Conclusion, Pricing, and Final Thoughts
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PROS:
*update* (03 Mar 2010 noon)
The drives showed up at Newegg for the following intro pricing:
*end update*
For Western Digital’s first crack at SSD, this new drive performed well. Sequential transfer rates are competitive with most modern units and can best Intel in write speeds. That said, this new offering leaves something to be desired when it comes to random access performance. While the drive is true to its rated 5,000 IOPS, that figure is just not high enough to truly compete with the competition offering as high as 35,000 IOPS in the same form factor. Fortunately for us, if the ‘Blue’ label is anything like their HDD line, we may see a ‘Black’ model at some point down the road.
- Competitive sequential read and write performance
- Reliability carries forward from a long-time player in the embedded market
- relatively low IOPS performance
- Price (see below)
Pricing
We don’t yet know where these drives sit for actual market prices, but we do have their MSRP’s:
We don’t yet know where these drives sit for actual market prices, but we do have their MSRP’s:
- 64GB: $279 ($4.36/GB)
- 128GB: $529 ($4.13/GB)
- 256GB: $999 ($3.90/GB)
*update* (03 Mar 2010 noon)
The drives showed up at Newegg for the following intro pricing:
- 64GB: $250 ($3.90/GB)
- 128GB: $450 ($3.52/GB)
- 256GB: $800 ($3.13/GB)
*end update*
Final Thoughts
For Western Digital’s first crack at SSD, this new drive performed well. Sequential transfer rates are competitive with most modern units and can best Intel in write speeds. That said, this new offering leaves something to be desired when it comes to random access performance. While the drive is true to its rated 5,000 IOPS, that figure is just not high enough to truly compete with the competition offering as high as 35,000 IOPS in the same form factor. Fortunately for us, if the ‘Blue’ label is anything like their HDD line, we may see a ‘Black’ model at some point down the road.
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