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Intel 520
SSDBoss recommends the Intel 520 based on its write performance and real world benchmarks.
See full details | Intel 520 vs 330 |
by Tech Radar (Feb, 2012)Intel is also happy to 'fess up to the fact that the peak IOPS speed relates to a completely box-fresh drive.
by Tech Radar (Jul, 2012)The AS SSD read test result of 369MB/s isn't spectacular, either, but peak sequential performance is just part of the story.
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Significantly faster 4k random write | 81.39 MB/s | vs | 17.45 MB/s | Around 4.8x faster 4k random write | |||
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Much faster windows 7 boot-up time | 11.3 s | vs | 16 s | Around 30% faster windows 7 boot-up time | |||
Faster tom's storage bench application | 629 pts | vs | 524 pts | More than 20% faster tom's storage bench application | |||
More capacity per dollar | 2 GB/$ | vs | 0.99 GB/$ | More than 2x more capacity per dollar | |||
Higher passmark rating | 3,909 pts | vs | 3,408 pts | Around 15% higher passmark rating | |||
Faster AS SSD ISO copy | 262.98 MB/s | vs | 146.23 MB/s | Around 80% faster AS SSD ISO copy | |||
Faster sequential write | 520 MB/s | vs | 450 MB/s | More than 15% faster sequential write | |||
Faster sequential read | 550 MB/s | vs | 500 MB/s | 10% faster sequential read | |||
Slightly faster random read | 50,000 IOPS | vs | 42,000 IOPS | Around 20% faster random read | |||
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Much higher PCMark vantage score | 65,878 pts | vs | 25,952 pts | More than 2.5x higher PCMark vantage score | |||
Much lower avg. power consumption | 1.2 Watts | vs | 2.66 Watts | 2.2x lower avg. power consumption |
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