Corsair Neutron GTX SSD Review (240GB): Link A Media Controller Tested
by Anand Lal Shimpi on August 20, 2012 6:00 AM EST- Posted in
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AnandTech Storage Bench 2011 - Light Workload
Our new 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% | |||
While I was getting used to a clustering of performance around 300MB/s in our light test, the Neutron GTX actually pulled out in front despite its small file IO performance issues. I suspect it's strong random IO showing impacts life in our light workload, coupled with very good sequential performance. The result is a drive that seems to perform at the top of its class regardless of workload. The vanilla Neutron is hot on the GTX's heels once again.
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wsjudd - Monday, August 20, 2012 - link
Looks like there's a stray bit of punctuation in here:"The drive is the Neutron, and the controller maker? Link A Media Devices"
AnotherGuy - Monday, August 20, 2012 - link
Really after so much information in the article... thats what you have to say... the Punctuation?I am afraid people wanna see some relevant thoughts and opinions about the info on the article not ur stupid comments on punctuation. These articles are about technology not your English 101 u take at school.
Really tired of the same comments on almost every article.
gmallen - Monday, August 20, 2012 - link
They certainly don't want to see inane, off-topic troll-bait like your comment. If you're so distressed by these comments, don't read them or comment about them. Get a life instead.AnotherGuy - Monday, August 20, 2012 - link
when he or others who post same comments see my insane comment, they might realize that they are actually annoying and stop doing it.Mr. Pedantic - Monday, August 20, 2012 - link
We can only hope you will recognise the same thing and stop posting useless rubbish.seapeople - Monday, August 20, 2012 - link
Not to feed the trolls, but I agree with this troll somewhat. The proposed punctuation correction wasn't even necessarily correct.Rishi100 - Monday, August 20, 2012 - link
Let it be so.... attractive, that I jump on my second SSD.Bmadd89 - Monday, August 20, 2012 - link
On page 1 you comment saying the DRAM in the Neutron is 256MB but in the graph its 128MBXZerg - Monday, August 20, 2012 - link
I would really suggest that you keep the contenders consistent across all the benches/tests. It just feels wrong to see Product X in few benches and then missing in other, point in case OCZ products missing in the power consumption. I am sure that you have their numbers but for some reason those are skipped.mayankleoboy1 - Monday, August 20, 2012 - link
with many controllers tying at ~ 500MBPS, are we reaching the theoretical speeds of NAND flash? Meaning controllers can get better, but speeds wont increase much?What are the theoretical speeds of NAND flash?