Comparison Table And Test Setup
| Manufacturer | A-Data | Corsair | Kingston |
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| Family | Nobility | Force Series | SSDNow V+ |
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| Model Number | N002 | CSSD-F160GBP2-BRKT | SNVP325-S2/128GB |
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| Capacity | 128 GB | 160 GB | 128 GB |
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| Flash Type | MLC | MLC | MLC |
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| Controller | Indilinx Barefoot | SandForce SF-1200 | Toshiba T6UG1XBG |
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| Form Factor | 2.5" | 2.5" | 2.5" |
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| Interface | SATA 3Gb/s | SATA 3Gb/s | SATA 3Gb/s |
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| Cache (MB) | 64 MB | N/A | 128 MB |
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| NCQ | Yes | Yes | Yes |
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| Height | 9.5 mm | 9.5 mm | 9.5 mm |
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| MTBF | N/A | 1,000,000 h | 1,000,000 h |
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| Operating Temperature | 0-70° C | 0-70° C | 0-70° C |
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| Specified Idle Power (low-power) | N/A | 0.50 W | 0.15 W |
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| Measured Idle Power (low-power) | 0.51 W | 0.52 W | 0.06 W |
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| Price | $267 | $396 | $275 |
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| Manufacturer | Kingston | Patriot | Samsung |
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| Family | SSDNow V | Inferno | 470-Series |
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| Model Number | SNV425-S2/128GB | PI120GS25SSDR | PM810 |
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| Capacity | 128 GB | 120 GB | 256 GB |
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| Flash Type | MLC | MLC | MLC |
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| Controller | Toshiba TC58NCF618GBT | SandForce SF-1200 | Samsung MAX |
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| Form Factor | 2.5" | 2.5" | 2.5" |
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| Interface | SATA 3Gb/s | SATA 3Gb/s | SATA 3Gb/s |
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| Cache (MB) | 64 MB | N/A | 128 MB |
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| NCQ | Yes | Yes | Yes |
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| Height | 9.5 mm | 9.5 mm | 9.5 mm |
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| MTBF | 1,000,000 h | 1,500,000 h | 1,500,000 h |
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| Operating Temperature | 0-70° C | 0-70° C | 0-70° C |
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| Specified Idle Power (low-power) | N/A | N/A | N/A |
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| Measured Idle Power (low-power) | 1.36 W | 0.69 W | 0.16 W |
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| Price | $230 | $271 | $600 |
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Test Setup
| System Hardware |
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| Hardware | Details |
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| CPU | Intel Core i7-920 (45 nm, 2.66 GHz, 4 x 512 KB L2 Cache, 8 MB Shared L3 Cache) |
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| Motherboard (LGA 1366) | Supermicro X8SAX, Revision: 1.0, Chipset Intel X58 + ICH10R, BIOS: 1.0B |
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| SATA controller | Highpoint Rocket 620, SATA 6 Gb/s |
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| Memory | 3 x 1 GB DDR3-1333 Corsair CM3X1024-1333C9DHX |
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| HDD | Seagate NL35 400 GB, ST3400832NS, 7200 RPM, SATA 1.5Gb/s, 8 MB Cache |
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| Power Supply | OCZ EliteXstream 800 W, OCZ800EXS-EU |
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| Benchmarks |
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| Performance Measurements | h2benchw 3.13PCMark Vantage 1.0.2.0 |
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| I/O Performance | IOMeter 2008.08.18Fileserver-BenchmarkWebserver-BenchmarkDatabase-BenchmarkWorkstation-BenchmarkStreaming ReadsStreaming Writes4k Random Reads4k Random Writes |
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| System Software & Drivers |
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| Operating System | Windows 7 Ultimate x64 |
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