Solid State Disk Drives Are Here

Read Transfer Performance

Write Transfer Performance

These results show very clearly that write speeds are not a solid-state flash drive's strength. The latest conventional 2.5" hard drives provide better maximum and minimum write transfer performance.

Patrick Schmid
Editor-in-Chief (2005-2006)

Patrick Schmid was the editor-in-chief for Tom's Hardware from 2005 to 2006. He wrote numerous articles on a wide range of hardware topics, including storage, CPUs, and system builds.