Patriot PS-100 Solid State Drive Review

Posted by Gilgamesh on February 6th, 2010

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Testing and Benchmarks

As is usually the case at Overclockers Tech we subjected the Patriot PS-100 drive to a battery of tests. Through which the more discerning readers will notice they are a comprehensive set of tests.Ã‚Â Testing is designed so that the consumer can test the product for themselves and replicate the results found here.

As a part of the testing, conditions the BIOS options have been set to IDE mode to give a more accurate and real-world result.

Software Used to Test

HDTACH
CrystalDisk Mark
ATTO Diskmark
HDTUNE
AS SSD MARK

Equipment Used to Test

DFI X58 UT T3EH8 Sytem Board (on the IntelÃƒâ€šÃ‚Â ICH10 controller)
CORE I7 920 at Default Speeds
Triple CHannel 3X1 gigabytes of CORSAIR 1866 RAM
Corsair P64 Solid State Drive (for a rough comparision)
Both SSD drives had a fresh copy of Windows 7 installed along with the needed drivers

HDTACH

PS-100 (Patriot) HD TACH Results

P64(Corsair) HDTACH Results

After examining the difference between the two drives at sequential reads we can deduce that the Patriot Drive beats the much more expensive Corsair hands down, at least in the sequential reads test. The P64 Corsair SSD proves to not have the same read consistency as the Patriot, which is in the latter companies favour. However the initial theory holds true that there is an issue with the Patriot drive and its burst speed. With the Corsair managing to achieve nearly SATA II Speeds and the Patriot struggling to even approach SATA I then we have an issue that must be looked at more in-depth!

Once again and to be fair it is to Patriot’s credit it is able to outclass the Corsair P64 in its sequential read tests.

Atto Disk Mark

In an attempt to try and clarify the HDTACH results, Atto Disk mark was used in order to try and explain what is happening.

Patriot PS-100 Results

Corsair P64 Results

Although the read times of the Patriot PS-100 are excellent, we find that the write times are once again another story. Of course the Corsair is a much more expensive product. Even so, we would have expected the Patriot Drive to have better write results. In order to make a conclusion collaborating evidence is needed.

CrystalDiskMark

It is of this reviewer’s opinion that CrystalDisk mark is a more user friendly benchmarking program than the Atto Disk Mark. With its ability to display the much needed information inÃ‚Â an easy to understand format

Patriot PS-100 Results

Corsair P64 Results

Unlike the HDTACH results, the Corsair drive edges ahead of the Patriot PS-100! What is worrying is the 4K read/write speeds. This is a cause for concern and it is our opinion that we have a major issue that can be addressed with a firmware update. However, here lies the crux of the issue – with this product being available for a couple of months already, a firmware update does not seem to be available. PatriotÃ‚Â are working on a new update, but it does not exactly help anyone whom has purchased the drive already!

Though are some issues, the good points are that the sequential read speeds are fantastic and do show that the Patriot PS-100 does have a lot of potential.

HDTune

In order to collaborate with the sequential read results of HDTach then HDTune was implemented in order to support the fantastic sequential read results of the aforementioned program. As shown below, the evidence does indeed support the claim of wonderful read results of the Patriot drive. Even the minimum results are higher than the much higher price Corsair. However, if one wishes to examine the access time of 0.9 then they may wonder what is the point of a SSD drive? Ã‚Â In all fairness, this test was run a few times and it gave results from o.4 to 0.9 milliseconds.

Patriot HDTune Results

Corsair HDTune Results

AS-SSD Benchmark

Further evidence is needed to test the write speeds on the Patriot PS-100. However, we already know the answer! AS-SSD has been implemented in order to show further evidence of the write issues.

AS SSD is brand new program that is solely dedicated in benchmarking Solid State Drives.

Patriot AS-SSD Results

Corsair AS-SSD Results

Once again, AS-SSD shows the poor write speeds for the Patriot PS-100. Again, should the firmware be available soon and it addresses the issues and improves the write speed then this drive could potentially be a classic!

However this does not help those whom have purchased the drive and are having serious issues.

Patriot is aware of the issue and has been promising to address it for over a month. Looking through aforementioned company forums, there are a great many that are experiencing the same issues. A link to the forum thread can be viewed below.

(http://www.patriotmem.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2114 last accessed 5/2/2010)