World Exclusive Review: Intel G3 SSD 80GB
Introduction
Intel third-generation SSDs—— 320 series solid state drives(also called G3) will launch at the end of this month,which have got widely attention,as Intel SSDs are always considered to feature decent performance and quite popular with many consumers.
Although Intel 320 series SSDs haven’t been officially introduced,we bought one at Taobao(Just like Ebay but it is in China),the one we got was an 80GB model.Now let’s go on to see how the SSD will perform.
The packing box of Intel 320 series SSDs stick to the color blue.And the accessories include power cable,data cable and 2.5-inch to 3.5-inch mounting bracket.
Page 1: Introduction
Page 2: Intel 320 series SSD Previewed
Page 3: Benchmark Platform & Settings
Page 4: ATTO Disk Benchmark Test
Page 5: Crystal Disk Mark Test
Page 6: HD Tune Pro Test
Page 7: HD Tach RW Test
Page 8: AS SSD Benchmark Test
Page 9: Iometer Test
Page 10: Conclusion
March 24th, 2011 at 12:02 am
Is this another mistake by chinese testing the G3? There are other reviews out there where people got hands on G3s on the chinese market but they turned out to be G2s instead…
March 24th, 2011 at 11:38 am
Dear Chiao,thanking you for supporting our review,but I should say that it’s absolutely not the mistake for testing the G3.As you can see from the tag,it labels “320 series”.We assure you of the integrity and accuracy of our review.Thanks!
March 24th, 2011 at 4:37 pm
Maybe the reason for the low write speed improvement, that this model only have capacity of 80GB, and because of the 25nm manufacturing process there is too few channels with this capacity.
I’d look forward to test the write speed of another model with at least 160GB capacity.
March 25th, 2011 at 12:53 am
For the 4K Random R/W, it is only 5433/10976 IOPS?? Is that correct?
March 25th, 2011 at 1:01 pm
Dear JL,yes,for the 4K Random R/W,it is only 5433/10976 IOPS.As in average random throughout test,we conducted it under QD1 setting.
March 25th, 2011 at 8:07 pm
What about AES128 encryption? This is the only feature this drive can compete on todays market with. Is it internal like in all cheap SF1200 ssds which to be honest does not increase security at all or… maybe it offers user selectable passphrase? If the latter, what implementation intel chose: pre-boot authentication or bios-supported authentication. If the first what OSes are supported, what boot loaders are compatible with, what’s the performance hit (if any) etc. This feature is essential for laptop users.
March 25th, 2011 at 11:56 pm
In conclusion, we waited 6 months for this shit, Intel you’re good, cheaper production processes but a more expensive SSD.
A big thumbs up to Intel
March 26th, 2011 at 6:13 pm
Is the power consumption improved a little or is there a notable diference between old one and new one? I haven´t found it in your review (sory if I´m blind – only on second page you say, that power consumption is improved slightly and it is quite subjective term…). Thanks for good work anyway!
March 28th, 2011 at 8:48 pm
Bad Test, 80GB Intel SSDs always don’t perform well, if you just look at performance differences of Postville 80GB and 120/160 in regards of IOPS and writes
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