Configuration CPU: Intel Core i7 Extreme 965 MB: GIGABYTE EX58-UD4P DRAM: CORSAIR Dominator 2GBX3 DDR3 1866C9D VGA: MSI N9600GT Diamond HD: Intel X25-M 80GB POWER: Corsair HX1000W Modular Power Supply Cooler: Thermaltake BigTyp VP Core i7 platform system setup HD Tune Pro 3.50 Average Read is 210.8MB/s, average write is 71.7MB/s Random read is 244MB/s, Random write is 80MB/s EVEREST Linear Read average is 239.5MB/s, the highest is 250.5MB/s. HD Tune Pro files base test, the highest read is over 250MB/s, and write also reach 75MB/s ATTO DISK Benchmark over 64k test can reach highest read at 267MB/s, and write at 80MB/s CrystalDiskMark is read 249.8Mb/s, and write 75.43MB/s EVEREST Random Read average is 237.3MB/s, and peak is 315.2MB/s. HD Tach average read is 214.7MB/s. FDBNECH Read 251906 KB/s,Write 73722 KB/s Intel X25-M reading performance is really amazing. It’s almost the best in the SSD market right now. The write is limited by MLC structure. However, the office spec, 70MB/s, is also the top of MLC or 2.5 HDD. Small files performance is also very high score. The next NB platform test, I will compare it with 2.5 HDD. NoteBook test I use DELL Latitude E4300. The chipset is Intel GS45. The NB test will be more detail. After all, most 2.5」 storage is installed in NB. So the NB performance will separate into 3 parts. 1.Intel X25-M 80GB SSD MLC(Intel X25-M) 2.SAMSUNG 64GB SSD MLC(SAMSUNG SSD) 3.WD2500BEVS 250GB 5400rpm(WD2500BEVS) Test One WD2500BEVS SAMSUNG SSD Intel X25-M NB chipset performance is not as high as PC version. But the read performance is almost same as PC. Intel X25-M has much higher performance than Samaung MLC SSD |
Test Two WD2500BEVS SAMSUNG SSD Intel X25-M Intel X25-M has very good scores in CrystalDiskMark. The Read/Write is 230/72MB/s. The random read is also reach 179MB/s. It’s not as high performance as PC, but it’s still very good performance. Test Three WD2500BEVS SAMSUNG SSD Intel X25-M ATTO Disk Benchmark, Intel X25-M read performance is 277MB/s, and it’s higher than PC. FDEBENCH X25-M also reach 222 and 70MB/s. Test Four WD2500BEVS SAMSUNG SSD Intel X25-M |
Test Five WD2500BEVS SAMSUNG SSD Intel X25-M CrystalDiskMark, X25-M Read/Write are 227 and 72MB/s. In HDD Mark, X25-M is higher than SAMSUNG SSD 50%, and 3 times faster than 5400rpm HDD. As X25-M applies with NoteBook, some benchmark drop a lot as comparing to PC, but over 80% test still keep read 220~230Mb/s and write 70~75Mb/s. Intel SSD is really unique. Its read/write performance is much higher than current MLC SSD. No matter SLC or MLC SSD, Intel X25-M 250MB/s read speed is very top performance. Comparing to HDD, SSD is faster, lighter, lower power consumption, higher anti-vibration and lower defect rate. But it’s more expensive and less capacity. I think it’s normal for any product before mass production. In late 2008, SSD mainstream capacity was up from 16~32GB to 64GB. It makes SSD and 2.5 HDD capacity gap smaller. Although Intel X25-M uses MLC which the read/write life is worse than SLC. However, Intel implements exclusive algorithms to lower the product life depletion. Also, the good SSD anti-vibration ability, NANA Flash defect rate is very low, makes SSD actual using life is longer than HDD. X25-M power consumption is much lower than HHD, office spec is standby 0.06W and full speed 0.15W. It also enhance the NB standby time. Intel X25-M has been launched for several months, but the read/write performance is still in the leading position. For the current competitive SSD market, X25-M is a really good product. The previous X25-M 80GB price was 595USD, but after price dropped in March 2009, the latest distributor price is 385USD/Kpcs. Taiwan suggested street price is around NTD 18,800. X25-M is still more expensive than normal MLC SSD, but the leading performance and price adjustment make Intel X25-M C/P value be higher. More and more SSD new technology, faster and faster performance, some SSD products catch the performance gap with X25-M. I hope Intel can keep adjusting their SSD price, raise the capacity and launch more SLC version. Let customers can have more options as purchasing SSD. :) |
After using for month, Intel X25-M also encounter the common issue of MLC SSD. The writing performance is dropping, even you reinstall the OS, the performance drops to 30-40Mb/s Intel X25-M latest firmware 045C8820 After flash Intel latest 045C8820 firmware, the writing performance back to normal. Intel has solved the lower SSD writing performance as long term using MLC IC. |
Thank you for this test, it confirms what PCPer found (http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=691) always good to have a second confirmation! :super: |
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