OCZ Trion 100 960 Gigabyte Review
Category : Storage
Published by Marc Büchel on 09.07.15
With their Trion series, OCZ shows their first drives with TLC NAND. Therefore it's rather obvious that OCZ is about to join the price wars when it comes to budget SSDs. Looking for the controller we find a chip from Toshiba and we're rather curious to find out how this drive does in our review.




Specifications / Delivery


Model Trion 100 120 Gigabyte Trion 100 240 Gigabyte Trion 100 480 Gigabyte Trion 100 960 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
Memory
  • TLC Toggle NAND
  • 19nm
  • ~1'200 P/E-cycles
  • TLC Toggle NAND
  • 19nm
  • ~1'200 P/E-cycles
  • TLC Toggle NAND
  • 19nm
  • ~1'200 P/E-cycles
  • TLC Toggle NAND
  • 19nm
  • ~1'200 P/E-cycles
Endurance 3 years @ 27 GB/day ~ 30 TBW ( 3 years @ 55 GB/day ~ 60 TBW 3 years @ 110 GB/day ~ 120 TBW 3 years @ 219 GB/day ~ 240 TBW
Controller Toshiba Alishan Toshiba Alishan Toshiba Alishan Toshiba Alishan
Model Toshiba 19nm - A19 TLC Toshiba 19nm - A19 TLC Toshiba 19nm - A19 TLC Toshiba 19nm - A19 TLC
Throughput
  • 550 MB/s sequential read
  • 450 MB/s sequential write
  • 79'000 IOPS 4K random read
  • 25'000 IOPS 4K random write
  • 550 MB/s sequential read
  • 520 MB/s sequential write
  • 90'000 IOPS 4K random read
  • 43'000 IOPS 4K random write
  • 550 MB/s sequential read
  • 530 MB/s sequential write
  • 90'000 IOPS 4K random read
  • 54'000 IOPS 4K random write
  • 550 MB/s sequential read
  • 530 MB/s sequential write
  • 90'000 IOPS 4K random read
  • 64'000 IOPS 4K random write
Accesstime (read) < 0.1 ms < 0.1 ms < 0.1 ms < 0.1 ms
Acoustics no noise no noise no noise no noise
Warranty 3 Years - Shield Plus 3 Years - Shield Plus 3 Years - Shield Plus 3 Years - Shield Plus
Price
MSRP CHF 59.90
MSRP CHF 99.90
MSRP CHF 199.90
MSRP CHF 384.99




With the Trion 100 OCZ shows their first SSD, which is based on TLC NAND flash memory. Thanks to this choice OCZ is now able to compete with entry level offerings from Samsung and Crucial. As you might know, TLC memory chips are capable of storing three bits per cell, whereas MLC can only hold two bits. The increases the capacity per NAND chip and provides the vendor with more headroom when it comes to pricing.

We were actually quite surprised to find a controller from Toshiba on these particular drives, which goes by the name TC58, or to be even more precise: TC58NC1000GSB-00. Apart from that it has been combined with TH58TET1UDKBAEG NAND flash memory, which as we already mentioned is TLC NAND. A closer look at the line-up reveals there are four different models being launched today, where there is a 120GB, a 240GB, a 480GB and a 960GB model.

A closer look at the bundle you get with the Trion 100 entry level drives, shows even clearer that OCZ wants to keep the price low. Next to the management software SSD Guru, the drives are covered by OCZ's so called Shield Plus warranty. If a customer is under the impression that a drive is defective it can be sent to OCZ. A service technicians will check if the drive is actually damaged or not. Should that be the case, the customer immediately receives a new drive, whereas return shipment costs are being covered by OCZ. In the case of the Trion the Shield Plus warranty last three years.


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Page 2 - Impressions Page 8 - Random write IOPS
Page 3 - How do we test? Page 9 - Random read IOPS
Page 4 - Sequential write KByte/s Page 10 - Threaded Performance
Page 5 - Sequential read KByte/s Page 11 - SSD Guru
Page 6 - Random write KByte/s Page 12 - Conclusion
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Impressions


   

   

   



Page 1 - Introduction Page 7 - Random read KByte/s
Page 2 - Impressions Page 8 - Random write IOPS
Page 3 - How do we test? Page 9 - Random read IOPS
Page 4 - Sequential write KByte/s Page 10 - Threaded Performance
Page 5 - Sequential read KByte/s Page 11 - SSD Guru
Page 6 - Random write KByte/s Page 12 - Conclusion
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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 Trion 100 960 GB
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

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

iops



Page 1 - Introduction Page 7 - Random read KByte/s
Page 2 - Impressions Page 8 - Random write IOPS
Page 3 - How do we test? Page 9 - Random read IOPS
Page 4 - Sequential write KByte/s Page 10 - Threaded Performance
Page 5 - Sequential read KByte/s Page 11 - SSD Guru
Page 6 - Random write KByte/s Page 12 - Conclusion
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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 Trion 100 960 GB
517'599
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


Page 1 - Introduction Page 7 - Random read KByte/s
Page 2 - Impressions Page 8 - Random write IOPS
Page 3 - How do we test? Page 9 - Random read IOPS
Page 4 - Sequential write KByte/s Page 10 - Threaded Performance
Page 5 - Sequential read KByte/s Page 11 - SSD Guru
Page 6 - Random write KByte/s Page 12 - Conclusion
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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 Trion 100 960 GB
559'075
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


Page 1 - Introduction Page 7 - Random read KByte/s
Page 2 - Impressions Page 8 - Random write IOPS
Page 3 - How do we test? Page 9 - Random read IOPS
Page 4 - Sequential write KByte/s Page 10 - Threaded Performance
Page 5 - Sequential read KByte/s Page 11 - SSD Guru
Page 6 - Random write KByte/s Page 12 - Conclusion
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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 Trion 100 960 GB
342'969
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


Page 1 - Introduction Page 7 - Random read KByte/s
Page 2 - Impressions Page 8 - Random write IOPS
Page 3 - How do we test? Page 9 - Random read IOPS
Page 4 - Sequential write KByte/s Page 10 - Threaded Performance
Page 5 - Sequential read KByte/s Page 11 - SSD Guru
Page 6 - Random write KByte/s Page 12 - Conclusion
[pagebreak]

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 Trion 100 960 GB
135'611
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


Page 1 - Introduction Page 7 - Random read KByte/s
Page 2 - Impressions Page 8 - Random write IOPS
Page 3 - How do we test? Page 9 - Random read IOPS
Page 4 - Sequential write KByte/s Page 10 - Threaded Performance
Page 5 - Sequential read KByte/s Page 11 - SSD Guru
Page 6 - Random write KByte/s Page 12 - Conclusion
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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
OCZ Trion 100 960 GB
33'348
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


Page 1 - Introduction Page 7 - Random read KByte/s
Page 2 - Impressions Page 8 - Random write IOPS
Page 3 - How do we test? Page 9 - Random read IOPS
Page 4 - Sequential write KByte/s Page 10 - Threaded Performance
Page 5 - Sequential read KByte/s Page 11 - SSD Guru
Page 6 - Random write KByte/s Page 12 - Conclusion
[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 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 Trion 100 960 GB
85'274
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


Page 1 - Introduction Page 7 - Random read KByte/s
Page 2 - Impressions Page 8 - Random write IOPS
Page 3 - How do we test? Page 9 - Random read IOPS
Page 4 - Sequential write KByte/s Page 10 - Threaded Performance
Page 5 - Sequential read KByte/s Page 11 - SSD Guru
Page 6 - Random write KByte/s Page 12 - Conclusion
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Threaded Performance

Throughput 1 Thread (QD1)

4k 8k 16k 32k 64k 128k 256k 512k
Seq write 414503 492465 483193 479483 465869 460323 461777 466898
Seq read 225827 227758 272183 293871 310950 363643 394339 442035
Rand write 135234 188247 213760 264806 272643 250921 251532 472933
Rand read 28593 42616 62017 89895 123188 184664 249207 298465




Throughput 4 Threads (QD4)

4k 8k 16k 32k 64k 128k 256k 512k
Seq write 529544 527309 510667 526807 528872 527220 555797 529369
Seq read 489888 458074 521048 543165 542014 546661 543529 548140
Rand write 372184 478262 311415 312797 307795 532655 527380 496990
Rand read 118422 173097 217450 265323 312660 436245 550728 555883




Throughput 8 Threads (QD8)

4k 8k 16k 32k 64k 128k 256k 512k
Seq write 508202 441506 518073 523750 523262 528014 525855 532118
Seq read 468662 486732 534166 540160 544754 548001 547186 546335
Rand write 258476 274975 357991 347299 400699 530663 556860 555638
Rand read 195215 285665 369300 442459 482554 555297 553811 560400




Throughput 16 Threads (QD16)

4k 8k 16k 32k 64k 128k 256k 512k
Seq write 199209 502649 509719 516898 526426 506710 528528 488175
Seq read 469543 524791 538377 542240 545651 547915 547621 547467
Rand write 143402 233664 274384 283527 379417 314024 383373 398329
Rand read 294778 389378 480841 509089 527414 526442 521898 536960




Throughput 32 Threads (QD32)

4k 8k 16k 32k 64k 128k 256k 512k
Seq write 483734 495731 510802 516276 527213 518542 517599 431045
Seq read 461579 502487 529890 537886 544848 548453 559075 548307
Rand write 135611 161501 166756 181907 180755 179357 184017 183770
Rand read 342969 403378 508144 526503 546783 536666 546500 546934




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Page 2 - Impressions Page 8 - Random write IOPS
Page 3 - How do we test? Page 9 - Random read IOPS
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SSD Guru


SSD Guru is OCZ's 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.

  


  


 


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Page 2 - Impressions Page 8 - Random write IOPS
Page 3 - How do we test? Page 9 - Random read IOPS
Page 4 - Sequential write KByte/s Page 10 - Threaded Performance
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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.

With the Trion 100, OCZ has a new series of solid state drives, which feature very aggressive pricing. On the other hand the pricing also shows in the performance, whereas the would have loved to find higher write performance. We like the fact that OCZ bundles these drives with their Shield Plus warranty plan for three years. Apart from that you also get the SSD Guru software, which is a nice goodie on top.

Now it's about time we start talking about performance. When it comes to read performance the Trion 100 does performan well. In the case of write performance we would like to see higher numbers. Maybe there will be future updates available, which will help boosting write 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 330 Euro. The price per Gigabyte is 0.340 Euro, which is, as we already mentioned, on a very aggressive level. Considering the good warranty plan, this is a very attractively price drive.

Recommendation


Should you be looking for an aggressively priced 960 Gigabyte SSD, the Trion 100 can definitely be considered.



Page 1 - Introduction Page 7 - Random read KByte/s
Page 2 - Impressions Page 8 - Random write IOPS
Page 3 - How do we test? Page 9 - Random read IOPS
Page 4 - Sequential write KByte/s Page 10 - Threaded Performance
Page 5 - Sequential read KByte/s Page 11 - SSD Guru
Page 6 - Random write KByte/s Page 12 - Conclusion