Patriot Wildfire 120GB review

Written by Harry Butler

July 27, 2011 | 13:22

Tags: #patriot-wildfire #patriot-wildfire-120gb #sata-6gbps #ssd

Companies: #patriot #sandforce

Testing Setup

To get a good idea of SSD performance, both out of the box and following extended use, we've adapted our TRIM testing methods from previous SSD reviews. Drives are first tested in a 'clean' new state, having been reset to factory performance using HDDerase.

To simulate a protracted heavy workload, we then disable TRIM and copy the entire 100GB contents of the C drive over to the SSD, filling the drive. These files include operating system files, multiple game installs, MP3s and larger video files – the typical contents of a modern hard disk.

We then re-enable TRIM, with the drive filled from the last write, and clear the drive with a standard Windows Delete command, followed by emptying of the recycle bin to ensure the TRIM command has been triggered. The drive is then left for ten minutes, to ensure the TRIM command and any garbage collection algorithms have been completed, before being retested using our suite of benchmarks.

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Common Components

  • Intel Core i5-2500K (operating at 3.3GHz – 33 x 100MHz)
  • Asus P8P67-M motherboard (Intel P67)
  • 2x 6GB Kingston 1,600MHz DDR3 memory
  • Nvidia GeForce GTS 250 512MB
  • PC Power & Cooling Silencer 750W PSU
  • Windows 7 Home Premium x86-64
  • Intel RST AHCI driver (msahci.sys)
TRIM is confirmed as running by using the command line and entering fsutil behavior query disabledeletenotify - a response of disabledeletenotify = 0 indicates that TRIM is active.

We also make use of the excellent SSD Tweaker from elpamsoft to disable Windows services such as Superfetch, Hibernation, System Restore and large system cache, in order to minimise interference with our results.
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Posted by paz45 - Wed Jul 27 2011 12:30

Mushkin Chronos deluxe 120GB

Maximum Read: 560MB/sec, Maximum Write: 515MB/sec, Random Write 4KB (Aligned): 90,000 IOPS, Controller: SandForce SF-2281

Posted by Baz - Wed Jul 27 2011 13:54

We've spoken to Mushkin about reviewing its drives, but it doesn't sell in the UK to my knowledge. Regardless, it'll likely be similar to the Wildfire; same controller, with slightly fancier NAND and possibly a tweaked firmware. I really don't think you'll be able to notice those extra IOPs in a home user environment.

Posted by KiNETiK - Wed Jul 27 2011 15:09

Baz
We've spoken to Mushkin about reviewing its drives, but it doesn't sell in the UK to my knowledge. Regardless, it'll likely be similar to the Wildfire; same controller, with slightly fancier NAND and possibly a tweaked firmware. I really don't think you'll be able to notice those extra IOPs in a home user environment.
Aria have them in stock for 200 squid

Posted by metarinka - Wed Jul 27 2011 16:16

still not quite on the mark for $/gb only 1-2 years left.
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