Corsair Neutron XT (240GB, 480GB & 960GB) SSD Review: Phison S10 Debuts
by Kristian Vättö on November 17, 2014 9:00 AM ESTAnandTech Storage Bench 2011
Back in 2011 (which seems like so long ago now!), we introduced our AnandTech Storage Bench, a suite of benchmarks that took traces of real OS/application usage and played them back in a repeatable manner. The MOASB, officially called AnandTech Storage Bench 2011 – Heavy Workload, mainly focuses on peak IO performance and basic garbage collection routines. There is a lot of downloading and application installing that happens during the course of this test. Our thinking was that it's during application installs, file copies, downloading and multitasking with all of this that you can really notice performance differences between drives. The full description of the Heavy test can be found here, while the Light workload details are here.
The same story continues in our 2011 Storage Benches. The Neutron XT is an upgrade – and actually a fairly substantial one – from the Force LS, but it doesn't break any records. Also, what's a bit surprising is that the performance drops as the capacity increases because the 240GB is the fastest of the Neutron XT family. This isn't uncommon because the larger capacities have more LBAs to track, which requires more processing power for internal tasks, but it's still something that's worth noting.
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lilmoe - Tuesday, November 18, 2014 - link
Sure, that's the best drive currently. But it's too expensive for the average consumer as of yet...Despoiler - Monday, November 17, 2014 - link
I hope the Neutron GTX is sticking around as the flagship. The LAMD controller is absolutely fantastic and frankly this S10 controller seems like a step backwards from it. At least in its current state.creed3020 - Monday, November 17, 2014 - link
I for one really miss designs around the LAMD controller. I previously owned a Seagate 600 240GB and that drive was fantastic regardless of the work load, and available last Christmas for great boxing day prices of $0.50/GB.extide - Monday, November 17, 2014 - link
From what I can tell they are not and have not been making the old Neutron/GTX for quite some time. Really sad because it is honestly a really really great drive. I wish I got my hands on one back when they were more common.Kevin G - Monday, November 17, 2014 - link
So was it Corsair or Phison that sent the crayon induced block diagram on page 1?Kristian Vättö - Monday, November 17, 2014 - link
That would be Phison.creed3020 - Monday, November 17, 2014 - link
Dinner napkin diagram? :pMikemk - Monday, November 17, 2014 - link
+1LogitechFan - Monday, November 17, 2014 - link
3 year warranty and not a full 1GB space? No thanks, SF3700 or 850Pro for me.eddieobscurant - Monday, November 17, 2014 - link
the way it is, it's more probable that the 860pro comes before the sf3700