OCZ Vertex 4 Review: A Flagship SSD Powered By...Indilinx?

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OCZ breaks new ground with its Vertex 4 in that this isn't a SandForce-flavored SSD. The company's latest flagship features an Indilinx Everest 2 controller that definitely impresses us. Can Vertex 4 stand up against the SSD 520, m4, and Samsung 830?

Test Setup And Benchmarks

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Test Hardware
SystemDesktopMacBook Pro 8,1
TestingRAW, Windows SATA 3Gb/s, and SATA 6Gb/sMac OS X and SATA 6Gb/s
ProcessorIntel Core i5-2400 (Sandy Bridge), 32 nm, 3.1 GHz, LGA 1155, 6 MB Shared L3, Turbo Boost EnabledIntel Core i5-2430M (Sandy Bridge), 32 nm, 2.4 GHz, 3 MB Shared L3, Turbo Boost Enabled
MotherboardGigabyte GA-Z68X-UD7-B3-
MemoryKingston Hyper-X 8 GB (2 x 4 GB) DDR3-1333 @ DDR3-1333, 1.5 VCrucial 8 GB (2 x 4 GB) DDR3-1333
System DriveOCZ Vertex 3 240 GB SATA 6Gb/s
Tested DrivesIntel SSD 320 300 GB SATA 3Gb/s, Firmware: 1.92
Row 7 - Cell 0 Intel SSD 320 80 GB SATA 3Gb/s, Firmware: 1.92
Row 8 - Cell 0 Samsung 830 256 GB SATA 6Gb/s, Firmware: CXMO3
Row 9 - Cell 0 Crucial m4 256 GB SATA 6Gb/s Firmware: 0309
Row 10 - Cell 0 OCZ Vertex 3 240 GB SATA 6Gb/s, Firmware: 2.15
Row 11 - Cell 0 OCZ Vertex 3 60 GB SATA 6Gb/s, Firmware: 2.15
Row 12 - Cell 0 OCZ Octane 512 GB SATA 6Gb/s, Firmware: 1.13
Row 13 - Cell 0 OCZ Vertex 4 256 GB SATA 6Gb/s, Firmware: 5.10.31
Row 14 - Cell 0 Intel SSD 520 240 GB SATA 6Gb/s, Firmware: -
Row 15 - Cell 0 Intel SSD 520 60 GB SATA 6Gb/s, Firmware: -
GraphicsPalit GeForce GTX 460 1 GBIntel HD Graphics 3000
Power SupplySeasonic 760 W, 80 PLUS Gold-
System Software and Drivers
Operating SystemWindows 7 x64 UltimateMac OS X 10.7.3
DirectXDirectX 11-
DriverGraphics: Nvidia 270.61 RST: 10.6.0.1002 Virtu: 1.1.101-
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Benchmarks
Tom's Hardware Storage Bench v1.0Trace-Based
Iometer 1.1.0Number of Workers = 1, 4 KB Random: LBA=8 GB, varying queue depths, 128 KB Sequential
PCMark 7Storage Suite