OCZ RevoDrive Review: SSD RAID + PCI-Express
With the exception of the Application Loading benchmark, the next series of Vantage tests will stress write performance. Applications like video editing, streaming and recording are not what we would call a strong suit for the average SSD, due to their high mix of random write transactions.
 |
|
The C300 is a perfect example of how rapidly SSD technology is evolving. While it keeps pace reasonably well with the SandForce drives, it still falls into last place overall. On the other hand, it still turns in numbers that would turn a hard drive's motor into melted slag.
The Phoenix Pro rather handily beats the F100; losing to it by a comparative inch in just one test. As for the Revo, it wins every test--but once again, we see evidence that the drive's write performance fluctuates. In Media Center and Movie Maker it's just 10 percent and 12 percent faster than the single-controller GSkill. Application Loading and Media Player tests show better numbers--here the RevoDrive is 42 percent and 31 percent above its competition.
