Phison S10: Toshiba MLC And TLC Versus Micron L95B MLC
Phison offered to let us test its S10 controller with three flash types that will ship in 2015: Toshiba's A19 TLC, 15nm MLC and Micron L95B 16nm MLC.
4KB Random Write Steady State Performance


The first image that shows the preconditioning phase is all but useless with this many drives, particularly when they all have such a large spread between high and low performance.
The second image offers a clearer look at what the drives do once they're in steady state. We see there is more of a relationship between capacity and low steady state performance than there is the type of flash used. The TLC burst increases are spread further out than the spikes with MLC.
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Chris Ramseyer was a senior contributing editor for Tom's Hardware. He tested and reviewed consumer storage.