Spring 2010 Solid State Drive Roundup, Part 2

Features
By Patrick Schmid and Achim Roos
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In part one of our SSD roundup, we looked at drives from Crucial, OCZ, Intel, Solidata, and Toshiba. To those results, we're adding Crucial's first 6 Gb/s SSD, WD's first SSD, and Kingston's 128GB SSDNow V-series, along with 'fresh' and 'used' scores.

PCMark Vantage Application Test

Crucial’s new RealSSD C300 positions itself right after the leader, Intel’s X25-M G2...

… and it does very well in the gaming test, as well.

Overall, PCMark Vantage showcases Intel's abilities. Crucial’s new drive is similarly fast, but performance may drop to the level of the Indilinx drives. These are extremely consistent in performance, while the new drives from Kingston and WD show differences over time.

Patrick Schmid and Achim Roos