OCZ Vector 180 960 Gigabyte Review
Category : Storage
Published by Marc Büchel on 09.04.15
With their Vector series, OCZ reportedly has drives in their portfolio, which are fast and reliable. Today OCZ is launching their latest model, which goes by the name Vector 180. Compared to the already successful predecessor - Vector 150 - this one should offer even higher sustained performance and apart from that the drive ships with the new management software SSD Guru.
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Specifications / Delivery
| Model | Vector 180 120 Gigabyte | Vector 180 240 Gigabyte | Vector 180 480 Gigabyte | Vector 180 960 Gigabyte |
| Capacity | 120 GB | 240 GB | 480 GB | 960 GB |
| Form Factor | 2.5'', 7 mm | 2.5'', 7 mm | 2.5'', 7 mm | 2.5'', 7 mm |
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| Endurance | 5 years @ 50 GB/day ~ 92.15 TBW | 5 years @ 50 GB/day ~ 92.15 TBW | 5 years @ 50 GB/day ~ 92.15 TBW | 5 years @ 50 GB/day ~ 92.15 TBW |
| Controller | Indilinx Barefoot 3M00 | Indilinx Barefoot 3M00 | Indilinx Barefoot 3M00 | Indilinx Barefoot 3M00 |
| Model | Toshiba 19nm - A19 MLC | Toshiba 19nm - A19 MLC | Toshiba 19nm - A19 MLC | Toshiba 19nm - A19 MLC |
| Throughput |
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| Accesstime (read) | < 0.1 ms | < 0.1 ms | < 0.1 ms | < 0.1 ms |
| Acoustics | no noise | no noise | no noise | no noise |
| Warranty | 5 Years - Shield Plus | 5 Years - Shield Plus | 5 Years - Shield Plus | 5 Years - Shield Plus |
| Price |
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It has been about one and a half years, that OCZ released their Vector 150 series SSDs. In our review on the predecessor of the Vector 180 we mentioned that it is a solid drive, which performed very good. So good in fact, that it can even keep up with today's drives. So, what could be possible improvements on the new Vector 180?
First of all we want to have a look at what stayed the same. Interestingly OCZ didn't touch the controller. The Vector 180 uses the same Indilinx IDX500M00-BC, which has already been used in the predecessor. Apparently the Barefoot 3 controller is highly capable and a good platform for the future.
Talking about improvements: First of all there is now also a drive that features 960 Gigabyte capacity. In the case of the Vector 150 capacity was limited to 480 Gigabyte and if you wanted to go for a larger drive, you had to either choose a Revo drive or SSDs from another manufacturer. Furthermore OCZ is putting a strong focus on the bundle. Next to the new management software SSD Guru, about which we'll be talking on one of the last pages, the Vector 180 is now covered by the Shieldplus warranty plan. If a customer is under the impression that a drive is defective it can be sent to OCZ. There service technicians check if the drive is actually damaged. Should that be the case, the customer immediately receives a new drive whereas return shipment costs are being covered by OCZ.
At this point we also want to have a quick look at what's inside the actual box: next to the drive itself we can find a copy of Acronis True Image as well as a 3.5 inch adapter bracket. Therefore also the this part of the bundle is complete.
Impressions
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 180 480 GB |
|
| OCZ Vector 180 960 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 |
|
| Samsung 850 PRO 256 GB |
|
| Samsung 850DC EVO 960 GB |
|
| Samsung 845DC PRO 800 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 VII Gene |
| Chipset | Intel Z97 |
| CPU | Intel Core i7-4700k |
| Memory | G.Skill Ares 2133 MHz |
| Graphics card | ASUS GeFroce GTX 680 |
| Storage (system) | Intel SSD 335 Series |
| Operating systems | Windows 7 64 Bit with caching drives |
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 |
||
| 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 |
| 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 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 800 GB |
|
500'153 |
| 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 |
| Samsung 850DC EVO 960 GB | |
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 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 |
| 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 845DC PRO 800 GB |
|
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 850DC EVO 960 GB | |
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 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 |
| 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 850DC EVO 960 GB | |
346'184 |
| Crucial M500 480 GB | No Review |
346'003 |
| Samsung 840 Evo 1 TB | |
344'730 |
| Samsung 845DC PRO 800 GB |
|
343'726 |
| 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 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 M5 Pro 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 |
| OCZ RevoDrive 3 X2 480 GB PCIe-SSD | |
640'327 |
| Samsung 840 Evo 250 GB mSATA | No Review |
400'192 |
| Plextor M5 Pro 256 GB | No Review |
392'851 |
| Samsung 850 Pro 256 GB | |
390'689 |
| Samsung 840 Evo 1 TB | |
384'527 |
| 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 800 GB |
|
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 850DC EVO 960 GB | |
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 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 |
| 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 850DC EVO 960 GB | |
86'634 |
| Samsung 845DC PRO 800 GB |
|
85'813 |
| Samsung 840 Evo 1 TB | |
85'792 |
| OCZ Agility 4 256 GB | |
85'373 |
| OCZ Vector 150 240 GB |
|
81'175 |
| Samsung 840 Evo 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 | |
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 |
| 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 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 850 Pro 256 GB | |
99'919 |
| 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 |
| Samsung 845DC PRO 800 GB |
|
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 850DC EVO 960 GB | |
87'544 |
| 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 |
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| Intel X25-M Gen2 34nm 160 GB |
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| Intel X25-M 80 GB | |
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Threaded Performance
Throughput 1 Thread (QD1)
| 4k | 8k | 16k | 32k | 64k | 128k | 256k | 512k | |
| Seq write | 514884 | 519592 | 520787 | 515965 | 517804 | 521522 | 507341 | 517639 |
| Seq read | 356151 | 343191 | 354035 | 398905 | 400052 | 423619 | 428300 | 439217 |
| Rand write | 120821 | 196232 | 215845 | 382214 | 449519 | 475807 | 492862 | 514739 |
| Rand read | 28011 | 44253 | 70342 | 101177 | 163732 | 237452 | 314383 | 338192 |
Throughput 4 Threads (QD4)
| 4k | 8k | 16k | 32k | 64k | 128k | 256k | 512k | |
| Seq write | 556421 | 545315 | 558442 | 561634 | 559342 | 560334 | 560559 | 559137 |
| Seq read | 531233 | 510180 | 547494 | 549002 | 546790 | 549401 | 549064 | 548328 |
| Rand write | 301305 | 390879 | 441434 | 489374 | 542723 | 555971 | 557177 | 558466 |
| Rand read | 75217 | 127001 | 182101 | 285848 | 424868 | 504939 | 559946 | 556404 |
Throughput 8 Threads (QD8)
| 4k | 8k | 16k | 32k | 64k | 128k | 256k | 512k | |
| Seq write | 541891 | 559835 | 562544 | 560002 | 556466 | 561329 | 559279 | 562182 |
| Seq read | 520453 | 528964 | 526223 | 543184 | 546826 | 549518 | 549038 | 547389 |
| Rand write | 306049 | 395148 | 450423 | 499849 | 527866 | 559567 | 560174 | 561421 |
| Rand read | 148642 | 225237 | 328893 | 436723 | 534357 | 554502 | 553928 | 555885 |
Throughput 16 Threads (QD16)
| 4k | 8k | 16k | 32k | 64k | 128k | 256k | 512k | |
| Seq write | 518174 | 523322 | 541113 | 556223 | 550001 | 554076 | 545174 | 545447 |
| Seq read | 505472 | 519119 | 528459 | 532504 | 546124 | 549328 | 548061 | 548169 |
| Rand write | 285753 | 380979 | 430486 | 474609 | 504599 | 540514 | 542448 | 544060 |
| Rand read | 259433 | 378945 | 473820 | 498886 | 530221 | 519187 | 526537 | 528872 |
Throughput 32 Threads (QD32)
| 4k | 8k | 16k | 32k | 64k | 128k | 256k | 512k | |
| Seq write | 449714 | 522027 | 525518 | 534234 | 534431 | 531716 | 544820 | 534874 |
| Seq read | 488853 | 509775 | 519022 | 535910 | 543921 | 548536 | 537432 | 547373 |
| Rand write | 263409 | 336911 | 387163 | 426079 | 472475 | 485645 | 487498 | 486813 |
| Rand read | 380211 | 447059 | 488327 | 513611 | 533214 | 547207 | 546950 | 545353 |
Sustained Performance
With this drive we're also going to test sustained performance. For this purpose we're using Iometer, which is writing and reading data from and to the drive until we reach so called steady state performance. As soon as this point is reached we're going to write down the numbers and take a screenshot.
Iometer |
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| Total I/Os per Second | 73'493.35 |
| Total MBs per Second | 301.03 |
| Total Average I/O Response Time (ms) | 6.9645 |
| Maximum I/O Response Time (ms) | 2722.9902 |
SSD Guru
SSD Guru is OCZ's new management software for their SSDs. As you might have expected it gives you an overview on the drives capacity and it tells you when your SSD is going to be full. Apart from that you also see information on the drives health on the overview page as well as other details. If you'd like you can also dive deeper and check the SMART data yourself. OCZ added some additional information where necessary in the case of SMART data, so it's easy to understand what these values actually describe.
The second tab "Tuner" allows you to do initiate the TRIM command yourself and you can also change the overprovisioning setting. Apart from that, there is also the so called "OS Tuner", where you can choose from the four different settings "Reliability", "Performance", "Capacity" and "Custom".
Using the "Settings" tab, you can select options related to logging or if you want to enable SSD Guru, when your system is booting up. Apart from that there are monitoring options and you can even add proxy related settings.
On the "Maintenance" page OCZ allows you to initiate firmware updates as well as a Secure Erase.
What might be practical too is the "Help" tab. Here you have links to the OCZ Support as well as to OCZ's Support Forum. There is also detailed information on your drive, which you can save easily to you drive, simply by hitting the save button.
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.
With the Vector 180, OCZ has a new series of solid state drives, which can certainly convince regarding performance as well as reliability and endurance. Apart from that these drives even come at a very reasonable price point. We also like the fact very much that OCZ ships these drives with a complete bundle, which also includes OCZ's SSD Guru software. Furthermore the Vector 180 drives are covered by OCZ's new Shieldplus warranty.
Now it's about time we start talking about performance. There is no doubt the Vector 180 is a fast drive and the Barefoot 3 controller is doing a great job again. Sequential and random performance is on the level you'd expect it to be for a recent SATA-III drive. The Vector 180 also offers highly competitive sustained performance.
Last but not least this leaves us talking about the price. The 960 Gigabyte version we tested here, is already up on Geizhals.at where you can find it listed for 499 Euro. Price per Gigabyte is 0.520 Euro, which is, as we already mentioned, on a very competitive level. If you keep in mind, that this is a drive, which ships with an extensive bundle, the price is definitely well chosen.
Recommendation
Should you be looking for a reliable and quick 960 Gigabyte SSD, which also ships with a complete bundle and even comes with a competitive price, then the Vector 180 is going to be a highly capable drive.
