The OCZ Vector 180 (240GB, 480GB & 960GB) SSD Review
by Kristian Vättö on March 24, 2015 2:00 PM EST- Posted in
- Storage
- SSDs
- OCZ
- Barefoot 3
- Vector 180
ATTO - Transfer Size vs Performance
I'm keeping our ATTO test around because it's a tool that can easily be run by anyone and it provides a quick look into performance scaling across multiple transfer sizes. I'm providing the results in a slightly different format because the line graphs didn't work well with multiple drives and creating the graphs was rather painful since the results had to be manually inserted cell be cell as ATTO doesn't provide a 'save as CSV' functionality.
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Vector 180's performance across different IO sizes doesn't scale as smoothly as on some other drives and especially the read performance has room for improvement.
AS-SSD Incompressible Sequential Performance
I'm also keeping AS-SSD around as it's freeware like ATTO and can be used by our readers to confirm that their drives operate properly. AS-SSD uses incompressible data for all of its transfers, so it's also a valuable tool when testing SandForce based drives that perform worse with incompressible data.
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Guspaz - Tuesday, March 24, 2015 - link
Well, one person in particular had difficulty remembering the proper saying while in Tennessee...Minion4Hire - Tuesday, March 24, 2015 - link
He's quoting George Bush.mapesdhs - Wednesday, March 25, 2015 - link
And hence not exactly a viable rationale for concluding anything about anything.Ian.
CaedenV - Tuesday, March 24, 2015 - link
Cant beat the Evo on price, performance, or support... so then what is the point?kmmatney - Tuesday, March 24, 2015 - link
None of the benchmarks include the EVO, so it's hard to tell if it beats it or not. It is probably faster, but the MSRP is the same as the 850 Pro, which definitely beats it in most tests.ocztosh - Tuesday, March 24, 2015 - link
Hi CaedenV, thank you for your feedback. The Vector 180 is designed for the high performance/workstation market and is not positioned versus the TLC based EVO. When it comes to best balance of performance/value our ARC series (based on MLC). We will be coming out with future products that push the value envelope that leverage Toshiba TLC.mapesdhs - Wednesday, March 25, 2015 - link
I was impressed with the Arc 100, it was quicker than I expected. Any data yet on returnrates? It would be interesting to know if it's been competitive with the 850 EVO in that regard.
Samsung has a strong reputation here. My main concern with the Vector 180 though is it will
appear too expensive compared to the 850 Pro and SanDisk Extreme Pro.
Ian.
chrnochime - Tuesday, March 24, 2015 - link
The point is some ppl don't actually want to use TLC.ocztosh - Wednesday, March 25, 2015 - link
Hi chrnochime, thank you for your comments. We so agree there are still a lot of customers that would still prefer MLC. Our current value drive series is MLC based and even after we introduce a TLC based Series we will continue to deliver MLC drives for those customers that are looking for drives higher up the performance spectrum.chrnochime - Tuesday, March 24, 2015 - link
Support? So how long did that TLC fix take to be available again?