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Toshiba HG2 43nm 256GB Solid State Drive Review

The Test System

Before we look at the numbers, here is a brief glance at the test system that was used. All testing was done on a fresh install of Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit. All benchmarks were completed on the desktop with no other software programs running. The Intel Core i7 test system was run in triple-channel memory mode at 1600MHz with 8-8-8-24 memory timings. The ASUS P6X58D Premium motherboard was run using all the latest drives and BIOS 0702. The ASUS P6X58D Premium motherboard uses the Intel ICH10R south bridge chipset, which we used to run our 'boot drive'.  The boot drive used in our test system was an Intel X25-V 40GB model with TRIM enabled. We then used the Marvell 9123 PCIe SATA 6Gbps controller that is on the motherboard to test the SSDs that are used in the benchmark charts. All of the SSDs were tested in a fresh out of the box (FOB) state and the system had the latest firmware installed on it when testing was done.

The Marvell 9123 SATA 6G Controller was tested using driver version 1.0.0.1031 or 1031 for short.  This driver is said to be the first Marvell driver able to pass the TRIM command from Windows to the drives.

SSDs Included in the Benchmarking:

• Crucial RealSSD C300 256GB - Firmware 0001
• OCZ Vertex 2 Pro 100GB - Firmware 232A11F0
• OCZ Vertex LE 100GB - Firmware 1.0
  
• OCZ Vertex 120GB - Firmware 1.5
  
• Intel X25-M G2 160GB  - Firmware 02HD
• Toshiba THNS256GG8BBA 256GB - Firmware AGYA0201
  

The Toshiba SSD operates on the ATA8 standard and has features like S.M.A.R.T. and  APM (Advanced Power Management) according to Crystal Disk Info.

Let's take a look at the benchmarks and see what the Toshiba SSD has to offer!

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