| Test Hardware | |
|---|---|
| Processor | Intel Core i5-2500K (Sandy Bridge), 32 nm, 3.3 GHz, LGA 1155, 6 MB Shared L3, Turbo Boost Enabled |
| Motherboard | ASRock Z68 Extreme4, BIOS v1.4 |
| Memory | Kingston Hyper-X 8 GB (2 x 4 GB) DDR3-1333 @ DDR3-1333, 1.5 V |
| System Drive | OCZ Vertex 3 240 GB SATA 6Gb/s |
| Tested Drives | Crucial m4 64 GB SATA 6Gb/s, Firmware: 0001 |
| Intel SSD 510 250 GB SATA 6Gb/s, Firmware: 1.7 | |
| Intel SSD 320 300 GB SATA 3Gb/s, Firmware: 1.7 | |
| Crucial m4 128 GB SATA 6Gb/s, Firmware: 0001 | |
| Crucial m4 256 GB SATA 6Gb/s, Firmware: 0002 | |
| Crucial m4 512 GB SATA 6Gb/s, Firmware: 0001 | |
| Crucial RealSSD 256 GB SATA 6Gb/s, Firmware: 0006 | |
| OCZ Vertex 3 240 GB SATA 6Gb/s, Firmware: 2.06 | |
| OCZ Vertex 3 120 GB SATA 6Gb/s, Firmware: 2.06 | |
| OCZ Agility 3 120 GB SATA 6Gb/s, Firmware: 2.06 | |
| OCZ Solid 3 120 GB SATA 6Gb/s, Firmware: 2.06 | |
| Corsair Force 3 120 GB SATA 6Gb/s, Firmware: 1.2 | |
| Corsair Force 120 GB SATA 3Gb/s, Firmware: 2.0 | |
| Adata S511 120 GB SATA 6Gb/s, Firmware: 311A | |
| Mushkin Chronos Deluxe 120 GB SATA 6Gb/s, Firmware: 319A | |
| Patriot Wildfire 120 GB SATA 6Gb/s, Firmware: 319A | |
| Kingston SSDNow V+100 128 GB SATA 3Gb/s, Firmware: CJRA | |
| Western Digital VelociRaptor 300 GB (WD3000HLFS) SATA 3Gb/s | |
| G.Skill FM-25S2S 64 GB SATA 3Gb/s, Firmware: 02.1 | |
| Seagate Momentus 5400.6 500 GB SATA 3Gb/s | |
| Intel X25-M G2 160 GB, Firmware: 1.7 | |
| Samsung 470 256 GB SATA 3Gb/s, Firmware: AXMO | |
| Samsung 830 256 GB SATA 6Gb/s, Firmware: CXMO | |
| OCZ Vertex 2 (32nm) 120 GB SATA 3Gb/s, Firmware: 1.32 | |
| Kingston HyperX 240 GB SATA 6Gb/s, Firmware: 320A | |
| Graphics | Palit GeForce GTX 460 1 GB |
| Power Supply | Seasonic 760 W, 80 PLUS |
| System Software and Drivers | |
| Operating System | Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit |
| DirectX | DirectX 11 |
| Driver | Graphics: Nvidia 270.61 RST: 10.5.0.1022 Virtu: 1.1.101 |
| Benchmarks | |
|---|---|
| Tom's Hardware Storage Bench v1.0 | Trace-Based |
| Iometer 1.1.0 | # Workers = # Logical CPUs, 4 KB Random: LBA=16 GB, varying QDs, 128 KB Sequential: QD=1 |
| ATTO Benchmark | LBA=2 GB, QD=2 & 4, varying transfer sizes |
| PCMark 7 | Storage Suite |
Firmware Notes
Performance can change noticeably with a firmware update. We'll try to update our benchmark library when a new firmware version is released.
You'll notice that 256 GB Crucial m4 scores are different than what was posted in Second-Gen SandForce: Seven 120 GB SSDs Rounded Up because we've updated to firmware 0002. Overall, we see little performance change, which is why the other m4 capacities haven't been retested.
Summary
- Is Samsung's 830-Series The New King?
- Inside Samsung's 830-Series SSD
- Test Setup And Firmware Notes
- Benchmark Results: Storage Bench v1.0
- Benchmark Results: 4 KB Random Performance (Throughput)
- Benchmark Results: 4 KB Random Performance (Response Time)
- Benchmark Results: 128 KB Sequential Performance
- Sequential Performance Versus Transfer Size
- PCMark 7: Storage Suite
- Where Does Samsung's 830-Series SSD Stand?
