The SSD Power Consumption Hoax
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Page 1:Flash SSDs Don’t Improve Your Notebook Battery Runtime – they Reduce It
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Page 2:How Can Battery Runtime Be Shorter?
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Page 3:More Issues with Ultra-Compact Form Factors Expected
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Page 4:Flash SSDs Tested
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Page 5:Memoright MR25.5-032S, 32 GB
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Page 6:Sandisk SSD 5000, 32 GB
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Page 7:Test Setup
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Page 8:Benchmarks Results
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Page 9:Benchmark Results, Continued
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Page 10:Benchmark Results, Continued
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Page 11:I/O Performance Results
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Page 12:Mobilemark Results
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Page 13:Performance x Battery Runtime Index
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Page 14:Power Consumption Results
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Page 15:Conclusion
Power Consumption Results
Power Consumption Results
Most of the power consumption measurements are in line with our results in Mobilemark 07. However, it has become clear that idle and maximum power do not provide the full picture when we talk about flash SSDs.
Summary
- Flash SSDs Don’t Improve Your Notebook Battery Runtime – they Reduce It
- How Can Battery Runtime Be Shorter?
- More Issues with Ultra-Compact Form Factors Expected
- Flash SSDs Tested
- Memoright MR25.5-032S, 32 GB
- Sandisk SSD 5000, 32 GB
- Test Setup
- Benchmarks Results
- Benchmark Results, Continued
- Benchmark Results, Continued
- I/O Performance Results
- Mobilemark Results
- Performance x Battery Runtime Index
- Power Consumption Results
- Conclusion
