SSD In Deepth, Know-How, Review and Comparison. Part #2

If in the initial article we discussed more about the Know-How of an SSD, in this article, Pemmz will show the results of real performance tests that Pemmz did themselves. Here we will complain about the performance of several types of storage specifically for notebooks, or 2.5″ drives. Starting from a conventional disk-based HDD represented by Fujitsu 500GB/7200rpm, to a 2.5″ SSD represented by OCZ Vertex 4.

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Benchmark Test-Bad

Xenom OEM Sager NP9370

• Intel Core i7 3610QM
• 8GB DDR3 1600 (2 x 4GB)
• Nvidia GeForce GTX680M 4GB DDR5
• DVD-RW Dual

Software :

• Windows 7 Ultimate SP1
• Nvidia Forceware 310.90
• PCMark 7 (System Storage Only)
• HD Tunes 4.61
• AS SSD Benchmark 1.7.4739.38088

HDD VS SSD Benchmark

We will start with the Fujitsu 500GB/7200rpm HDD which is a type of magnetic plate-based storage drive. This type is most often found in notebooks on the market today. 500GB capacity is indeed not a luxurious capacity at this time, considering the price that is not far adrift between 250GB, 320GB and 500GB, of course the vendor will package it with the largest capacity to attract more consumers.

Hitachi 500GB 7200rpm Benchmark

Then we move on to the Seagate Momentus XT which adopts a hybrid feature, which is to use a media cache so that the data transfer process can be boosted. We can see in the screenshot below, the cache on the Momentus XT is indeed very helpful, especially during the “Write” process. In the PCMark 7 test, the storage score managed to approach the performance of an SSD. Although in some tests, the typical performance of a mechanical-based HDD is still visible. It’s still experiencing a decrease in performance typical of a mechanical-based storage in general (See picture)

Momentus XT 750GB 7200rpm Benchmark

Now we move on to SSD media. We’ll start with a 3Gb/s mSATA interface SSD. Incidentally this time represented by OCZ Nocti with a capacity of 120GB. In theory, the advantage of using the mSATA interface is for space efficiency. Where thin notebooks and even netbooks will be very helpful if you adopt this interface. In the test screenshot, it appears that SSD-based storage is much more stable than mechanical-based storage. This is certainly beneficial for those of you who are pursuing system stability.

OCZ Nocti 120GB mSATA interface Benchmark

The last is SATA III-based storage. And the OCZ Vertex 4 just happens to represent this breed. The promised performance of a SATA III-based storage does look really amazing. Capable of producing twice the ability of storage that still applies the SATA II interface such as OCZ Nocti.

OCZ Vertex 4 128GB SATA III interface Benchmark

For the next article, we will compare the boot time & power consumption performance of each type of storage above. Including the performance of starting applications for each type of drive. So, stay tuned guys

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