Intel X25-M 34nm - 8 months of usage & 1 firmware update

VaderDSL · 13 Feb 2011 at 14:21

Well I found a screenshot from the middle of last year when I had just upgraded to the 2HD firmware. I ran an AS SSD benchmark and got the below results.

Now 8 months later I have just upgraded to the newest firmware and ran the benchmark again. I was expecting much lower results considering I have used it for a relatively long time.

Fairly impressed although running the Intel toolbox SMART status it shows the following :

I take it that 1.6Tb is the amount of data written to the drive as a total?
End to End Error is this the overall health of the drive?

Cheers.

AWPC · 13 Feb 2011 at 15:03

VaderDSL said:
Well I found a screenshot from the middle of last year when I had just upgraded to the 2HD firmware. I ran an AS SSD benchmark and got the below results.

Now 8 months later I have just upgraded to the newest firmware and ran the benchmark again. I was expecting much lower results considering I have used it for a relatively long time.

Fairly impressed although running the Intel toolbox SMART status it shows the following :

I take it that 1.6Tb is the amount of data written to the drive as a total?
End to End Error is this the overall health of the drive?

Cheers.

Intel SSD are the best overall. Super reliable over time the performance does not degrade much at all. I still get within 1% of the performance figures I had when it was new a year ago!

DragonQ · 13 Feb 2011 at 15:03

Nice. With 1.65 TB total data written, you've only used ~20 NAND cycles.

Mine has 768 GB written to it after 3.5 months according to SSDlife.

AWPC · 13 Feb 2011 at 16:01

New firmware is a must have for G2 owners this is mine which is over 12 months old & about 30 points more than the 02HD firmware.

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roachyuk · 22 Mar 2011 at 17:42

any ideas on this i get the same readings as you but the write speed is only 42.31mbs a sec which is half of yours....hows can this be thanks

DIABLO · 22 Mar 2011 at 18:48

Media Wearout Indicator shows how much protential life is left in storage chips.

kablooey · 22 Mar 2011 at 18:53

I've been scared to update after all the bricked drives with the first firmware release but it looks worthwhile now...Does updating wipe the drive? I'll be making a drive image anyway as a precaution but it would be nice if it's a simple 5 minute flash job.

My SSD with original firmware...

21.10.2009

22.3.2011

Makhaira · 23 Mar 2011 at 12:39

It *shouldn't* wipe your drive, however, making a backup is a sensible precaution.