You can check out little-known Asax's products on its Web site. The firm is a self-declared SSD specialist based in Shenzhen, China, but unfortunately, its products are not widely available. For that reason, this product isn't included in our price/performance index because you simply can't buy it in North America. However, we received two of Asax's SSDs for review, so we're including their performance for reference.
The Leopard Hunt II we reviewed features a 128 GB capacity and uses the Indilinx Barefoot controller with 64 MB of SDRAM cache memory. Asax also offers 32, 64, and 256 GB capacities. All run on SATA 3Gb/s interfaces and offer 220 to 230 MB/s read throughput and 173 to 200 MB/s writes. Less than 0.5 W idle power draw is decent; only Intel and Marvell solutions deliver lower idle power. Overall, the drive performs within the expected range, without any surprises.
- Tom’s Hardware Mainstream SSD Shootout
- The SSD Landscape
- Asax Leopard Hunt II (TS25M64, 128 GB)
- Asax Server One 120 (200 GB)
- Crucial RealSSD C300 (64 GB)
- G.Skill Phoenix FM25S2S (100 GB)
- G.Skill Phoenix Pro (120 GB)
- Intel X25-V (40 GB)
- OCZ Vertex 2 (VTX100G, 100 GB)
- OCZ Vertex 2 (E series, VTX2E120G, 120 GB)
- OWC Mercury Extreme SSD (100 GB)
- RunCore Kylin II SSD (100 GB)
- Test Setup
- Benchmark Results: Access Time
- Benchmark Results: I/O Performance
- Benchmark Results: Read/Write Throughput
- Benchmark Results: 4K Random Reads/Writes And Interface Bandwidth
- Benchmark Results: PCMark Vantage
- Benchmark Results: Power Consumption
- Benchmark Results: Power Efficiency
- Performance Indexes
- Conclusion
- Comparison Table


