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Testing
The OCZ Solid 2 drive has been tested against the only 30GB solid state drive we currently have available at overclockerstech, the Patriot -PS100! A review for this drive can be found at http://www.overclockerstech.com/patriot-ps100-solid-state-drive-review However, a full comparison between the two drives will be shown as they are both in the same price range. So with no further delay let us examine those numbers! Unlike the Patriot drive, the OCZ Solid 2 has TRIM support enabled right from the outset!
Testing Equipment:
- DFI X58 T3EH8 UT Motherboard (BIOS set to IDE mode)
- Core I7 920 D0 at Default Speeds
- Triple Channel DDR3 GEIL RAM 2000MHZ but running at 1866MHZ
HDTACH
Everyone has heard of HDTACH, just like the thermal compound Artic Silver five everyone has heard of it. Though the aforementioned compound is badly out of date, it is however familiar and that is why it outsells most other compounds out there!
OCZ HD-Tach 8MB-Zones
Patriot HD-Tach Results
Whilst the sequential read results are slightly better on the Patriot drive the burst speed however is not! Indeed as pointed out in the original Patriot PS-100 review their must be an issue with the controller card for the results to be this poor. However the OCZ steams ahead with its burst rate, clearly proving this controller is performing to specifications. Granted the burst speed is not as fast as other more expensive drives, but one has to take into account that this product is OCZ’s value range of drive!
HDTune
Another well known program used by many to test and benchmark traditional hard disk drives as well as those of the ‘Solid State’ variety.
OCZ HD Tune Results
Patriot HDTune results
Again we see conflicting issues with the Patriot drive, whilst the average sequential reads are a touch faster than the OCZ model the burst speed and the access time is poor to say the least. A regular 7200 drive would yield much better results than the patriot model. However the OCZ drive is consistent through-out, with no issues at all and closely matches the results of HD-Tach!
Atto Diskmark
Another popular benchmarking program, but not as user friendly as most, however let us see if the OCZ drive can continue its great price-performance ratio.
OCZ Atto Results
Patriot Atto Results
Once again and particularly on the write speeds we see that the OCZ Solid 2 drive really does reap the benefits of the Indilinix controller card. Truly there are serious issues with the patriot drive. Though through out this review a direct comparison to the Patriot drive is not the object of this review, it does however show that (and since both drives are clearly aimed at the value range) once you get the right controller card and for only ten pounds more then the OCZ looks like it is the right choice.
Crystal Disk Mark
A drive comparison test that is really proving its metal amongst the enthusiasts, when testing various hard and solid state drives.
OCZ Crystal Disk Mark Results
Patriot Crystal Mark Results
Once again we see that the OCZ drive just simply trounces all over the Patriot model. This is what happens when a company gets their price and their controller card combination correct!
AS-SSD
AS-SSD is a new benchmarking program dedicated to testing solid state drives. It is quickly becoming very well respected and at overlockerstech no solid state drive review would be worth the readers time, without the aforementioned program results included.
OCZ AS-SSD Results
To test if the TRIM is performing correctly, this reviewer addded a number of large and small files in addition to deleting them, to try and force issues with re-writing to the same cell. The files sizes range from a few kilobytes to 700megabytes, with a total of twenty gigabytes of data.
OCZ Trim testing
As one can see the performance loss is next to none.
Patriot AS-SSD Results
Once again we see an issue with the Patriot drive results, namely in the 4k read/write areas whilst once again we see the OCZ drive storming ahead. In order to further illustrate how fast this drive is, we shall include results from the well respected Corsair P64 (64GB) solid state drive; which is essentially is a re-branded Samsung drive.
Corsair AS-SSD Results
One will notice that the 4k read/write results are actually faster on the OCZ drive than a performance Corsair drive. This leads to the conclusion that indeed OCZ have chosen the correct controller card for their product.
