Samsung 830 vs OCZ RevoDrive X2 |
Released October, 2011
Samsung 830
- 64 GB
- 2.5" SATA III
- 256 MB
6.4 Out of 10
by techPowerUp!Overall, the Samsung 830 Series SSD is an excellent choice for a high-performance SSD.
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Released October, 2010
OCZ RevoDrive X2
- 960 GB
- PCI-E PCI-Express
- 0 MB
6.8 Out of 10
by Tech Radar (Apr, 2011)Having said that, it did do the job three seconds faster than the RevoDrive and some eight seconds faster than the RAID array.
SSDBoss Review Our evaluation of 830 vs RevoDrive X2
read performance | |
How quickly data is read from the drive | |
| 4K Random Read, 4K Random Read Access Time and 512K Sequential Read | |
write performance | |
How quickly data is written to the drive | |
| 4K Random Write, 4K Random Write Access Time and 512K Sequential Write | |
real world benchmarks | |
How well the drive performs common tasks | |
| Windows 7 Boot-up Time, Photoshop Lens Filter and AS SSD ISO Copy | |
Benchmarks | |
How well the drive performs on common benchmarks | |
| PCMark Vantage and AS SSD Score | |
No winner declared
Too close to call
Differences What are the advantages of each
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| Much faster windows 7 boot-up time | 10.5 s | vs | 16.8 s | Around 40% faster windows 7 boot-up time | |||
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| Significantly larger cache | 256 MB | vs | 0 MB | Compared to all SSDs, 256 MB cache is just OK | |||
| Much faster photoshop lens filter | 55.2 s | vs | 72.8 s | Around 25% faster photoshop lens filter | |||
| Significantly lighter | 61 g | vs | 130 g | 2.1x lighter | |||
| Much thinner thickness | 7 mm | vs | 23 mm | 3.3x thinner thickness | |||
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| Much higher capacity | 960 GB | vs | 64 GB | 15x higher capacity | |||
| Much faster 4k random write | 203.72 MB/s | vs | 44.96 MB/s | More than 4.5x faster 4k random write | |||
| Much faster 512K sequential write | 671.29 MB/s | vs | 147.78 MB/s | More than 4.5x faster 512K sequential write | |||
| Much lower 4k random write access time | 1.23 ms | vs | 5.56 ms | 4.5x lower 4k random write access time | |||
| Higher AS SSD score | 1,190 pts | vs | 641 pts | More than 85% higher AS SSD score | |||
| Faster 512K sequential read | 658.53 MB/s | vs | 521.05 MB/s | More than 25% faster 512K sequential read | |||
| Higher MTBF | 2,000,000 hours | vs | 1,500,000 hours | Around 35% higher MTBF | |||
| Faster AS SSD ISO copy | 354.95 MB/s | vs | 195.14 MB/s | More than 80% faster AS SSD ISO copy | |||
| Significantly faster power consumption (Idle) | 4.3 Watts | vs | 0.08 Watts | Around 55.2x faster power consumption (Idle) | |||
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Benchmarks Real world tests of Samsung 830 vs RevoDrive X2
4K Random Read
4K Random Write
Windows 7 Boot-up Time
4K Random Read Access Time
4K Random Write Access Time
Reviews Word on the street
| Samsung 830 | vs | RevoDrive X2 | ||
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