Strontium Hawk (240GB) Review
by Kristian Vättö on June 25, 2013 8:00 AM ESTPerformance vs. Transfer Size
ATTO is a useful tool for quickly measuring the impact of transfer size on performance. You can get the complete data set in Bench. Both read and write performance are fairly good at all transfer sizes. Read performance could be slightly better as between IO sizes of 8KB and 32KB, the fastest drives are around ~100MB/s faster but the Hawk is certainly not the worst drive here.
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Kristian Vättö - Tuesday, June 25, 2013 - link
That's different. Apple doesn't hide the fact that they've updated the iPad, the least they do is release a press release. I agree that calling third-gen iPad the "iPad 3" and then going back to just "iPad" wasn't the best move from Apple, but it was understandable as the naming would quickly get stupid (imagine e.g. iPad 11). Apple has always been doing that with the MacBook Pros for instance.Strontium did nothing to let the public know that they've changed suppliers, hence the suspicion. No press release, no mention in the product page, nothing. Like I said in the article, we are the first to report about this - I even thought I'm reviewing a SandForce drive until I took the drive apart.
gamoniac - Tuesday, June 25, 2013 - link
Great review. Not a bad drive at all. Unfortunately it is overshadowed by the GB vs GiB and Hawk vs Python issues. I don't mind owning one if reliability is their focus. Now the other deciding factors are warranty and customer service. If they can build up a good reputation, they will have a good following.toytanks - Wednesday, June 26, 2013 - link
I just purchased a the Samsung 840 Pro 256GB. Does anyone know how much of a difference it would make to use this instead, in terms of battery life?LB-ID - Wednesday, June 26, 2013 - link
Absolutely not, and you're a fool soon parted from your money if you do.zjozjom - Wednesday, June 26, 2013 - link
for all you thinking samsung 840 pro the best drive, getting brain washed only to see the destroyer benchmark owns it =(yeahhh look at the inconsistent write for sandisk extreme II under hd tach yet it destroys samsung 840 pro due to ncache LOL gj sandisk, samsung stop brain wash people thanks, people stop being retards thanks yeah
hemlock44 - Thursday, June 27, 2013 - link
Should they ever plan to sell in Italy, I strongly suggest a name change, because "Strontium" recalls a scatological term here :-)