- 2.5"
- 120GB
- SATA III
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04/08/2012
This review is from: Mushkin Enhanced Chronos 2.5" 120GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) MKNSSDCR120GB
Pros:
Fast write speeds, SATA III, Made in USA, 2.5->3.5 bracket. Finally a capacity decent for a system drive at a decent (~$1/gb) price when on sale
Cons:
Was not recognized by my (SATA-II) Gigabyte GA-MA790XT-UD4P board. I had to format it with the Windows 7 setup disk on an ancient (SATA-I) Dell Optiplex 620GX before I could even view it in the bios or my existing Win7 Ultimate install. After loading the OS, I benched it with CrystalDiskMark and it told me the drive was not attached so I did a windows disk scan and found bad clusters (not bad sectors)...The guy on their forum assured me the drive is fine. And so far it has been...
Overall Review:
This disk is significantly slower at reads than a 2nd gen Intel x-25M 80gb. By about 30%. Mushkin recommended using ATTO benchmark software, which gave read results comparable. But the Intel then gave 1,800 MB/s write, so I'm hesitant to trust that software. I'm hoping a new SATA-III board will alleviate these crazy (unimpressive) bench results.
CrystalDiskMark x64 3.0.1 results:
Size: Read: Write: (MB/s)
seq 177 175
512k 163 176
4k 18 41
4kQD32: 98 13
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- Casey D.
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