Roundup: The Best SSDs For Enthusiasts

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Benchmark Results: PCMark Vantage Storage

The Intel X25-M, along with the SandForce SSDs by Corsair, Patriot, G-Skill, and OCZ, are strongest when it comes to launching applications.

The best SSDs for gamers remain the Intel X25-M and Crucial’s RealSSD C300. Samsung’s 470-series comes next, though, and there’s really no poor performer in this test.

The ranking for video editing is RealSSD, Samsung 470, and SandForce.

There are a few SSDs you don’t want for media center applications…

…or if you use Windows Media Player a lot.

This chart shows which drives are best suited to booting your operating system. The span from 100 to 200 MB/s here translates into only a few seconds on a fresh Windows installation.

According to PCMark Vantage’s overall score, many drives seem rather equal.

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Summary
  1. Can Samsung’s 470-Series Shake Up the SSD Market?
  2. Benchmarking Issues And Trends
  3. A-Data Nobility N002 (Indilinx, 128 GB)
  4. Corsair Force F160 (160 GB, SandForce)
  5. Kingston SSDNow V (128 GB, Toshiba)
  6. Kingston SSDNow V+ (128 GB, Toshiba)
  7. Patriot Inferno (120 GB, SandForce)
  8. Samsung 470-Series (Also Known As PM810 [256 GB])
  9. Comparison Table And Test Setup
  10. Benchmark Results: Access Time And I/O Performance
  11. Benchmark Results: h2benchw Throughput And Iometer Streaming
  12. Benchmark Results: CrystalDiskMark Sequential Reads/Writes
  13. Benchmark Results: 4 KB Random Reads/Writes
  14. Benchmark Results: 512 KB Random Reads/Writes
  15. Benchmark Results: PCMark Vantage Storage
  16. Benchmark Results: Power Consumption
  17. Benchmark Results: Power Efficiency
  18. Conclusion And Recommendations
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