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Sustained Sequential Read: Up to 560 MB/s Sustained Sequential Write: Up to 510 MB/s 4KB Random Read: Up to 90,000 IOPS 4KB Random Write: Up to 120,000 IOPS Power Consumption (Active): 2.5W Power Consumption (Idle): 1.3W Max Shock Resistance: 1500G Used For: Consumer
I bought mine back in July of 2012, and it was my first SSD ever. I did a clean install of Windows 7 Ultimate, and the difference was obviously night and day after using a WD Caviar Green for the previous year. Even after I filled most of it up and used it for several months, I could still go from the BIOS splash to the Windows login screen in about 5-7 seconds (the Windows logo animation wouldn't even finish
). As previously mentioned, the Vertex 4 is not a Sandforce drive, meaning it avoided most or all of the issues seen in the Vertex 2 and 3 which had given OCZ a pretty terrible reputation. The Indilinx controller in the Vertex 4 is simply just fast, rather than using compression techniques like the Sandforce controllers. This leads to more consistent overall data transfers, even if the Sandforce drives boast higher random read/write speeds. I've since replaced this drive with a Crucial M550, but I still love it and use it. In fact, it's a little faster than the M550, even after being 70% or more full and used daily for 2 1/2 years longer.
Pros
Cons
Lightning fast, even when compared to much newer models; not a Sandforce drive like 80% of SSD's from that generation
None come to mind
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Overall
5
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