OCZ Vertex 4 Review (256GB, 512GB)
by Anand Lal Shimpi on April 4, 2012 9:00 AM ESTPCMark 7
The storage suite in PCMark 7 validates a lot of what we've seen thus far. Despite great write performance, the Vertex 4 can't outperform the Vertex 3 because of its read speed limitations. From OCZ's perspective however, the gap is narrow enough in overall tests to make the shift away from SandForce likely worthwhile. The Vertex 4 doesn't care about compressible vs. incompressible data and it keeps more of the drive's BOM cost in house compared to the Vertex 3.
It's worth noting that for sufficiently light workloads, the difference in performance between any modern SSD is going to be limited right off the bat. We're talking about a 6% spread between the slowest and fastest drive here. For many users, simply finding the right balance of price and reliability is sufficient - which happens to be one of the reasons we've been such big fans of Samsung's SSD 830.
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Coup27 - Friday, April 6, 2012 - link
For the uneducated, what is a referral link?ginman - Wednesday, April 4, 2012 - link
I have been reading articles here for some number of years now and i like reading these. But i notice it's normally the same players, Intel, OCZ, Samsung, Crucial ect... I was wondering if there has been any benches run on the Mushkin SSD's, pricewise; they seem to be setting a new trend.InsaneScientist - Wednesday, April 4, 2012 - link
What's up with the connector on the opposite end of the board from the SATA connector? It looks like the same pinout as SATA, but smaller.Did I miss an interface specification?
And, more importantly: what's it for? 2 interfaces on one drive?
pc_void - Wednesday, April 4, 2012 - link
More like for sale ON amazon.Amazon itself isn't selling it atm.
And the prices are stupid.
sfroom - Wednesday, April 4, 2012 - link
I just reread the Samsung 830 review based on your comment in the last paragraph, but could barely find any mention of Mac use in the review. Why is the Samsung 830 your SSD of choice for Mac users?Additionally, I'd LOVE to see an article comparing the current batch of SSD's on the mac platform. Thanks!
ectoplasmosis - Wednesday, April 4, 2012 - link
I second this.ckryan - Wednesday, April 4, 2012 - link
The 830 pretty much works trouble free in OSX, with or without TRIM. It's garbage collection on post-CXM01B1Q FW is good, and performance got a bump with it too.Samplex - Thursday, April 5, 2012 - link
Why is this: "If you're buying an SSD today, our standarding recommendation (particularly for Mac users) is Samsung's SSD 830."Why is the Samsung better for mac users?
7Enigma - Thursday, April 5, 2012 - link
See here:http://www.anandtech.com/show/4863/the-samsung-ssd...
But as ckryan said above it comes down to garbage collection and TRIM support (or lackthereof).
iceman98343 - Thursday, April 5, 2012 - link
You can purchase the drive at amazon now - http://goo.gl/p8BSK