All results were obtained at 4600MHz on an un-optimized Windows7 64-bit. These are our results, yours may vary so
only use these as a guideline for a similarly configured system.
Drive
Average
Read
Average
Write
4K
Read(QD32)
4K Write
(QD32)
Read IOPS
Write IOPS
Maximum
IO response
time (ms)
M5 Pro Xtreme 256GB
543,4
465,2
292,2
295,5
74775,11
77009,86
9,2617
Corsair Force LS 240GB
538,8
408
154
207,9
35965,05
61083,73
10,543
OCZ Vector 256GB
524
524,7
394,3
367,9
66937,34
91065,67
7,9844
OCZ Vertex 460 240GB
SSD
514,1
517,4
342,3
358,7
57488,84
85357,18
8,1211
OCZ Vertex 3.20 240GB
492,3
327
145
264,4
57070,86
48527,04
11,4531
Intel 730 480GB SSD
488,1
496,8
356,6
327
81651,43
79115,8
8,5469
INTEL 335 240GB SSD
486,9
239,6
183,5
97,82
31971,3
58152,8
11,7661
OCZ Vertex 450 256GB
480
511,1
343,4
366,9
56965,82
87582,38
8,2266
Corsair Neutron GTX
240GB
473,6
496
294,3
316,2
76753,7
83326,26
8,3643
ADATA SX910 128GB SSD
463,9
320,2
120,6
251,9
23166,93
57496,08
11,3945
OCZ Vertex 4 512GB
463,5
509,3
306,6
318,6
71962,4
85423,25
9,2627
Corsair Neutron 240GB
457,3
370,9
284,9
307,9
76642,4
82769,19
11,2734
factor of three such that the
240GB model’s endurance
rating is 91TB and 128TB for
the 480GB drive. In practical
terms this translates into
the ability to write 70GB a
day or a little over that for
years on end, as opposed
to the previous drives 20GB
a day rating. Again this is
not something that the vast
majority of desktop users
or even power users would
be concerned with, but it
definitely helps.
Besides speed and data
reliability, INTEL has
configured the drives for
some incredible RAID
performance. That is, should
you use two of these drives
in a raid configuration,
sequential data throughput
speeds are going to hover at
the 1GB/s mark or at least
that is what INTEL states is
possible when using their
Rapid Storage Technology
supporting motherboards/
or platforms. We didn’t’
have two drives to validate
this claim when we did this
review, but we may take a
look at this later to confirm
if indeed it is true.
If there was anything to
dislike about this drive, it
would be the price. Yes, it is
a high end drive that offers
fantastic performance,
incredible data reliability
and some nifty technologies
for data loss prevention, but
it does lack AES encryption
support. With a $480 price tag,
you’re literary paying $1 per
GB of unformatted capacity.
Compare this with the Vector
150 which retails for $120
less, offers roughly the same
performance and also carries
a 5 year warranty. Sure it’s
endurance rating is only 50GB
a day but for most people that
is more than enough. Add to
which that drive does support
256-bit AES encryption. With
that said however, the 730 is
still an incredible drive and
most certainly amongst the
fastest you can buy today.
[ The Overclocker ]
Summary
INTEL has once again
raised the performance
bar for their high end
consumer level SSDs.
When you’re looking at
high performance SSDs
there aren’t many that
can claim to be better
than the 730. As far
as value for money is
concerned, this drive
doesn’t score well, but
that aside it is still a solid
offering and one that
will certainly find its way
into many enthusiasts’
machines.
Would you buy it?
Yes
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