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
5-Year Warranty, Competitive Pricing, Great Random Access Performance
Relatively Low Sequential Transfers, Not Clearly Faster than Vertex 3
To test sequential reads (and writes) we also did some real-world file copy tests using a 5.7GB compressed file and timed the results. As you'd expect looking back at the Vertex 4's write performance, it came in with the best write speeds. The Vertex 4's...
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
Nothing to mention
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...
No performance drop with incompressible data, Even steady-state speeds, Best random 4K performance, Performance scales with capacity
Didn't excel in our real-world benchmarks, Client mixed-workloads could be better
The Vertex 4 highlights OCZ's commitment to building a deep IP portfolio to further enhance their SSD offerings. As a whole, we found the Vertex 4 to be a reliable performer, distinguishing itself in random 4K performance. Additionally, the Vertex 4 doesn...
Abstract: OCZ’s showcase of their latest flagship SSD turned their Cebit presence in possibly one of the most anticipated product launches for PC enthusiasts on show. During Computex we got the chance to talk to the marketing pillars behind the speed leaders in...
Abstract: A while ago, there was a Hong Kong serial drama called "Links to Temptation". Frankly, it has one of the worst storylines I have ever seen. It begins with a barrister who travels to Macau with his family, and encounters a pole dancer of whom he falls m...
Thanks to quick and effective firmware updates, the Vertex 4 128GB has rapidly matured into an excellent drive that continues the legacy first started by OCZ’s original Vertex 120GB. Even though the Vertex 4 128GB SSD may not be able to match the sheer...
Indilinx Everest 2 Controller, Low price point, Performance, Responsiveness, Five year warranty...
Sequential reads...
When you look at what the Vertex 4 brings to the table it's hard not to be impressed. Equipped with OCZ's latest Indilinx controller that is optimized to work with data streams of varying compressibility without running into performance bottlenecks, t...
With the Everest 2 controller, OCZ has shown what it takes to be a winner in the SSD market. They have not only eliminated the inherent weakness of relying solely upon third party manufacturers for their high end drive models, but at the same time have...
