[SSD/HDD] 10 mSATA SSDs From Adata, Crucial, Mushkin, And OCZ

Test Setup And Benchmarks

Test Hardware
Processor
Motherboard
Memory
System Drive 
Tested Drives



























Graphics
Power Supply
System Software and Drivers
Operating SystemDirectX 
Driver

Intel Core i5-2400 (Sandy Bridge), 32 nm, 3.1 GHz, LGA 1155, 6 MB Shared L3, Turbo Boost Enabled

Gigabyte G1.Sniper M3

Kingston Hyper-X 8 GB (2 x 4 GB) DDR3-1333 @ DDR3-1333, 1.5 V

OCZ Vertex 3 240 GB SATA 6Gb/s

Adata XPG SX300 64 GB SATA 6Gb/s, Firmware: -

Adata XPG SX300 128 GB SATA 6Gb/s, Firmware: -

Adata XPG SX300 256 GB SATA 6Gb/s, Firmware: -

Crucial m4 mSATA 64 GB SATA 6Gb/s, Firmware: -

Crucial m4 mSATA 128 GB SATA 6Gb/s, Firmware: -

Crucial m4 mSATA 256 GB SATA 6Gb/s, Firmware: -

Mushkin Atlas m4 mSATA 60 GB SATA 6Gb/s, Firmware: -

Mushkin Atlas m4 mSATA 120 GB SATA 6Gb/s, Firmware: -

Mushkin Atlas m4 mSATA 240 GB SATA 6Gb/s, Firmware: -

OCZ Nocti 120 GB GB SATA 6Gb/s, Firmware: -

Intel SSD 310 80 GB SATA 3Gb/s, Firmware: -

Intel SSD 320 300 GB SATA 3Gb/s, Firmware: 1.92

Intel SSD 320 80 GB SATA 3Gb/s, Firmware: 1.92

Intel SSD 330 180 GB SATA 6Gb/s, Firmware: 300i

Intel SSD 330 120 GB SATA 6Gb/s, Firmware: 300i

Samsung 830 256 GB SATA 6Gb/s, Firmware: CXMO

Samsung 830 64 GB SATA 6Gb/s, Firmware: CXMO

Crucial m4 256 GB SATA 6Gb/s Firmware: 0309

Crucial m4 64 GB SATA 6Gb/s Firmware: 0009

OCZ Vertex 3 240 GB SATA 6Gb/s, Firmware: 2.15

OCZ Vertex 3 120 GB SATA 6Gb/s, Firmware: 2.22

OCZ Vertex 3 60 GB SATA 6Gb/s, Firmware: 2.15

OCZ Agility 3 240 GB SATA 6Gb/s, Firmware: 2.22

OCZ Agility 3 120 GB SATA 6Gb/s, Firmware: 2.22

OCZ Agility 3 60 GB SATA 6Gb/s, Firmware: 2.22

OCZ Vertex 4 256 GB SATA 6Gb/s, Firmware: 1.5

OCZ Agility 4 256 GB SATA 6Gb/s, Firmware: 1.5

OCZ Agility 4 128 GB SATA 6Gb/s, Firmware: 1.5

OCZ Vertex 4 64 GB SATA 6Gb/s, Firmware: 1.5

Palit GeForce GTX 460 1 GB

Seasonic 760 W, 80 PLUS Gold

Windows 7 x64 Ultimate

DirectX 11

Graphics: Nvidia 270.61  RST: 10.6.0.1002 Virtu: 1.1.101

Benchmarks
Tom's Hardware Storage Bench v1.0
Iometer 1.1.0
PCMark 7

Trace-Based

# Workers = 1, 4 KB Random: LBA=8 GB, varying QDs, 128 KB Sequential

Storage Suite

Adata XPG SX300 mSATA SSDs

Crucial m4 mSATA SSDs

Mushkin Enhanced Atlas mSATA SSDs

OCZ Nocti mSATA SSD

PCMark 7 And Power Consumption

Real-World File Transfer Tests

mSATA: 

Little Dimensions Can Still Mean Big Performance

Cost Breakdown
Market Price
Price Per GB
Adata XPG X300 64 GB
Adata XPG X300 128 GB
Adata XPG X300 256 GB
Crucial m4 mSATA 64 GBCrucial m4 mSATA 128 GBCrucial m4 mSATA 256 GBIntel SSD 310 80 GB
Mushkin Enhanced Atlas 60 GB
Mushkin Enhanced Atlas 120 GBMushkin Enhanced Atlas 240 GBOCZ Nocti 120 GB

＄90	＄1.41
＄130	＄1.02
＄270	＄1.05
＄70	＄1.09
＄115	＄0.90
＄200	＄0.78
＄180	＄2.25
＄75	＄1.25
＄120	＄1.00
＄210	＄0.88
＄130	＄1.08