'110 |
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 |
ADATA SP920 Premier Pro
512 GB |
|
351'881 |
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 |
OCZ RevoDrive
350 480 GB PCIe-SSD |
|
435'802 |
Samsung 840 Evo 250 GB mSATA |
No Review |
400'192 |
ADATA SP920 Premier Pro 512
GB |
|
394'040 |
Plextor M5 Pro 256 GB |
No Review |
392'851 |
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 |
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IOPS, Random write
|
Random
write |
Bewertung |
IOPS 4 KByte Block Size |
OCZ RevoDrive 3 X2 480 GB PCIe-SSD |
|
119'164 |
OCZ RevoDrive 3 240 GB |
No Review |
95'782 |
OCZ RevoDrive
350 480 GB PCIe-SSD |
|
92'785 |
OCZ Vertex 4 512 GB |
|
90'519 |
ADATA SP920 Premier Pro 512
GB |
|
89'925 |
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 |
|
120'832 |
OCZ RevoDrive
350 480 GB PCIe-SSD |
|
107'130 |
Samsung 840 Pro 256 GB |
|
100'198 |
Samsung 840 Evo 250 GB mSATA |
No Review |
99'476 |
ADATA SP920 Premier Pro 512
GB |
|
98'606 |
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 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.
There is absolutely no doubt, that when it comes to sequential throughput rates,
the RevoDrive 350 480 GB is the new king of the hill. During our tests we
measured well more than 1.8 Gigabyte per second regarding sequential read as
well as sequential write throughput performance. Therefore this drive would be a
great choice in video or digital audio workstation, since large files need to be
processed in this case. A closer look at random throughput rates shows the
achilles heel of the RevoDrive 350 480 Gigabyte. It's not that the drive is
slow, but we would have expected more from a PCI-Express card with a total of
four controllers on top of it. In case of random read we measured about 107'000
IOPS and for random write there are almost 93'000 IOPS. These values are
acutally a little bit above results gathered from todays fastest single
controller drives.
As we already mention on the first page of this review the 480 Gigabyte version
of the RevoDrive 350 is basically built upon four single 120 Gigabyte SSDs,
which means that in an ideal world we would be getting four times the
performance of a single 120 Gigabyte SSD with SF-2282 controller. In case of the
960 Gigabyte version of the RevoDrive 350 there are four single 240 Gigabyte
SSDs being used. Especially when it comes to random read performance the 240
Gigabyte units are quicker, which is why the RevoDrive 350 with 480 Gigabyte
capacity is not the fastest PCI-Express SSD from OCZ.
The recommendation for this drive is actually a two edged sword. Since
sequential throughput rates are simply mindblowing the drive can be recommended
especially for video or audio editing workstations or basically any environment
that benefits from exceptionally high sequential rates. On the other hand there
are the random results which we would have expected to be higher. Nevertheless
we're "complaining on a very high" level since an enduser won't notice a
difference between having 100'000 IOPS at his disposal or 150'000 IOPS. In the
end it's more about the feeling of having owning a drive that is simply faster
than any other drive in any possible scenario, which is not the case.
In terms of pricing: the RevoDrive have never been cheap and the RevoDrive 350
is no exception. The 240 Gigabyte model features an MSRP of 529.99 USD, the 480
Gigabyte drive sells for 829.99 US-Dollar (MSRP) and the 960 Gigabyte derivate
is going to set you back a whopping 1'299 US-Dollar. Therefore this drive is not
just a premium product it also features a premium price and you might only buy
it if it brings you a specific benefit, such as in workstations, where saving
time means making money.
Authors: m.buechel@ocaholic.ch