test of three models ADATA, Crucial and Transcend

test of three models ADATA, Crucial and Transcend – Today will will take a look at the Specs, Hashrate, CPU performance and also a testing of this SSD Drive. We will go into more details as it regards to the testing in the article below.

Manufacturers of the first echelon and “close” ones with special contracts (Crucial-Micron, Intel, LiteON, Plextor, Samsung, SanDisk, Toshiba, Transcend, etc.), as a rule, more or less comply with the original specifications of the released model, maneuvering in pricing policy due to a higher margin, as well as the scale of production. Although they can also present surprises.

Companies that order finished products from ODM / OEM-manufacturers with their own brands (ADATA, PQI, PNY, Silicon Power, SmartBuy, etc.) are often deprived of this opportunity. Therefore, they apply a policy of making the price cheaper by choosing cheap hardware configurations (non-original flash memory, asynchronous flash memory instead of synchronous one, simplified controller, etc.). In this case, the formal name of the model of this or that drive during its hardware “modernization” most often remains the same.

Therefore, when reading the review, you should also check the availability of newer materials on this model (not necessarily of the same volume) in the corresponding section of articles – as far as possible, we try to track changes in hardware platforms. There is a separate section on drives on Phison controllers – there is a special conversation about this developer (for example, GoodRAM C100, SmartBuy Ignition 2 and Silicon Power V55 / S55 were at one time the same drive, just with different labels and packaging).

And an overview of a particular drive at a certain moment turns into a historical reference for advanced readers and those who, by the will of fate, became the owner of the old configuration, which is often no less valuable than a reflection of the current state of affairs in the solid-state drive market. This is normal in view of the rapid growth and development of the latter.

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Continuation.
Choosing SSD 120-128 GB: test of four models OCZ, ADATA, Kingston and Silicon Power.

Bitcoin Miners Hashrate laboratory and Regard company continue an experimental joint project on mass testing of SSD drives. Last time, four models were considered: OCZ Vertex 4, ADATA XPG SX900, Kingston SSDNow V + 200 and Silicon Power Slim S70. The second review will focus on three SSDs:

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Test participants

ADATA Premier Pro SP900 128 Гбайт (ASP900S3-128GM-C)

The disc comes in a small cardboard box, which, with the exception of the color (white versus dark blue), completely repeats the packaging of the older XPG SX900 model, reviewed last time:

On the reverse side, you can find a similar sticker informing the user about the features of the SandForce controller used:

The delivery set includes two brochures and an adapter from 2.5 ” to 3.5 ” with mounting screws for installing the drive into a standard bay of the system unit.

The SSD itself is housed in a plastic box:

The disc body is metal with a glossy black finish with imitation of milling marks. On its back there is an information sticker with the name of the product model and its serial number. In addition to it, there is a sticker with the serial key of the Acronis True Image HD program (the utility itself must be downloaded from the official ADATA website).

Of all other software, the disc is accompanied only by the standard software of the LSI controller manufacturer with replaced logos

This program also needs to be downloaded from the ADATA website, and you will need to provide your email address. The ADATA product is based on 25nm MLC memory operating in asynchronous mode, SandForce SF-2281 is used as a controller.

After creating the file system (MBR, NTFS), 119.24 GB becomes available to the user.

Crucial M4 128 GB (CT128M4SSD1)

First of all, it should be noted that there are three configuration options for this model:

• Version marked CT128M4SSD1 and CT128M4SSD2: the simplest option – there is nothing in the standard delivery, only the disc itself and the box and an information booklet;
• Version marked CT128M4SSD2BAA: there is an adapter for installing this SSD into a standard bay for 3.5 ”hard drives and one SATA cable;
• Version marked CT128M4SSD2CCA: the kit includes a CD with software and a special adapter cable that allows you to connect a SATA drive to a USB connector (the cable itself is version 2.0; the drive is also powered from USB – the one to which it is connected).

In addition to these solutions, there is a model labeled CT128M4SSD3 – an option in mSATA format.

The simplest version of this media – CT128M4SSD1 – got into testing. It comes in a simple box with a hinged lid.

Inside – only the disc itself in an antistatic bag, and the entire free remaining volume of the box is occupied by a form of dense material

SSD enclosure metal, with a black finish, rough to the touch

On the bottom of the disc there is a sticker with information about the serial number of the product, its capacity and the type of connection interface; the version of the firmware that was embedded in the carrier at the factory is also indicated.