G+_Charles Griffin Posted August 29, 2015 Share Posted August 29, 2015 Thinking about upgrading the SSD in my mini-PC and I wonder who makes the fastest consumer grade. I have a Sandisk in it now, which is fast, but of course I want faster. I really don't have many options to update the system, except for a faster drive. I usually shop at Newegg and I'm thinking the Intel's might be the fastest. Opinions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Kevin McBride Posted August 30, 2015 Share Posted August 30, 2015 Samsung Evo Pro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ Posted August 30, 2015 Share Posted August 30, 2015 Does the PC support SATA rev 3?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Charles Griffin Posted August 30, 2015 Author Share Posted August 30, 2015 Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ The drive is revision 3.0, but the system is a 3.0gb's connection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ Posted August 30, 2015 Share Posted August 30, 2015 Ok... then it really doesn't matter... Even a low-cost SSD will max out your SATA Rev 2 bus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Charles Griffin Posted August 30, 2015 Author Share Posted August 30, 2015 Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ Even so, you don't there would be any improved performance if I swapped the Sandisk for say a Samsung 850 EVO? The cheaper SSD's benchmark so low. I guess I was thinking the better ones would read/write somewhat faster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ Posted August 30, 2015 Share Posted August 30, 2015 Nope. -- Higher-end SSDs read and write faster... but if you're not using SATA Rev 3, then you can't take advantage of the faster reads and writes. As long as your existing SSD can read/write at 300MBps, it's as fast as it's going to get. One thing you can do to speed up the drive is to run a "garbage collection" program on the drive, but otherwise... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_John Valentine Posted August 30, 2015 Share Posted August 30, 2015 Charles Griffin? I'm guessing there's no card option, being a mini PC? One of the downsides of a presumably mini itx solution. If on the other hand it's a small form factor style and accepts half-height cards, just whack a sata card in and strap a Samsung evo to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Charles Griffin Posted August 30, 2015 Author Share Posted August 30, 2015 Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ I actually have a couple of machines that are SATA revision 2 and neither scores as much 300MB/ps when tested with ATTO benchmark, not that I fully understand the test. I am able to see that neither read nor write reaches 300 at any point in the test. I was just thinking I can tweak these with better SSD's, but it sounds as if I'm wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Charles Griffin Posted August 31, 2015 Author Share Posted August 31, 2015 I realized my question got side tracked on the capabilities of my machines and I am still looking for opinions on what company makes the fastest SSD. Opinions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_John Valentine Posted August 31, 2015 Share Posted August 31, 2015 The Samsung evo is objectively the fastest and best allrounder. Many online benchmarks to prove it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 John Valentine Well... it's hard to say "objectively" --- it depends on which metrics to weigh. For example, the Samsung 850 Evo will average 487MBps Read / 396MBps write -- The Kingston HyperX Savage will average 496MBps read // 465MBps write. On the other hand, the EVO will do 36.4MBps / 70.8MBps read//write at 4k, while the Savage will pull 23.9/64.5. And on the OTHER, other hand, the Evo will do 369MBps mixed IO to the Savage's 460MBps, while it trounces the Kingston in 4K mixed IO (32.3MBps to 12.5MBps) The TLDR version? -- The performance of the high-end SSDs from reputable manufacturers are with the margin of error within each other. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Charles Griffin Posted September 1, 2015 Author Share Posted September 1, 2015 Thanks for the comments. I knew there were lots of smart people in the community. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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