Tom's Hardware's Summer Guide: 17 SSDs Rounded Up
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Page 1:Tom’s Hardware Mainstream SSD Shootout
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Page 2:The SSD Landscape
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Page 3:Asax Leopard Hunt II (TS25M64, 128 GB)
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Page 4:Asax Server One 120 (200 GB)
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Page 5:Crucial RealSSD C300 (64 GB)
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Page 6:G.Skill Phoenix FM25S2S (100 GB)
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Page 7:G.Skill Phoenix Pro (120 GB)
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Page 8:Intel X25-V (40 GB)
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Page 9:OCZ Vertex 2 (VTX100G, 100 GB)
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Page 10:OCZ Vertex 2 (E series, VTX2E120G, 120 GB)
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Page 11:OWC Mercury Extreme SSD (100 GB)
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Page 12:RunCore Kylin II SSD (100 GB)
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Page 13:Test Setup
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Page 14:Benchmark Results: Access Time
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Page 15:Benchmark Results: I/O Performance
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Page 16:Benchmark Results: Read/Write Throughput
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Page 17:Benchmark Results: 4K Random Reads/Writes And Interface Bandwidth
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Page 18:Benchmark Results: PCMark Vantage
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Page 19:Benchmark Results: Power Consumption
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Page 20:Benchmark Results: Power Efficiency
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Page 21:Performance Indexes
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Page 22:Conclusion
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Page 23:Comparison Table
Benchmark Results: Power Consumption
Power consumption is very relevant for laptop users who intend to get an SSD as a replacement for their hard drive. As a general rule, SSDs are lower on power when it comes to idle power (active idle) with a few extreme examples from Crucial, Intel, and Toshiba. The other power consumption results were tracked at specific workloads, which makes more sense than trying to hunt down one peak power consumption number you'd never encounter in real life.
The undisputed lowest-power drives, at idle, are the Intel X25-M models and Toshiba’s HG2. Crucial’s RealSSD C300 is great as well, but only when discussing the low-capacity 64 GB model. The 256 GB flagship requires much more power in active idle.
Streaming read power consumption reflects the power the drive needs to deliver data at peak throughput. Once again, Toshiba operates at an amazing 0.5 W, followed by the SandForce-driven SSDs. Western Digital’s Silicon Edge Blue and Crucial's RealSSD C300 require the most power here. The Crucial drive delivers bone-crushing throughput, while WD is just one many drives in the 200 MB/s realm.
Enthusiasts need to know how much power an SSD requires when delivering a 1080p video stream, as this is a popular workload. Once again, Intel and Toshiba are unbeaten, requiring half the power of Indilinx drives or the WD SSD.
The workstation test involves heavy I/O activity and stresses SSDs in a much different way. Toshiba's drive, which is the lowest power consumer at idle or when delivering massive amounts of sequential data, is a real loser at high I/O activity. The Indilinx drives are lowest on power consumption under intensive I/O, but they also don’t deliver the same level of performance as the SandForce SSDs. Let’s look at how this translates into power efficiency.
- Tom’s Hardware Mainstream SSD Shootout
- The SSD Landscape
- Asax Leopard Hunt II (TS25M64, 128 GB)
- Asax Server One 120 (200 GB)
- Crucial RealSSD C300 (64 GB)
- G.Skill Phoenix FM25S2S (100 GB)
- G.Skill Phoenix Pro (120 GB)
- Intel X25-V (40 GB)
- OCZ Vertex 2 (VTX100G, 100 GB)
- OCZ Vertex 2 (E series, VTX2E120G, 120 GB)
- OWC Mercury Extreme SSD (100 GB)
- RunCore Kylin II SSD (100 GB)
- Test Setup
- Benchmark Results: Access Time
- Benchmark Results: I/O Performance
- Benchmark Results: Read/Write Throughput
- Benchmark Results: 4K Random Reads/Writes And Interface Bandwidth
- Benchmark Results: PCMark Vantage
- Benchmark Results: Power Consumption
- Benchmark Results: Power Efficiency
- Performance Indexes
- Conclusion
- Comparison Table