Introduction, Specifications, and Packaging
We check out two different firmware revisions for the new Vertex 4
Introduction
OCZ has been in the SSD game for quite some time now. Their first contender was the OCZ Vertex, which we reviewed back in Febuary of 2009. While the original Vertex was powered by an Indilinx BareFoot controller, the Vertex line switched over to SandForce for the second and third generations. The fourth generation brings Indilinx back to the Vertex, this time with the Everest 2. You may recall Everest made its first appearance in the OCZ Octane, which has already proven itself to be a solid contender in the market.
Before we get into the meat and portatoes, we’ll kick this off by saying this will not be a typical Vertex 4 review. We had benches run on 512GB and 256GB Vertex 4 samples, but the numbers we were seeing seemed ‘off’, so OCZ provided me with an alpha/engineering level firmware late last night. I suspect most other reviews you read today will include results from the 1.30 initial shipping firmware, or perhaps from the 1.31 bugfix firmware (which corrected an issue with secure erasure), but this piece will cover both 1.30 and a newer 1.52 interim build. Sometimes it’s necessary to burn the midnight oil in the interest of presenting the full picture (or one as complete as possible) to our readers, and this was one of those pieces. We will revisit the Vertex 4 again very soon in the form of a more final product review, but for now we’ll go with what we’ve got.
Specifications
128GB:
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Max Read: 535MB/s
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Max Write: 200MB/s
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Random Read IOPS: 90,000 (4K QD32)
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Random Write IOPS: 85,000 (4K QD32)
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Max IOPS: 120,000 (512B Random Read, Iometer 2010)
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Max Read: 535MB/s
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Max Write: 380MB/s
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Random Read IOPS: 90,000 (4K QD32)
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Random Write IOPS: 85,000 (4K QD32)
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Max IOPS: 120,000 (512B Random Read, Iometer 2010)
512GB:
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Max Read: 535MB/s
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Max Write: 475MB/s
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Random Read IOPS: 90,000 (4K QD32)
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Random Write IOPS: 85,000 (4K QD32)
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Max IOPS: 120,000 (512B Random Read, Iometer 2010)
As you can see the only gradient in specs comes from the write speed rating. All other claimed specs are identical regardless of capacity.
Packaging
The Vertex 4 came with standard OCZ packaging, including a 3.5" adapter bracket and mounting hardware.
What I take away the most
What I take away the most from this review is how impressive the Samsung 830 series really is. I cannot think of a better SSD to recommend than the Samsung drives.
Also, could you please
Also, could you please include the Crucial M4 if possible in future reviews? It could at least represent the Marvell controller against the Sandforce and Indilinx, which would be great. I’ll stop spamming the comments now!
2nd this request especially
2nd this request especially since these are down to just over a buck a gig for the 512’s.
Thanks
3rd this
3rd this
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