OCZ Vertex 3 Pro SandForce SF-2582 200GB SSD Preview
OCZ Vertex 3 Pro – Test System
Legit Reviews Test System
All tests were performed on a fresh and up-to-date install of Windows 7 Pro x64 with no other applications running while using AHCI mode set through the BIOS. Synthetic Benchmarks were run with the OS loaded on a 40GB Corsair Force SSD. In between every test, the drive was secure erased. As such, all results should be indicative of optimal performance. All components were set to their default speeds and are listed below.
Test Platforms
For this article, we did things a little differently due to the SATA 6Gbps interface and the known bottlenecks of Marvell 9100 series controllers. To give users an idea of how this would perform on an X58 platform, we used the same test bench we had in the past which is listed out below. The
ASUS P6T Deluxe (BIOS v1701) motherboard uses an ICH10R south bridge
chipset that doesn’t support SATA III 6G, so we used an ECS S6M2 add-on card with driver version 1042 for SATA 6Gbps performance. This PCIe x1 card uses the Marvell 9128 controller and has one SATA III internal header on it, which is all we should need to test out the OCZ Vertex 3 Pro SSD.
X58 Test Bench
| Intel LGA 1366 Test Platform | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Component | Brand/Model | Live Pricing | |||
|
Processor |
Core i7 920 | ||||
|
Motherboard |
ASUS P6T Deluxe V1 (1701) | ||||
|
Memory |
CORSAIR XMS3 3GB DDR3 1333 | ||||
|
Video Card |
Gigabyte GeForce GT 430 | ||||
|
SATA 6Gbps Card |
ECS S6M2 | ||||
|
OS Drive |
Corsair Force 40GB | ||||
|
Power Supply |
Corsair HX1000 | ||||
|
Operating System |
Windows 7 Pro 64-Bit | ||||
P67 Test Bench
| Intel LGA 1155 Test Platform | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Component | Brand/Model | Live Pricing | |||
|
Processor |
Core i5 2500k | ||||
|
Motherboard |
ASUS P8P67 | ||||
|
Memory |
Crucial 2 x 2GB PC3-10600 | ||||
|
Video Card |
Gigabyte GeForce GT 430 | ||||
|
OS Drive |
Corsair Force 40GB | ||||
|
Power Supply |
Corsair HX1000 | ||||
|
Operating System |
Windows 7 Pro 64-Bit | ||||
Comparison Drives & Other Models We Have Tested
Since there are so many SSDs out there now with different
controllers, we started a reference table of which
controllers are used by each drive to help you compare results.
Different controllers definitely perform differently and each has various strengths and weaknesses. Like CPU’s, even identical drives will have variations in performance and part of that variance may be attributable to the NAND flash used. We chose the RunCore Pro V SSD to do a SF-1200 to SF-2600 comparison as it’s one of the latest drives we have received and it put up some really nice numbers.
| SSD MODEL |
CONTROLLER(S) | TRIM Support? |
| RunCore Pro V 120GB |
SandForce SF-1200 (SF-1222) | Yes |
| Samsung 470 Series 256GB |
Samsung S3C29MAX01-Y340 | Yes |
| Zalman N Series 128GB | SandForce SF-1200 (SF-1222) | Yes |
| Kingston V+100 128GB | Toshiba T6UG1XBG | Yes |
| Corsair Force 40GB | Sandforce SF-1200 (SF-1222) | Yes |
| Intel X25-V 40GB | Intel G2 | Yes |
| G.Skill Phoenix Pro | Sandforce SF-1200 (SF-1222) | Yes |
| Patriot Inferno 100GB | Sandforce SF-1200 (SF-1222) | Yes |
| OCZ RevoDrive X2 240GB SSD | (4X) Sandforce SF-1200 (SF-1222) | No* |
| OCZ RevoDrive 120GB SSD | (2X) Sandforce SF-1200 (SF-1222) | No* |
| ADATA S596 128GB | JMicron JMF612 | Yes |
| Corsair Force Series 120GB | Sandforce SF-1200 (SF-1222) | Yes |
| Patriot Zephyr 128GB | JMICRON JMF612 | Yes |
| Patriot Torqx 128GB | Indilinx Barefoot | Yes |
| Kingston 30GB V Series SNV125-S2 |
Toshiba T6UG1XBG | Yes |
| Kingston 128GB V Series SNV425-S2 |
JMICRON JMF618 | Yes |
| Corsair Force Series 100GB |
Sandforce SF-1200 (SF-1222) | Yes |
| Corsair Nova Series 128GB |
Indilinx Barefoot | Yes |
| Intel X25-M 160GB G2 SSD |
Intel PC29AS21BA0 | Yes |
| Micron RealSSD C300 (6Gbps) 256GB | Marvell 88SS9174-BJP2 | Yes |
| * TRIM is not supported due to the RAID controller. | ||
The readout on CrystalDiskInfo 3.10.1, both NCQ and S.M.A.R.T. are
enabled, as is TRIM. This is a great free tool to see what version of
firmware the drive is running in the event there are updates
available.
On to the benchmarks!
Comments are closed.