Corsair Neutron & Neutron GTX: All Capacities Tested
by Kristian Vättö on December 19, 2012 1:10 PM ESTPerformance vs. Transfer Size
ATTO is handy tool for measuring sequential IO performance at varying transfer sizes. To keep the graphs somewhat readable, I didn't include all possible drives but for specific comparison you can always use our Bench tool. Sequential read performance at small transfer sizes is an area that many of the newer SSDs have been neglecting, the Neutron being one of them. Especially IO sizes of 4KB and 8KB are common in client workloads, so I'm hoping LAMD and Corsair can improve the performance at those transfer sizes in a future firmware update as the gap between the Neutron and other higher-end SSDs is fairly significant.
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Write performance isn't as bad, although there is definitely room for improvement at the smallest transfer sizes. Client workloads rarely see IO sizes below 4KB, meaning that there is little to no impact on real world performance unless we talk about some very specific workload. At the most important IO sizes, Neutron's write speed is on par with other drives.
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Oxford Guy - Thursday, December 27, 2012 - link
So, you're saying Anandtech is unable to verify Samsung's power usage claims — completely.That's very interesting.
Oxford Guy - Thursday, December 27, 2012 - link
"That line of thinking is flawed. If you're only catering to desktop users, why even present the power consumption figures at all?"Of course. This is a very interesting line of thinking, isn't it?
1. Samsung provides only extra special "mobile" figures that are extremely low at .13 (830 512 GB) and .14 (840 512 GB).
2. Samsung, if Anandtech is to be believed, is providing not particularly interesting data, since their charts apparently don't apply to mobile usage.
3. According to Anandtech, desktop users don't care about SSD power usage and so Anandtech only cares about desktop SSD power usage (hence the existence of charts/comparisons/commentary).
It's all quite fascinating.
Movieman420 - Thursday, December 27, 2012 - link
from article:"While 240/256GB is undoubtedly the most popular capacity at the moment...'
Most 120/128's outsell their larger stablemates almost 2 to1 in some cases. 240/256's are the most popular to be REVIEWED cuz they pump out the best numbers. That may change n the future...say another year...year and a half.
ashjas - Wednesday, January 23, 2013 - link
Can anybody who have dealt with manufacturers claiming for warranty.. what does warranty actually mean?Like we all know that the ssds fail without notice and without any reason,, so if i ask the manufacturer for a replacement of the ssd within the warranty,.. will they replace the drive?
Performance does not matter to me all that much,,, but reliability of ssds not failing.. atleast for like 2-3 years of good use.. is what concerns me.. and ofcourse if manufacturers would replace failed ssds.
Thanks