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Samsung 470 Series SSD 256GB review
It's a peculiarity of the current market for solid state drives that a largely unheralded little outfit known as SandForce makes the dominant SSD controller chipset. Not, perhaps, for much longer. The big boys are fighting back and one of the early salvos takes the form of the new Samsung SSD 470 Series 256GB.In terms of claimed data throughput, it puts Samsung right back in the game with claimed sequential read and write performance of 250MB/s and 220MB/s.For context, the SandForce based Corsair Force F240 240GB weighs in with theoretical throughputs of 285MB/s and 275MB/s.As for maximum IOPs, the Samsung SSD 470 Series 256GB is a little further off the pace with ratings of 31,000 for reads and 21,000 for writes. Corsair says the F240 cranks out 50,000 IOPs. However, when it comes to SSDs, the official specifications don't always square precisely with real-world performance. Let's see just what this new Sammy is capable of. Long term performance is the big worry with SSDs. Early drives delivered scorching performance out of the box, but quickly went down the toilet with intensive usage. To simulate a used drive, we install Windows 7 and then stuff each SSD full of data. This used to be enough to make SSDs suffer slow downs. More recent SSDs are much more resilient.
Samsung 470 Series 256GB SSD
Samsung has long been a player in solid-state drives, but usually behind the scenes. As one of the largest flash memory makers on the planet, of course, its NAND modules have been used in many SSDs, and it’s one of the largest providers of SSDs to OEMs. The 470 Series, however, marks Samsung’s first foray into the retail market. Samsung claims tight vertical integration—it makes every part of the 470-series SSD, from the controller to the DRAM cache to the NAND flash modules—gives it an edge over other SSD manufacturers, who more often use third-party controllers (from Indilinx, SandForce, etc.) and off-the-shelf NAND. Samsung, on the other hand, can develop a holistic solution with NAND and a controller that were made for each other. Samsung’s multicore controller, for example, is the first to support toggle-mode NAND, and Samsung says the controller is optimized for random-write speeds. But does this integration mean a better experience for the end-user? It certainly doesn’t hurt. Samsung’s 256GB 470 Series drive offers performance competitive with current-gen SandForce-based drives, like the Patriot Inferno, as well as Barefoot Indilinx drives. At 216MB/s and 221MB/s, respectively, its sustained read and write speeds are within a few MB/s of the Patriot Inferno we tested in October.
Samsung 470 Series 256GB SSD Review
In some ways, Samsung is a silicon ninja in the solid state drive (SSD) space. How so you ask? While most of the competition is all too happy to blitz the SSD market amid much fanfare and ballyhooing, Samsung just quietly does its thing and usually flies under the radar a bit. Whether you realize it or not, Samsung has been churning out their own SSDs for some time (as well as the actual NAND Flash chips themselves of course), only up until now they've come pre-packaged with OEM notebooks or rebadged under another company's branding. With the introduction of the new 470 series, Samsung is finally selling its own branded SSDs, but that's not all. Pop the hood and you'll find the Samsung label through and through, from the memory chips to the custom controller -- no Indilinx or SandForce hardware here, folks. Though branding an entire SSD line the "470 series" may come off as a bit, well, boring, there's a reason why Samsung chose that designation. It represents the total rated throughput, including "industry leading performance of up to 250MB/s sequential read speed and 220MB/s sequential write speed." Add the two together and you arrive at 470.
Samsung 470 Series 256GB SSD Review
We've been following the evolution of solid-state drives for some time now, highlighting the most relevant offerings at any given time, and noting the impact that newer controllers have had in improving performance. The first and most significant step towards mainstream adoption was made by Intel mid-2008 when they released their affordable 50nm MLC-based X25-M drives which at the time offered significantly better performance than any other competing product. Shortly after, towards the end of 2008 newer drives started to surface carrying a controller from Indilinx called "Barefoot", most notable of which was the OCZ Vertex series. The Barefoot controller closed the performance gap on the Intel X25-M while reducing SSD prices at the same time. Further down the track around mid-2009 a new breed of solid-state drives started to emerge based on a Samsung controller (code-name S3C29RBB01-YK40). OCZ were quick to jump on it releasing the Summit series. We test drove the 120GB model, but found that the Samsung controller delivered mixed results, usually coming close or at times beating the competition put forth by the Barefoot Indilinx or the Intel X25-M.
Samsung 256GB SSD 470 Series Review
It's not often you find an internal drive where the manufacturer has given obvious thought to aesthetics, but Samsung's new 256GB 470 Series SSD bucks the trend. From its Apple-style packaging to its distinctive casing, the SSD certainly stands out from the crowd. Has Samsung spent too much time on unnecessary design and not enough on performance, though? Check out the full SlashGear review after the cut. We're used to SSDs being packaged in basic cardboard boxes - and Samsung do offer an OEM version of the 470 Series drive with more mundane packaging and a basic casing - so this new 256GB is particularly distinctive. The plastic packaging is reminiscent of an iPod, while the SSD itself is finished in glossy plastic and brushed metal with bright orange highlights. Most of the time you'll never see it past installation, of course, but it has a premium feel that sets it apart from the more business-like Intel X25-M. The drive itself is a 2.5-inch model with a SATA 3GB/s interface. This 256GB SKU is the largest - Samsung also offers 64GB and 128GB versions, the capacity neatly stencilled onto the corner of the drive - and uses homegrown Samsung controllers and NAND flash. There are also two 128MB cache chips, for a total of 256MB.
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Samsung Series 470 MZ-5PA256/US 256GB SATA II SSD Hard Drive | $399 | See it |
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