Six New SSDs: Can Intel Be Dethroned?

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Comparison Table, Test Setups

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Manufacturer Walton Chaintech Memory Corp Memory Corp Silicon Power Soliware Super Talent
Family APOGEE F4 MLC F4 MLC SLC SSD S100 MLC SSD MasterDrive OX
Capacity 64 GB 32 GB 32 GB 64 GB 32 GB 64 GB
Available Capacities 32,128 GB 8-128 GB 8-128 GB 8, 16, 32 GB 64, 128 GB 16, 32, 128 GB
Interface SATA / 300 - USB SATA / 300 SATA / 300 SATA / 300 SATA /150 SATA/300
Form Factor 2.5" 2.5" 2.5" 2.5" 2.5" 2.5"
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Low Level Benchmarks - System Hardware
Processor (s) 2x Intel Xeon Processor (Nocona core)3.6 GHz, FSB800, 1 MB L2 Cache
Platform Asus NCL-DS (Socket 604)Intel E7520 Chipset, BIOS 1005
RAM Corsair CM72DD512AR-400 (DDR2-400 ECC, reg.)2x 512 MB, CL3-3-3-10 Timings
System Hard Drive Western Digital Caviar WD1200JB120 GB, 7,200 RPM, 8 MB Cache, UltraATA/100
Mass Storage Controller (s) Intel 82801EB UltraATA/100 Controller (ICH5)Promise SATA 300TX4Promise FastTrak TX4310 Driver 2.06.1.310
Networking Broadcom BCM5721 On-Board Gigabit Ethernet NIC
Graphics Subsystem On-Board GraphicsATI RageXL, 8 MB
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System Hardware
Performance Measurements c't h2benchw 3.6PCMark05 V1.01
I/O Performance IOMeter 2003.05.10Fileserver-BenchmarkWebserver-BenchmarkDatabase-BenchmarkWorkstation-Benchmark
Performance and Power Measurements IOMeter 2006.07.27Workstation-BenchmarkStreaming-Benchmark
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System Software and Drivers
OS Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition,Service Pack1
Platform Driver Intel Chipset Installation Utility 7.0.0.1025
Graphics Driver Default Windows Graphics Driver

Test Notebook and Settings

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Platform
Notebook Dell Latitude D630Mobile Intel GM965 Express Chipset
CPU Intel Core 2 Duo T9500 (45 nm; 2600 MHz, 6 MB L2 Cache)
RAM Corsair ValueRAM 2x 2048 MB DDR2-667 SDRAM 5-5-5-15
DVD-ROM 8x DVD+/-RW
Wireless Intel 4965 WLAN (802.11a/g/n) mini Card
Screen 14.1 inch WideScreen WXGA+ LCD (1400x900)
Graphics Card Intel Integrated Graphics Media Accelerator X3100
Sound Card Integrated
Power Supply 9-Cell/85WHr Primary Battery
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System Software and Drivers
OS Windows Vista Ultimate 6.0 Build 6000 SP1
DirectX Version 10
Platform Drivers Intel Version 8.2.0.1014
Graphics Drivers igdumd32.dll (7.14.00.10.1253)
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Benchmarks and Settings
VLC Version 0.8.6hPlaying VOB file