Show us your SSD performance

garuda said:

Wishmaster said:

Anyone have a Intel X25-V 40GB?
I've only found benchies for the 80GB version, and they look really good.

Im curious what kind of numbers these 40GB ones are getting as I might want to pick one up.

Wishmaster,
I found this at the Intel SSD Center webpage; hope it's not too late. garuda:

Thanks. Yes, already have it and Win7 sits on it now :)

I posted my AS SSD bench on the previous page. It feel faster than my Vertex, but the Vertex is a bit faster in Seq reads.

Im thinking the Vertex will be good for Documents and a game or 2. I think games will benefit more from the faster Seq read than the OS, but I could be wrong.

All in all, for a $120 SSD, cant really complain. They are worth it IMO.

I have similar Windows 7 x64 images on a 2xVertex 30GB RAID0, a single Vertex and an Intel x25-Value drive and there is no comparison; the RAID0 array wins hands down by seat of the pants, by reboot times, and by benchmarking.
Tom

Tom, do you have any data so that one can get a feel for the difference. E.g. my single Intel boots in under 15 seconds and I wonder how much faster that could be.

30GB Vertex on sale for $79.99 - Newegg.com - OCZ Vertex Series OCZSSD2-1VTX30GXXX 2.5" 30GB SATA II MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) - SSD

whs said:

I have similar Windows 7 x64 images on a 2xVertex 30GB RAID0, a single Vertex and an Intel x25-Value drive and there is no comparison; the RAID0 array wins hands down by seat of the pants, by reboot times, and by benchmarking.
Tom

Tom, do you have any data so that one can get a feel for the difference. E.g. my single Intel boots in under 15 seconds and I wonder how much faster that could be.

I don't have data I can put my hands on quickly. If you're booting in 15 seconds, to coin a phrase "it don't get much better than that." You've probably reached the point of diminishing returns. Shaving even one second off that would be difficult (and unnecessary, really).
Eventually I would like to take a day and bench all three in succession. Problem is I don't know were to take the day from!!

As for boot/reboot.... the RAID0 is a bit quicker but now that I've added another eSATA card, the BIOS pauses for that so my reboot times are no longer in the 30 second range.

That's a good buy for the Vertex. They're probably making room for the next gen. Sandforce SSDs. I got one at that price when they ran a similar rebate a few weeks ago and I'm running it in a new Atom D510/Vertex 38-watt (@idle) Windows Home Server.
Tom

mpcrsc562 said:

For anyone interested in the new Western Digital Drive:
Newegg.com - WD SiliconEdge Blue SSC-D0064SC-2100 2.5" 64GB SATA II MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) - SSD

Check out Code: WD64GBMAR

That's a good deal for $179.95.

pparks1 said:

Ok, so the comment about there being "no comparison" between the single drive and the RAID 0 configuration with boot/reboot times might have been a bit of an exaggeration?

Probably.....

Wishmaster said:

New Intel Drivers:
Intel(R) Rapid Storage Technology


They are supposed to support TRIM w/RAID.

Great news! I installed it and in the help dialog under "RAID enabled systems" it says this:

....Our application also provides support for the following features:...

Trim (Microsoft Windows 7* only)
This feature provides support for solid state disks (SSDs) that meet the ATA-8 protocol requirements. This feature optimizes write operations, helps devices reduce wear, and maintains unused storage area on devices as large as possible.

Tom