Micron C400 mSATA (128GB) SSD Review
by Anand Lal Shimpi on April 10, 2012 8:00 AM ESTTRIM Performance
To ensure TRIM's functionality and understand the SSD's behavior in a highly fragmented state I wrote sequential data across all user addressable LBAs and then wrote random data (4KB, QD=32) for 20 minutes across all LBAs. Finally I used HDTach to give me a simple visualization of write performance across all available LBAs (aka the Malventano Method):
This pattern is what we've come to expect from the C400/m4. TRIMing the drive completely restores performance of course, but if you're running a highly random workload you're going to see a fairly sharp drop off in performance as the C400/m4 were really only designed for client workloads.
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Chaitanya - Tuesday, April 10, 2012 - link
Is conclusion page missing? or it is not present intentionally.bobsmith1492 - Tuesday, April 10, 2012 - link
Same as the last article... this one is just a refresher so all the conclusions are on the first page and the rest are just backup data.ImSpartacus - Tuesday, April 10, 2012 - link
That's a neat way of doing it.I hope Anandtech can still do in-depth looks at important products, but this format is a happy medium for less important products that still deserve a review.
icrf - Tuesday, April 10, 2012 - link
I agree. I like the format. They could probably tell from access logs that a lot of readers do what I do: read the first page (introduction), then read the last page (conclusion), skipping everything in between. It makes life easier, even if costs you a page of ad impressions.LancerVI - Tuesday, April 10, 2012 - link
....and that's the truth of it. I agree!johan851 - Tuesday, April 10, 2012 - link
I like the layout also. Though you'll get less ad revenue when I skip the rest of the pages. ;)AssBall - Tuesday, April 10, 2012 - link
I agree and hope to see some of the mobo reviews follow suit, after the nice and complete initial chipset analysis reviews you don't really need a full blown review, just the basics.CaioRearte - Tuesday, April 10, 2012 - link
I don't think so. When you're reading something that's interesting, I think you tend to check out the ads more than when you're just scrolling down pages of benchmarks.leexgx - Thursday, April 12, 2012 - link
i only use the Print page button (do not print it) as it makes all the pages onto one page (wish other sites would do it) so its only 1 page changei prefer to have one full page that's just me
jaydee - Tuesday, April 10, 2012 - link
Price, availability?