Intel SSD 910 PCI Express SSD Performance Review

Next up we ran AS SSD, an SSD specific benchmark being developed by Alex Intelligent Software. This test is interesting because it uses a mix of compressible and incompressible data and outputs both Read and Write throughput of the drive.

AS SSD Compression Benchmark
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Intel 800GB SSD 910 AS SSD Benchmark Results

 
Fusion-io ioDrive 160GB AS SSD Benchmark Results

 

With this test we had fewer reference datapoints to compare in short order for this review.  So we picked one of the stiffest all around competitors we could find, Fusion-io's ioDrive 160GB card.  Note that sequential and 4K random read/write throughput of the Intel SSD 910 is approaching theoretical max performance numbers for the product and it crushes the Fusion-io drive.  However, when it comes to access latency with very small file transfers the Intel SSD 910 trails by a factor of 5. Keep this in mind as we look at other benchmark data in the pages that follow.
 


David Altavilla

David Altavilla

Dave Altavilla is the founder, Editor In Chief and Publisher of HotHardware.com. With decades of experience as a semiconductor sales engineer, Dave Altavilla founded HotHardware.com over 25 years ago. Dave is also a published contributor to various technology-based publications and is a featured Tech Analyst expert on various network media shows. 

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