Samsung 470 Series 256GB SSD Review

Name: Samsung 470 Series 256GB SSD Review - Page 9
Brand: Samsung

by Paul Lilly — Thursday, December 09, 2010, 11:55 AM EDT

Our next series of Vantage tests will stress write performance a bit more. 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.

Futuremark's PCMark Vantage

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After getting off to a rocky start with our PCMark Vantage testing, the Samsung 470 drive bounced back posting mostly strong numbers across the board. It still wasn't able to keep pace with OCZ's Vertex 2 (SandForce) drive, but OCZ's is also rated quite a bit higher than Samsung's unit.

Tags: Samsung, SSD, Storage, Solid State Drive, 256GB, Samsung 470

Paul Lilly

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