This IS Vertex - Vertex testing and discussion

[Wendy]

Vertex 120GB SSD
Firmware : V10 (beta)
Connection : Onboard SATA (Intel ICH9R)
Partition alignment: 64K
Motherboard : Gigabyte GA-X48-DS4 (X48 chipset)
Processor : Intel Q9550
RAM : 8GB PC6400 (4-4-4-12 timings)

ATTO



The result is very close to Tony's result.

HDTach (longbench 32MB zones)



222MB/s sustained reading speed is outstanding for a single drive.

PC Mark Vantage HDD suite (results)



PCMark Vantage HDD suite (overall score)



23145 is incredible, this drive is seriously fast. :thumbs:

[goldpelican]

Would love to see how the 30GB compares against this.

[m.oreilly]

[D111]

Did you apply any tweaks?

How does it "feel" in use?

[Tony]

I hit 20k with 2xapex on 2405 and you hit 23k..i was on a slower AMD rig though but still...thats an awesome score for HDD.

[ridin8ude]

Wendy as D111 asked and does this include an offset as well?
Those numbers look unreal...

[Wendy]

Just a quick reply as i'm heading to bed.

Offset was 64K
No tweaks at all, other than partition alignment
Only Vista and the test applications installed so far (the drive only arrived today).

So far the drive feels great in use, very snappy indeed.

[WoT]

Woah very nice

[AW312]

Thanx Wendy.

@Tony: Has the 30GB/60 GB SSD been shipped to any1 for pretesting too?

[MikhailT]

That is so sweet. Makes waiting for it worth it.

Now the question is, is it worth getting this 120gb for my MBP with SATA I interface.

[phinix]

Sweeeet... can we ask for 30/60GB test as well???? Did any1 get it?

[Griff805]

Numbers look Good Wendy. CrystalDisk Benchmark please-

[Tony]

Thanx Wendy.

@Tony: Has the 30GB/60 GB SSD been shipped to any1 for pretesting too?

No Idea...im debating posting some numbers with mine here on M3N-HT deluxe 780a with Vista32 to give you some idea...issue is my hardware is older than the drives that shipped out.

It should be close though...i will debate it a while

[HDCHOPPER]

thanks Wendy ! great to see those numbers dupeclated
Chopper is gonna have to get a new drive lol

[jdwhatever]

Thanks for the benches. Two questions: 1. Is the V10 (beta) firmware what's shipping with the drives? and 2. Can end users upgrade the firmware themselves?

Really really looking forward to buying 120gb.