Intel's X25-M Solid State Drive Reviewed
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Page 1:Intel’s First Flash SSD Ready for Vertical Take-Off
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Page 2:Intel’s SSD Plans
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Page 3:Intel X25-M SSD: Better by Design?
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Page 4:Inside the X25-M SSD: 10-Channel Flash
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Page 5:Inside the X25-M Controller: Wear Leveling, Write Amplification Control
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Page 6:Competitors: Only Samsung, Really
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Page 7:Test System for Low Level Benchmarks
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Page 8:Transfer Performance and Diagram
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Page 9:Access Time and I/O Performance
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Page 10:PCMark Application Performance
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Page 11:SYSmark 2007 Performance and Power Consumption
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Page 12:Performance per Watt: Workstation I/O
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Page 13:Performance per Watt: Streaming Reads
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Page 14:Mobilemark 2007, Low-Power Idle Power, DVD Playback
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Page 15:Conclusion: X25-M Strikes Hard!
Test System for Low Level Benchmarks
| Processor(s) | 2x Intel Xeon Processor (Nocona core) 3.6 GHz, FSB800, 1 MB L2 Cache |
| Platform | Asus NCL-DS (Socket 604) Intel E7520 Chipset, BIOS 1005 |
| RAM | Corsair CM72DD512AR-400 (DDR2-400 ECC, reg.) 2x 512 MB, CL3-3-3-10 Timings |
| System Hard Drive | Western Digital Caviar WD1200JB 120 GB, 7,200 RPM, 8 MB Cache, UltraATA/100 |
| Mass Storage Controller(s) | Intel 82801EB UltraATA/100 Controller (ICH5) |
| Promise SATA 300TX4 | |
| Promise FastTrak TX4310 Driver 2.06.1.310 | |
| Networking | Broadcom BCM5721 On-Board Gigabit Ethernet NIC |
| Graphics Subsystem | On-Board Graphics ATI RageXL, 8 MB |
| System Hardware | |
| Performance Measurements | c’t h2benchw 3.6 |
| PCMark05 V1.01 | |
| I/O Performance | IOMeter 2003.05.10 |
| Fileserver-Benchmark | |
| Webserver-Benchmark | |
| Database-Benchmark | |
| Workstation-Benchmark | |
| I/O Performance while power measured | IOMeter 2006.07.27 |
| Workstation-Benchmark | |
| Streaming-Benchmark | |
| System Software & Drivers | |
| OS | Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition, Service Pack 1 |
| Platform Driver | Intel Chipset Installation Utility 7.0.0.1025 |
| Graphics Driver | Default Windows Graphics Driver |
Test Setups for Mobilemark and Sysmark
| Notebook | Dell Latitude D630 Mobile Intel GM965 Express Chipset |
| CPU | Intel Core 2 Duo T9500 (45nm ; 2600 MHz, 6 MB L2 Cache) |
| RAM | Corsair ValueRAM 2x 2048 MB DDR2-667 SDRAM 5-5-5-15 |
| DVD-ROM | 8x DVD+/-RW |
| Wireless | Intel 4965 WLAN (802.11a/g/n) mini Card |
| Screen | 14.1 inch Wide-screen WXGA+ LCD (1400x900) |
| Graphics Card | Intel Integrated Graphics Media Accelerator X3100 |
| Sound Card | Integrated |
| Power Supply | 9-Cell / 85 WHr Primary Battery |
| System Software & Drivers | |
| OS | Windows Vista Ultimate 6.0 Build 6000 SP1 |
| DirectX Version | 10 |
| Platform Drivers Intel | Version 8.2.0.1014 |
| Graphics Drivers | igdumd32.dll (7.14.00.10.1253) |
| Platform Mobilemark07 + SYSmark 2007 Preview | |
| Notebook | Dell Latitude D630 Mobile Intel GM965 Express Chipset |
| CPU | Intel Core 2 Duo T9300 (45nm ; 2500 MHz, 6 MB L2 Cache) |
| RAM | Samsung M470T5663QZ3 2x 2048 MB DDR2-667 SDRAM 5-5-5-15 |
| DVD-ROM | 8x DVD+/-RW |
| Wireless | Intel 4965 WLAN (802.11a/b/g) mini Card |
| Screen | 14.1 inch Wide-screen WXGA+ LCD (1400x900) |
| Graphics Card | Intel Integrated Graphics Media Accelerator X3100 |
| Sound Card | Integrated |
| Power Supply | 6-Cell / 56 WHr Primary Battery |
| System Software & Drivers | |
| OS | Windows XP SP2 (Sysmark 2007 Preview) |
| OS | Windows Vista Ultimate 6.0 Build 6000 SP1 (Mobilemark07) |
| DirectX Version | 9 |
| Platform Drivers Intel | Version 8.2.0.1014 |
| Graphics Drivers | Version 6.14.10.4926 |
Benchmarks and Settings
| VLC | Version 0.8.6h Playing VOB File |
| Bapco MobileMark 2007 | Version 1.04 Productivity 2007 |
| Bapco Sysmark 2007 Preview | Version 1.04 Single Run |
Summary
- Intel’s First Flash SSD Ready for Vertical Take-Off
- Intel’s SSD Plans
- Intel X25-M SSD: Better by Design?
- Inside the X25-M SSD: 10-Channel Flash
- Inside the X25-M Controller: Wear Leveling, Write Amplification Control
- Competitors: Only Samsung, Really
- Test System for Low Level Benchmarks
- Transfer Performance and Diagram
- Access Time and I/O Performance
- PCMark Application Performance
- SYSmark 2007 Performance and Power Consumption
- Performance per Watt: Workstation I/O
- Performance per Watt: Streaming Reads
- Mobilemark 2007, Low-Power Idle Power, DVD Playback
- Conclusion: X25-M Strikes Hard!
