Testseek.co.uk have collected 242 expert reviews of the OCZ 2.5 inch Vertex 4 Series SATA600 and the average rating is 87%. Scroll down and see all reviews for OCZ 2.5 inch Vertex 4 Series SATA600.
April 2012
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The editors liked
Excellent price
Performance ratio
Very affordable
Strong sequential performance
5 years warranty
Auto-encryption
Excellent sequential data performance
TRIM support in RAID
Decent price
Good sequential throughput
Outstanding IOPs performance
No compressionrelated bottlenecks
Fiveyear warranty as standard
Excellent all
Round performance
Price
5 year warranty shows confidence in design
Equally good with compressible and incompressible data
IOPS performance is class leading
Indilinx Everest 2 controller is the new class leader
IOPS performance is dominating
No performance hit with incompressible data
OCZ look after their customers with a 5 year warranty
Very competitive pricing
The editors didn't like
There are none
Random 4K performance could be better
Reliability concerns
Firmware update introduced more bugs
No disk migration software included in the bundle
Struggles when working with misaligned I/O
ZIP file decompression could be better
Longevity not proven yet
None we can mention
Kitguru says
The Vertex 4 is the first major update to the Solid State Market since the Sandforce 2281 controller was released
Rating
9.5
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If you want a new SSD this is the one to get. It has redefined the market
The Vertex 4 series have a strong basis and leaves me with thirst for some more. Realistically for those on Vertex 3 or for that matter any modern slash proper SATA3 based SSD -- you'll hardly miss out on anything. If anything the Vertex 4 uses the same p...
While the new firmware made the Vertex 4 better pretty much all around, there is a bit of a caveat to these results. During our steady state tests, the Vertex 4 didn't respond well, dropping from our test system. After rebooting the machine the drive woul...
Silky smooth operation as a system drive, Excellent sequential reading and writing performance, Outstanding 4K random I/O performance at low and high queue depths, SATA 6Gbps support, TRIM support under Windows 7, Ultra fast access times, Completely
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Let us summarise the most important positive and negative points belowPositiveSilky smooth operation as a system drive.Excellent sequential reading and writing performance.Outstanding 4K random I/O performance at low and high queue depths.SATA 6Gbps suppo...
Excellent Random PerformanceThe appearance of OCZ Vertex 4 SSD means the birth of a new controller (a new firmware included as well), Everest 2(or maybe Marvell 88SS9187) has abundant function, it supports on-chip RAID functionality, advanced ECC sche...
Indilinx Everest 2 controller has great potential, OCZ has proven track record of postrelease performance upgrades via firmware support, 5Year Warranty,
Shipping firmware is very stable and compatible but lacks truly competitive performance (v1.30).
I've entitled this section 'Thoughts' because I won't consider the Vertex 4 'Final' until it sees a second shipping firmware revision. The Vertex 4 is an exciting product with a very capable Indilinx controller, and while I can understand OCZs desire ...
After years of begging, OCZ has finally delivered much of what we've wanted in an SSD: low write amplification and very good random/sequential write performance. It could use a more aggressive real-time garbage collection algorithm but running an OS with...
The all new Vertex 4 series seems to be a strong basis and leaves me with thirst for some more. Realistically for those on Vertex 3 or for that matter any modern slash proper SATA3 based SSD -- you'll hardly miss out on anything. If anything the Vertex 4...
OCZ has been one of the most aggressive SSD makers when it comes to rolling out drives based on new controller technology, and the Vertex 4 fits nicely with that tendency. Not even six months after the Octane gave us our first taste of Indilinx's Everest...
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Published: 2012-04-04, Author: Joe , review by: legitreviews.com
You owned the original Vertex drive and now that the Indilinx controller has returned to power the fourth generation Vertex backed with impressive performance numbers, your will to resist the upgrade as been thwarted by both the attractive price poin...
Published: 2012-04-04, Author: Matthew , review by: pcmag.com
Fast overall. Balances performance well regardless of data compression. Covered by five-year warranty.
Inconsistent performances between workloads, activity types
OCZ?s latest refresh of its Vertex line of solid-state drives addresses some crucial issues, but the changes won?t make it the ideal SSD for everyone....
