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OCZ Vertex 4 256GB - Our Testing Procedures and Test Rig

Details: Category: Storage; Published: Friday, 05 October 2012 15:50

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Our Testing Procedures and Test Rig

Procedures

Iometer- Random 4K/QD30 IOPS

CrystalDiskMark - Read Seq and Write Seq tests

AS SSD – Copy Benchmark with ISO, Program, and Game results

Passmark - Advanced disk benchmark file server, Web Server, Workstation, and Database benchmarks

Test Rig

Asus Maximus V Gene Motherboard

Crucial Ballistix Tracer Ram 1600Mhz 2x2Gb

Intel i7-3770K

Noctua NH-C14 heatsink

Cooler Master Silent Pro M 850Watt PSU

XFX R7970 DD Black Edition Overclocked

Microcool Banchetto 101 Test bench

Posts in discussion: OCZ Vertex 4 256GB

garfi3ld replied the topic: #28164 05 Oct 2012 19:55

A look at OCZ's Vertex 4 SSD

Twodavez replied the topic: #28171 06 Oct 2012 00:42

So,
Do the makers of the SSD's have the technology to make 1 TB SSD's and just don't to keep the prices high and their profits up? I don't have anything against profits, i'm just wondering when these are going to be big enough and cheap enough to do away with the non-ssd or disk drives (not sure of the exact name)...

A little off topic, but i love my SSD and wanna know when i can buy more mega cheap!?!?!?!?

garfi3ld replied the topic: #28172 06 Oct 2012 01:09

they make them

www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227797

The costs are coming down on SSD's. But we only recently saw the prices drop below a dollar a gig. Multiplying that by 1000 gets really expensive, adding on top of that there is such a small demand for them due to the price that the costs are much more than $1 per GB right now.

To give you an idea on how much the prices have changed already. This drive is three times as fast as the first SSD we tested, has twice the capacity, and costs $120 less.