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Intel X25-M 160GB 34nm MLC G2 SSD Benchmark Review
| Manufacturer: | Intel |
| Product: | SSDSA1MH160G2 |
| Date: | Thu, Jul 23, 2009 - 12:00 AM |
| Written By: | Nathan Kirsch - |
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HD Tach v3.0.4.0
HD Tach is a low level hardware benchmark for random access read/write storage devices such as hard drives, removable drives (ZIP/JAZZ), flash devices, and RAID arrays. HD Tach uses custom device drivers and other low level Windows interfaces to bypass as many layers of software as possible and get as close to the physical performance of the device possible.
Benchmark Results: The Intel X25-M 'G2' 34nm 160GB MLC Solid State Drive is a mainstream level SSD and the performance results clearly show that. This benchmark was done on the brand new drive, so performance degradation is not an issue here and this is as good as it gets. The drive averages 230.5MB/s read and 99.7MB/s write. The burst speed of the Intel X25-M was a very nice 255.5MB/s.
Comparison Chart: When comparing the Intel X25-M 'G2' 34nm 160GB MLC SSD to other popular 2.5" notebook hard drives you can see that it scored at or near the top. That is not bad considering it is being compared to nine other SSDs and five hard drives. It should also be pointed out that the Kingston SSDNow M series is a re-labeled Intel X25-M 50nm 80GB MLC SSD, which is a first generation Intel X25-M SSD. The new drive performs roughly the same but has slightly higher read and write averages. The OCZ Vertex EX 120GB SLC SSD has double the write speed, which highlights the only weakness of the Intel X25-M - the write speeds. The results of HD Tach's CPU utilization test don't mean much as the application has a +/- 2% margin of error and the results of the benchmark range between 0-3%, which doesn't represent a significant difference.
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Page 1 - 34nm Flash Meets Intel X25-M 2nd Gen SSDs
Page 2 - Inside The 2nd Generation Intel SSDs Page 3 - The Test System Page 4 - HD Tach v3.0.4.0 Page 5 - HD Tune v3.50 Page 6 - HD Tune v3.50 - Random Accesss Page 7 - SiSoftware Sandra 2009 SP3 Page 8 - CrystalDiskMark v2.2 Page 9 - ATTO Disk Benchmark v2.34 Page 10 - PCMark Vantage Page 11 - AS SSD Benchmark Page 12 - Performance Degradation Testing Page 13 - Final Thoughts and Conclusions |
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