Legit Storage Reviews

OCZ Vertex 2 Pro 100GB SandForce SF-1500 SSD Preview

Manufacturer: OCZ Technology
Product: Vertex 2 Pro
Date: Wed, Feb 17, 2010 - 12:00 AM
Written By: Nathan Kirsch -
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HD Tune v4.01 - Random Access

The random access read and write test is a very important performance area to look at on solid state drives as some controllers have problems with random writes. In recent years the controllers have improved and the firmware has been better optimized for random read and write performance.

Random Access Read Test Results:

HD Tune Random Access Benchmark

Benchmark Results: When it comes to the random access read performance test the OCZ Vertex 2 Pro 100GB SSD with the SandForce 1500 controller in it does pretty well. For example, this drive scored 8752 IOPS in the 4KB test file size. The Intel X25-M G2 160GB drive had 16021 IOPS in the 4KB read test, so the drive scored okay, but nowhere near what the Intel drive was capable of doing.

Random Access Write Test Results:

HD Tune Random Access Benchmark

Benchmark Results: The write performance test results of the OCZ Vertex 2 Pro 100GB SSD was once again only okay.

4KB Random Write File Test Results Chart:

HD Tune File Benchmark

Benchmark Results: Many of our readers have asked for a chart showing side-by-side comparisons of the drives we have tested in the 4KB random access write test. You can see from this chart that the OCZ Vertex 2 Pro 100GB SSD with the SandForce 1500 controller is much slower than what we could reach on the Intel G2 24nm SSD.

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Review Index
Page 1 - Is SandForce The Best SSD Controller?
Page 2 - Why The SandForce Controller Is Special
Page 3 - Inside the Vertex 2 Pro SSD
Page 4 - The OCZ Toolbox Utility
Page 5 - The Test System
Page 6 - HD Tach v3.0.4.0
Page 7 - HD Tune v4.01
Page 8 - HD Tune v4.01 - Random Access
Page 9 - SiSoftware Sandra 2010
Page 10 - CrystalDiskMark v3.0
Page 11 - ATTO Disk Benchmark v2.41
Page 12 - PCMark Vantage
Page 13 - IOMeter
Page 14 - AS SSD Benchmark
Page 15 - Final Thoughts and Conclusions