HDTUNE PRO VER. 4.60 BENCHMARK HDTune is a great software program which covers all areas of our testing and does a great job of showing how capable this drive truly is. HDTUNE PRO VER. 4.60 FILE BENCHMARK HDTUNE PRO VER. 4.60 RANDOM TESTING The Random Tests demonstrate best what the difference is between these two drives and, as stated by …
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OCZ Vertex 3 240GB Max IOPS Review – PCMark Vantage
PCMARK VANTAGE x64 HDD SUITE The SSD Review uses benchmark software called PCMark Vantage x64 HDD Suite to create testing scenarios that might be used in the typical user experience. There are eight tests in all and the tests performed record the speed of data movement in MB/s to which they are then given a numerical score after all of …
Read More »OCZ Vertex 3 240GB Max IOPS Review – Conclusions
OCZ set out to put a slightly different angle on the Vertex 3 by creating a MaxIOPS version with increased IOPS for ‘applications that require a higher aggregate workload and increased throughput’ and, through our testing we have shown that they have done just that. Through benchmark software, we have demonstrated that there is as much as 3 times the …
Read More »Patriot Torqx 2 128GB SATA 2.0 SSD Review
Every now and then it is refreshing to see a company that believes that rushing into the dog race of technological advance might not be as business smart as simply understanding customer needs. This is definitely the case with Patriot and their new Torqx 2 SSD that not only remains to be a SATA 2.0 drive, but also, is definitely …
Read More »Patriot Torqx 2 128GB SATA 2.0 SSD Review – Interior and Test Protocol
PATRIOT TORQX 2 INTERIOR COMPONENTS The Patriot Torqx 2 is controlled by the Phison PS3105-35-1 controller and the PCB has 8 modules of 16GB 32nm Toshiba NAND flash memory for a total of 128GB of RAW data storage. Once formatted, the total capacity available to the user is 119GB. To assist with the drives performance, there is also a Hynix …
Read More »Patriot Torqx 2 128GB SATA 2.0 SSD Review – Initial Testing
ATTO DISK BENCHMARK 2.46 ATTO Disk Benchmark is perhaps one of the oldest benchmarks going and is definitely the main staple for manufacturer performance specifications. For our testing, we use a set length of 256mb and test both the read and write performance of various transfer sizes ranging from 0.5 to 8192kb. Manufacturers prefer this method of testing as it …
Read More »Patriot Torqx 2 128GB SATA 2.0 SSD Review – HDTune Pro Testing
HDTUNE PRO VER. 4.6 “ BENCHMARK HDTune Pro is a great software program that lets us have a look at all aspects of testing through several separate tests: The maximum speed of 253MB/s is a decent result and as we spoke of previously, the acces time of 0.4ms is a bit longer than normal. HDTUNE PRO VER. 4.6 “ FILE …
Read More »Patriot Torqx 2 128GB SATA 2.0 SSD Review – The SSD/HD Comparison & Final Thoughts
This paragraph will be the ‘meat and gravy’ of this review simply because most want to know what this SSD will do for them. We can approach it from the angle that the SSD will last longer, not crash and lose all data at its end life, is lighter, cooler, uses less power which guarantees longer battery life, is more durable …
Read More »We Are Heading To Computex in Taipei!
What a day!!! Its been a long haul to get this confirmation but today we started our day with confirmation that we are heading to Computex Taipei and will be skeleton crew here from 29May to 6 Jun 2011. That was just the start as we also received a few SSD samples in the mail for review to include the …
Read More »Intel Releases Larson Creek SLC SSD For New Z68 Motherboards
The race just doesnt seem to be slowing in the world of SSDs these days. Just when we wonder if Intel has finished with their complement of SSD releases, a new 20GB slc SSD, codenamed Larson Creek, is released to pair up with new Z68 motherboards. New Z68 motherboard contain a new ssd caching ability known as Smart Response Technology …
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