IOMeter v2006.07.27 – IOps
Iometer is an I/O subsystem measurement and characterization tool for single and clustered systems. It was originally developed by the Intel Corporation and announced at the Intel Developers Forum (IDF) on February 17, 1998 – since then it got wide spread within the industry.
Meanwhile Intel has discontinued to work on Iometer and it was given to the Open Source Development Lab (OSDL). In November 2001, a project was registered at SourceForge.net and an initial drop was provided. Since the relaunch in February 2003, the project is driven by an international group of individuals who are continuesly improving, porting and extend the product.
The part I’ve been waiting for, and all I can say is WOW! All three 830 models (yes, even the 64GB) literally walked over the competition in our IOPS testing. The only place they fell behind was at QD>16 on the Web Server test, and even then all three of them were nipping at the heels of the SandForce driven Intel SSD 520 Series. Most important to desktop and even power users is the fact that regardless of workload, at the ‘normal’ range of QD 1-8, Samsung beats everyone else hands down (and outright embarrasses its 470 Series predecessor). I expect to see some extremely low latencies on the next page.
Light desktop usage sees QD figures between 1 and 4. Heavy / power user loads run at 8 and higher. Most SSD’s are not capable of effectively handling anything higher than QD=32, which explains the plateaus.
Thanks Al, I was stuck
Thanks Al, I was stuck between this and the 520. I’ll pretty much get which ever one I can for the least amount when I start my build.
Got one of the 256Gb 830’s
Got one of the 256Gb 830’s when they first came out last fall. Compared to the OCZ and Kingston HyperX SSDs I had before, I have not had one issue at all with the Samsung. Fast and reliable.
How does a Crucial M4 hold up
How does a Crucial M4 hold up against one of these Samsung 830? The reason I ask is I have a M4 NIB, should I return it for one of these 830’s?
I would trade it for the 830.
I would trade it for the 830. The M4 is no slouch, but the 830 reviews seem to have been quite positive, all across the board.
Has anyone here upgraded from
Has anyone here upgraded from an older SATA3 Intel or other SSD to one of these at SATA6 and noticed any difference in system responsiveness, boot-up, application load times, etc. Trying to determine if its a worthy upgrade to an older SSD.
The M4 is a disaster.
The M4 is a disaster. Massive, unpublished and unacknowledged issues with driver compatibility (especially the vital Intel RST set) that prevent correct sleeping behavior and will keep your event logs full of red warnings.
I RMA’ed mine (I had a 120GB M4 going into my latest PC) and replaced it with a similarly sized Intel 320. Despite the slower interface, the Intel SSD is noticeably more responsive (probably due to the high I/O performance at low QD, and the excellent random read performance) and certainly less buggy.
Sleep works now!
Interesting, I never heard a
Interesting, I never heard a single complaint about the M4’s, and I’ve sold plenty of them (less so since the 830s were released). To get nit-picky, there isn’t a 120GB version of the M4. I think you mean 128GB.
Great review! I love the
Great review! I love the 830s, and I sell a ton of them. I’d like to see some head to head numbers vs the OCZ Agility and Vertex 3’s. Most customers are interested in the OCZ drives because the price is better and the advertised read/write speeds are sexier. To throw in the M4’s would be great, given that the prices of the Crucial drives are close to Samsung’s prices.
i paid 130 for my m4 128gb.
i paid 130 for my m4 128gb. is the price difference worth it for an 830?
Allyn- can you maybe explain
Allyn- can you maybe explain the IOMeter results a bit more? I’m a little confused how your results show the 830 outperforming the Intel 520 by such a large margin, when other review sites, for example let’s say one that does ‘storage review(s)’, shows a different story- with the 830 actually lagging a bit in IOPS.
Thanks.
-Chris
Allyn- can you maybe explain
Allyn- can you maybe explain the IOMeter results a bit more? I’m a little confused how your results show the 830 outperforming the Intel 520 by such a large margin, when other review sites, for example let’s say one that does ‘storage review(s)’, shows a different story- with the 830 actually lagging a bit in IOPS.
Thanks.
-Chris
Are these normal speeds for
Are these normal speeds for samsung 128gb 830 as a system drive in win7? (seq write @200)
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/103221/as-ssd-bench%20SAMSUNG%20SSD%20830%20%202012-03-31%2012-38-09.png
great test, can you give me
great test, can you give me the 64 version please 🙂
The 128Gb is now down to £80
The 128Gb is now down to £80 at a number of outlets – the price of these is now making conventional disks a bit pointless unless less you have major amounts of data.
WHERE IS THE PCPER LOGO
WHERE IS THE PCPER LOGO HERE!!! http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820147163 and thanks al i made my ssd decision
WHERE IS THE PCPER LOGO
WHERE IS THE PCPER LOGO HERE!!! http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820147163 and thanks al i made my ssd decision