AnandTech Storage Bench 2011—Light Workload

Our light workload actually has more write operations than read operations. The split is as follows: 372,630 reads and 459,709 writes. The relatively close read/write ratio does better mimic a typical light workload (although even lighter workloads would be far more read centric).

The I/O breakdown is similar to the heavy workload at small IOs, however you'll notice that there are far fewer large IO transfers:

AnandTech Storage Bench 2011—Light Workload IO Breakdown
IO Size % of Total
4KB 27%
16KB 8%
32KB 6%
64KB 5%

Light Workload 2011—Average Data Rate

The rank of BP4 doesn't change much when we move to a lighter workload.

Light Workload 2011—Average Read Speed

Light Workload 2011—Average Write Speed

Light Workload 2011—Disk Busy Time

Light Workload 2011—Disk Busy Time (Reads)

Light Workload 2011—Disk Busy Time (Writes)

AnandTech Storage Bench 2011 Performance Over Time & TRIM
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  • MyDigitalSSD - Tuesday, April 9, 2013 - link

    240GB mSATA is $179.99 240GB 2.5" SATA is $159.99
  • kallogan - Friday, April 5, 2013 - link

    i find it very annoying to see that modern ssds seem to consume as much power as 5400rpm mechanical HDD...Why no classic HDD listed as reference in power consumption chart ?
  • vol7ron - Tuesday, April 9, 2013 - link

    Is there any talk about how compliant this is cross-platform?

    Samsung had firmware issues that pretty much required Windows to update. Do these play nicely with *nix and Mac?
  • MyDigitalSSD - Tuesday, April 9, 2013 - link

    At this time we have had no issues on any platform with the current FW 4.6.

    MyDigitalSSD
  • VjRao - Sunday, February 16, 2014 - link

    I have a 128 GB MyDigitalSSD that was purchased in October-2012. Its performed with no issues .. I suspect battery performance might not be ideal, or speed either.. I beat up on this system every day.. use it with Linux on my Lenovo T430s. Reading this review wants me to upgrade - especially since I did not have any issues with this manufacturer.. The low price helps too.

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