If you are a regular of The SSD Review, you may have noticed a new set of benchmarks in our past few reviews as we were politely asked to do a bit of beta testing. The software is called Anvil Storage Utilities and we think this report (and introduction) is going to grab the interest of consumers, enthusiasts, reviewers as …
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Sandisk and SandForce Team Up For Sandisks Return to Consumer SSD Sales
Sandisk released word today of its return to consumer SSD sales with their new Ultra SSD available in capacities of 60, 120 and 240GB priced at $129, $219, and $449 respectively. A quick look at the capacities alone tells us that the controller can only be of SandForce design and the speeds of 280MB/s read and 270MB/s write all but …
Read More »Renice X3 120GB 50mm mSATA 3Gbps 120GB SSD Review – Smallest and Fastest SSD To Date!
Smallest and Fastest SSD To Date This SSD Review is going to closely evaluate the renice X3 120GB SATA 3 mSATA SSD. It will be a great comparison with our similar reviews of the Samsung PM800 and Intel 310 just a few months ago. Because of their tiny form factor, mSATA SSDs are starting to appear as the only storage …
Read More »Renice X3 120GB 50mm mSATA 3Gbps 120GB SSD Review – Test Protocol and Initial Testing
We have to apologize up front because our Test Bench is going through a bit of a transition but we thought it beneficial to throw in a picture in any case. A simple click will enlarge it to assist. Our main goal in testing is to ensure that all test results are as accurate as they can be and no …
Read More »Renice X3 120GB 50mm mSATA 3Gbps 120GB SSD Review – Anvil Pro & PCMark Vantage Comparison
ANVIL STORAGE UTILITIES PROFESSIONAL (BETA) Over the last few SSD reviews, we have been introducing our readers to a new benchmark program called Anvil Storage Utilities which is an absolutely amazing program when it comes to benchmarking solid state drives. Not only does it have a preset SSD benchmark, but also, it has included such things as endurance testing and …
Read More »Renice X3 120GB 50mm mSATA 3Gbps 120GB SSD Review – The SATA 2 SSD Hierarchy and Our Verdict
Lets take a look now at our SATA 2 SSD hierarchy as determined by PCMark Vantage HDD Total Points. Only 3 mSATA SSDs have been tested and all are highlighted: mSATAS FUTURE Although the mSATA SSD is still the new kid on the block, its size alone brings forward a whole new outlook with respect to portable computing. The Samsung …
Read More »OWC Mercury Electra 6G SATA 3 SSD 240GB Review – Interior Components and Test Protocol
A look inside the exterior casing of the OWC Electra was a bit unexpected as many believe that asynchronous NAND flash memory is new to the SSD scene. I knew I recognized this specific ‘strain’ of memory but couldn’t recall it being in any recent SSDs which eventually led to my giving in to a Google search. Back in late …
Read More »OWC Mercury Electra 6G SATA 3 SSD 240GB Review – ATTO Disk Benchmark, Crystal Diskmark and AS SSD
ATTO DISK BENCHMARK VER. 2.46 ATTO Disk Benchmark is perhaps one of the oldest benchmarks going and is definitely the main staple for manufacturer performance specifications. ATTO uses RAW or compressible data and, for our benchmarks, we use a set length of 256mb and test both the read and write performance of various transfer sizes ranging from 0.5 to 8192kb. …
Read More »OWC Mercury Electra 6G SATA 3 SSD 240GB Review – Anvil Storage Utilities Beta
ANVIL STORAGE UTILITY PROFESSIONAL (BETA) Over the last few SSD reviews, we have been introducing our readers to a new benchmark program called Anvil Storage Utilities which is an absolutely amazing program when it comes to benchmarking solid state drives. Not only does it have a preset SSD benchmark, but also, it has included such things as endurance testing and …
Read More »OWC Mercury Electra 6G SATA 3 SSD 240GB Review – PCMark Vantage Comparison Testing and Final Thoughts
The SSD Review uses benchmark software called PCMark Vantage x64 HDD Suite to create testing scenarios that might be used in the typical user experience. There are eight tests in all and the tests performed record the speed of data movement in MB/s to which they are then given a numerical score after all of the tests are complete. The …
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