SSD Mega Test - Test of the Titans!! Neutron GTX/Neutron vs Vertex 4

[Andrew Moore]

Hello


Well, I have just sat and done some testing for you to find out what exactly is the best. The Corsair Neutron, Corsair Neutron GTX or the OCZ Vertex 4!

Take a look below


Crystal Disk Mark


Neutron

Neutron GTX

Vertex 4

ATTO


Neutron

Neutron GTX

Vertex 4

AS SSD (MB/S)


Neutron

Neutron GTX

Vertex 4

AS SSD (IOPS)


Neutron

Neutron GTX

Vertex 4

So... As you can See ultimately the Vertex 4 seems to be the quickest "just" as an over all drive. The Neutron GTX is also very fast with the difference literally being a case of Buy which brand you prefer - Corsair or OCZ.

The strange drive however is the Neutron.. it is marginally quicker than the Neutron GTX in its read performance which at the end of the day is ultimately what matters the most on a day to day basis which given it is cheaper than the GTX makes it a very good drive indeed.

The Vertex 4 however seems to perform faster on the small 4k and 512b files etc than the competition and at its current price smokes the corsair offerings.

Corsair - Bring your pricing down a little and you will have (debatable) the joint fastest and best value drive on the market. The Agility 4 has not been tested however the Neutron would simply blow it out of the water unless OCZ have a firmware update planned to combat this.

 

[Andrew Moore]

All very impressive drives!

Just out of curiosity, fancy running one of the Vertex 2E 60GB in the same system to see how a bargain £29.99 drive compares?

Yea why not

 

[Andrew Moore]

so whare are the samsung 830 and crucial m4's?

In the other "Mega test" thread from a few months ago. Neither of the drives listed above come close in performance (around 10-20% slower depending on scenario) and this as such is reflected in the pricing as both the m4 and the 830 are cheaper.

 

[Andrew Moore]

I don't think they are worse units. According to Anandtech, the Samsung and Crucial may not be the best on synthetic benchmarks but give it a real world heavy load, the Samsung comes out on top.

Different drives shows benefits in different tests. Synthetic tests don't show the whole story. Ultimately though, the difference will be tiny.

This is correct however if you look at synthetic tests the gap in some cases increases to as much as 40%