64GB SSD on the Desktop: Samsung and OCZ go mainstream
by Gary Key on May 15, 2008 11:30 PM EST- Posted in
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Specifications
| Specification | |||
| Samsung MCCOE64G5MPP | OCZ Technology OCZSSD2-1S64G | WD VelociRaptor WD3000BLFS | |
| Unformatted Capacity | 64GB | 64GB | 300GB |
| Interface | SATA 3 Gb/s | SATA 3 Gb/s | SATA 3 Gb/s |
| Rotational Speed | n/a | n/a | 10,000 RPM |
| Buffer Size | n/a | n/a | 16 MB |
| Average Latency | n/a | n/a | 2.99 ms (nominal) |
| Read Seek Time | 0.3 ms | 0.3 ms | 4.2 ms |
| Write Seek Time | 0.2 ms | 0.2 ms | 4.7 ms |
| Transfer Rate - Buffer to Disk | 100 MB/s (sustained) | 100 MB/s (sustained) | 120 MB/s (sustained) |
| Number of Heads | n/a | n/a | 4 |
| Number of Platters | n/a | n/a | 2 |
| Command Queuing | n/a | n/a | Native Command Queuing |
| Acoustics - Spec | Idle -
0dBA Seek Mode 0 - 0dBA |
Idle -
0dBA Seek Mode 0 - 0dBA |
Idle -
29dBA Seek Mode 0 - 36dBA |
| Warranty | Variable | 1 - Year | 5 - Years |
| Power Dissipation | |||
| Read/Write | 0.41 Watts | 0.41 Watts | 6.08 Watts |
| Idle | 0.32 Watts | 0.32 Watts | 4.53 Watts |
| Standby | 0.24 Watts | 0.24 Watts | 0.42 Watts |
| . | |||
The Samsung/OCZ drives feature identical hardware no surprise in the specifications being essentially identical. Current Mtron and Memoright drives feature read and write seek times at 0.1ms but their power numbers are generally a few watts higher than the Samsung design. The power dissipation numbers are quoted from Samsung and in our testing we found the idle and standby numbers were accurate but read/write load numbers were around 1.8W, still excellent by any standard. Since the Samsung drive is primarily available in OEM systems, the warranty terms are variable between suppliers. Samsung quotes a MTBF of 2,000,000 hours, which is significantly higher than mechanical drives. We have not received information on the number of times data can be written to each bit or the wear leveling algorithms utilized.
The 2.5" form factor that Samsung/OCZ utilizes is the standard 9mm option found in a majority of notebooks. Our review samples have the right mounting pattern for standard 2.5" platform designs. The circuit board features the NAND flash and controller on a single side along with the SATA power and cable connectors.
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tim851 - Friday, May 16, 2008 - link
Seeing as all drives are quite close in load times I think it's safe to assume, that we've reach the apex and the load times are pretty much bottlenecked by CPU speed now.Most real world application performance numbers are pretty close these days, there aren't any dead slow hard disks anymore. Flash won't bring us more speed, but less power draw and noise.
FITCamaro - Friday, May 16, 2008 - link
I got a pair of 74GB Raptors for $150. I'm quite happy with my load times. Even in the Age of Conan beta, my load times were pretty quick.araczynski - Friday, May 16, 2008 - link
nothing mainstream about a $1000 64gb drive.piroroadkill - Friday, May 16, 2008 - link
I agree, it's definitely good, but it's not $1000 goodJarredWalton - Friday, May 16, 2008 - link
More "mainstream" than a $4000 64GB SSD. :)dingetje - Friday, May 16, 2008 - link
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