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The AnandTech site has good reviews and a nice benchmark SSD comparison tool.
AnandTech SSD Bench
In my opinion if AnandTech doesn't benchmark it, it's not a good SSD.
Search their SSD/HDD site for articles on SSD controllers and performance.
I agree, return the one you have now, if it can't run the 4mb write test, that's the random write test, then it's defective.
Random read/write is much more important than the sequential numbers, access time is what makes them faster. Input/output rates which are ran by the controller will make or break the SSD.
OCZ Vertex 2's are good, but you can't go wrong with Intel SSDs, their real world performance is excellent.
Unless you're in a rush you might want to consider waiting a little while the new 25nm next Gen SSDs are due to come out in the next couple of weeks to months.
Some rumors say they will come out after New Years.
These are suppose to be twice the size for the same price, and faster.