Test Setup And Drive Comparison
| Samsung 830 256 GB (MZ-7PC256N) | Crucial M4 256 GB (CT256M4SSD2) | Vertex 4256 GB | Plextor M5S 256 GB(PX-256M5S) | Plextor M5P 256 GB (PX-256M5P) |
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| Current Price | $248 | $210 | $210 | $230 | Awaiting MSRP |
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| Processor | Samsung S4LJ204X01-Y040 | Marvell 88SS9174-BLD2 | Marvell 88SS9187-BLD2 | Marvell 88SS9174-BLD2 | Marvell 88SS9187-BLD2 |
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| DDR RAM Buffer Size (MB) | 256 (128 x 2) | 128 (128 x 1) | 1,024 (2 x 512) | 512 (2 x 256) | 512 (2 x 256) |
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| NAND | 2x-nm MLC Toggle-mode DDR | Micron 25 nm Synchronous MLC | Intel 25 nm Synchronous MLC | Micron 25 nm Synchronous MLC | Toshiba 19 nm MLC Toggle-mode DDR |
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| Firmware | CXM03B1Q | 000F | 1.5 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
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| Formatted Capacity | 238 GiB | 238 GiB | 238 GiB | 238 GiB | 238 GiB |
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| Interface | SATA 6Gb/s | SATA 6Gb/s | SATA 6Gb/s | SATA 6Gb/s | SATA 6Gb/s |
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| Form Factor | 2.5" 7 mm | 2.5" 9.5 mm | 2.5" 9.3 mm | 2.5" 9 mm | 2.5" 7 mm |
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| Warranty | Three Years | Three Years | Five Years | Three Years | Five Years |
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| Sequential Read (MB/s) | 520 | 500 | 560 | 520 | 540 |
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| Sequential Write (MB/s) | 400 | 260 | 510 | 390 | 450 |
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| 4 KB Random Read (IOPS) | 80 000 | 45 000 | 90 000 | 73 000 | 94 000 |
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| 4 KB Random Write (IOPS) | 30 000 | 50 000 | 85 000 | 70 000 | 86 000 |
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| Test System and Software Setup |
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| CPU | Intel Core i7-2700 (Sandy Bridge), 3.5 GHz, 8 MB Shared L3 Cache, Hyper-Threading enabled, Power-saving features disabled |
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| Motherboard | Asus P8Z68-V, Z68 Chipset, LGA 1155, BIOS 3402 |
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| Memory | Corsair Vengeance 4 x 4 GB DDR3-1600 |
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| Graphics | AMD Radeon HD 6970 2 GB |
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| Storage | Plextor PX-256M5P, SATA 6Gb/s, Firmware 1.0 |
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| Operating System | Windows 7 (64 Bit) SP1 |
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| Intel Chipset Drivers | 10.8.0.1003 |
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| AMD Graphics Driver | Catalyst 12.6 |
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| Benchmarks |
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| Anvil's Storage Utility | RC3 |
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| hIOmon | Client Version 7.0.229.0 |
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| HD Tune Pro | 5 |
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| Iometer | 2006.07.27 |
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