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OCZ Vertex 4 (256GB)
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OCZ Vertex 4 (256GB)

02 Jul 2012
Overall rating 7.5/10

OCZ's high-end consumer-grade Vertex 4 SSD uses the latest Indilinx controller and promises to give SandForce-powered SSDs a run for its money.

Tags: ocz, ssd, indilinx, vertex 4

Performance:
8
Features:
7
Value:
7.5
THE GOOD
Generally very fast write performance
Good performance when dealing with non-compressible data
THE BAD
Below average read performance
Erratic performance on PCMark 7, PCMark Vantage and HD Tune

Product Specification

SSD Capacity 256GB
Flash Memory Type MLC NAND
Controller Indilinx Everest 2
Onboard Cache 1GB DDR3-800
Advertised Sequential Read/Write Speeds
  • Read: 560MB/s
  • Write: 510MB/s
Advertised Random Read/Write Speeds
  • Read: 90,000 IOPS
  • Write: 85,000 IOPS

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