Legit Storage Reviews

Toshiba HG2 43nm 256GB Solid State Drive Review

Manufacturer: Toshiba
Product: THNS256GG8BBAA
Date: Fri, Feb 26, 2010 - 08:00 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 as possible.

HD Tach Benchmark Results

Benchmark Results: The Toshiba HG2 256GB SSD was able to reach 221.8MB/s read and 34.5MB/s write. Something strange is going on with the write score, and due to the fact that HD Tach has not been updated in some time we will be ignoring that performance score. The random access time and CPU utilization were really low, which is what we like to see on SSDs.

HD Tach Benchmark Results

Comparison Chart: Compared to other popular SSDs the Toshiba HG2 256GB SSD performed well for a mainstream drive, but below many of the other high-end enthusiast grade SSDs that we have benchmarked on the same test system. 

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Review Index
Page 1 - Toshiba's 43nm HG2 SSD
Page 2 - Inside The Toshiba HG2 SSD
Page 3 - The Test System
Page 4 - HD Tach v3.0.4.0
Page 5 - HD Tune v4.01
Page 6 - HD Tune v4.01 - Random Access
Page 7 - SiSoftware Sandra 2010
Page 8 - CrystalDiskMark v3.0
Page 9 - ATTO Disk Benchmark v2.41
Page 10 - PCMark Vantage
Page 11 - IOMeter
Page 12 - AS SSD Benchmark
Page 13 - Free Space, Degradation and Conclusion