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I'm almost decided on my new SSD, having heard great things about them in general (and horror stories about specific models). Two top candidates are the Crucial M4 and Corsair Force 3 (not sure about OCZ Agility 3's, Vertex 3's are too much, dunno about Adata 
), and here's the comparison :
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/400?vs=355
[NB - Why do Anandtech mix 'Higher is better/Lower is better' results? It makes a quick glance comparison very tricky.]
Some results are close (within 10%), others are more than 100% different, on both sides. I think the M4 wins overall, but without knowing the real-world relevance of each benchmark it's difficult to be sure. So my question is :
What's the most useful/meaningful/reliable benchmark for real-world use?
I realise everyone uses their PC/SSD differently, but I would be using the SSD as a boot drive for Win7, plus a few apps (which I guess is the most common setup until they become radically cheaper per GB). To further complicate the answer (if there is a single answer), if I get a larger (120GB+) SSD I could use a partition on it for SSD-caching with my Z68 mobo - would this rely more heavily on writes?
I know there's no simple answer (although "Incompressible Sequential Read" would be my guess), and there are many compound benchmarks (such as Anandtech's Heavy/Light Workloads 2011). I'm on a budget (<£150 for 120GB SATA-III), but I'm really after an explanation of various benchmarks than a recommendation of a specific SSD.
), and here's the comparison :http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/400?vs=355
[NB - Why do Anandtech mix 'Higher is better/Lower is better' results? It makes a quick glance comparison very tricky.]
Some results are close (within 10%), others are more than 100% different, on both sides. I think the M4 wins overall, but without knowing the real-world relevance of each benchmark it's difficult to be sure. So my question is :
What's the most useful/meaningful/reliable benchmark for real-world use?
I realise everyone uses their PC/SSD differently, but I would be using the SSD as a boot drive for Win7, plus a few apps (which I guess is the most common setup until they become radically cheaper per GB). To further complicate the answer (if there is a single answer), if I get a larger (120GB+) SSD I could use a partition on it for SSD-caching with my Z68 mobo - would this rely more heavily on writes?
I know there's no simple answer (although "Incompressible Sequential Read" would be my guess), and there are many compound benchmarks (such as Anandtech's Heavy/Light Workloads 2011). I'm on a budget (<£150 for 120GB SATA-III), but I'm really after an explanation of various benchmarks than a recommendation of a specific SSD.
