HDD/SSD Drive Speed Thread

Hey spirit, could you edit my write speeds? Write speeds only :P, seems like there's some variability in the results though: (the toshiba SSD)
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2x Samsung 840 EVO's in RAID 0



3x 4TB 5400RPM WD Red's in RAID 5 on my Synology DS1513+ NAS over a 1Gbps ethernet link

 
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Hitachi 7K500 running over USB 3.0. This was the hard drive that was in the ThinkPad before I replaced it with the Seagate 1TB SSHD.

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PCunicorn said:
I have the fastest single HDD lol :P
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Are you sure?
Some of my HDDs are 15000 RPM.
Not sure if there are faster HDDs,but if there are,I would be afraid to use them because they could burst into flames and shatter into millions and millions of tiny pieces of metal going 20 times faster then the speed of sound lol.And that's what I am afraid of since in my data center room where I sometimes sleep I am surrounded with 4 computers plus few more extra drives (if my UAC data device is there when it's not in a security room).
So the hell with those drives...if they even exist lol.
 
I am absolutely blown away by my new Samsung 840 EVO 250GB SSD! I put it in the ThinkPad tonight to replace a 5400 RPM 1TB SSHD and the performance is incredible!

This SSD costs just £90 yet is the fastest SSD I've ever owned. I think it's the first one I've ever owned that has broken the 500MB/s read barrier and it is very close to 500MB/s write, too:

840 EVO 250GB 6GBs by ThinkPad Review, on Flickr


Compared to the Vertex 4 128GB in my desktop that was 'the god of yesterday' (I'm pretty sure it was the fastest consumer SSD on the market before the 840 drives came out), the 840 EVO blows the Vertex 4 into oblivion...

Vertex 4 128GB 6GBs by ThinkPad Review, on Flickr


And of course, the 840's RAPID mode is always very impressive indeed, but with this being a laptop and RAPID apparently using 1GB of RAM and one CPU core, I disabled it after the running the benchmark:

840 EVO 250GB 6GBs RAPID by ThinkPad Review, on Flickr


I highly recommend this SSD! :good:

I've probably got one of the fastest ThinkPads in the country now. :cool:
 
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I don't think you should include scores with RAPID, as it's not a true indication of drive speed.

That said, here's an updated score of my two 840 EVO's in RAID 0:

 
Leaderboard updated.

Please note that from here on RAPID mode scores will not be appearing on the leaderboard. All existing RAPID mode scores have been removed.


Here's a 120GB SanDisk Extreme on 3GB/s in a netbook of mine. I used this SSD in my desktop once upon a time and it was way quicker on 6GB/s!

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The EVOs are superb drives,I was blown away with the scores too when i got mine.

All i can say is though,Don't leave rapid mode enable fo a long period of time..Windows got corrupted when i left mine on and i had to do a re-install.
 
Shane said:
The EVOs are superb drives,I was blown away with the scores too when i got mine.

All i can say is though,Don't leave rapid mode enable fo a long period of time..Windows got corrupted when i left mine on and i had to do a re-install.
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Yes I am so tempted to buy a 250GB EVO for the desktop to replace my 128GB Vertex 4 but I don't think I can afford to buy anything else this summer (or this year even!) since I have been on a bit of a 'spending spree' lately. ;)

But yes, it's a great drive and I disabled the RAPID mode pretty much straight after I ran that benchmark. I don't see myself turning it back on but it's pretty cool.

The ThinkPad is now 'oh so fast'. :cool:
 
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