
Both Intel SSD DC S3700 drives perform well in our sequential write workloads. The 200 and 800 GB capacities slightly exceed their specifications, though neither solution yields the high-end performance we see from desktop-oriented SSDs.

Read performance, as we'd expect, is nearly identical. There isn't much to say about these numbers. Who would have thought, though, that we'd become so complacent with 460 MB/s writes and 500 MB/s reads after relying on mechanical storage for so long?
That's the thing about this drive, though. To truly appreciate what it was designed to do, you have to transcend its corner-case test results. Although the sequential performance averages are merely average, consistency is, once again, outstanding. Our exclusive Enterprise Video Streaming Performance benchmark on the next page puts this into perspective.
- The SSD DC S3700: Meet Intel's Flagship Enterprise SSD
- Inside Intel's SSD DC S3700
- Performance Consistency
- Test Setup, Benchmarks, And Methodology
- Results: 4 KB Random Performance And Latency
- Results: Enterprise Workload Performance
- Results: Sequential Performance
- Results: Enterprise Video Streaming Performance
- Power Consumption
- Intel's SSD DC S3700 Redefines The Way We Look At Performance
but it's wonderful when you can have all four.
Kudos to Intel for raising the bar yet again on SSD quality. Eagerly awaiting trickle-down effect.
For conventional 3.5" HDDs, you have 5-8W idle, 10-15W seek and 15-25W spin-up.
For 2.5" HDDs, you have ~1W idle and 2-2.5W seek/spin-up.
I'm a little surprised at how much power Intel's enterprise SSDs are using. I'm guessing a good chunk of the reason comes from having extra circuitry to do the double-conversion from 5/12V to ~30V and then back down to whatever the SSD needs.
You nailed it. If you look at 2.5" 15K and 10K RPM drive, the Intel is better on W/GB, but it is pretty high when compared to other SSDs.
i am not sure if watt/GB is important for storage.
Reason : the new philosophy is to "hurry up, finish the work, and relax".