Patriot Warp v2 128GB SSD Review

Real World Performance

XP Start Up

When it comes to hard drive performance there is one area that even the most oblivious user notices: how long it takes to load the Operating System. For our tests the clock starts as soon as the system “beeps!” and stops when our Anti-Virus splash screen disappears. While all the other tests were run with a streamlined XP image this particular image is the test bed's “day to day” OS and it has accumulated a lot of crud over the months from installs and removals. We chose the Anti-Virus splash screen as our finish line as it is the last program to be loaded on start up.


There are no ifs, ands or buts about it, this drive is fast when it comes to reads; and a 45 second boot up is the best we have ever had with this particular setup. It’s faster than a X25, a WD 640 or even our beloved VelociRaptor and that right there speaks volumes about the power of this drive. However, just remember that a 1 second difference is well within the margin of error.


Adobe CS3 Load Time

Photoshop is a notoriously slow loading program under the best of circumstances, but when you add in a bunch of extra brushes and the such you get a really great torture test which can bring even the best of the best to their knees. Let’s see how our review unit fared in the Adobe crucible!


As with XP load times, the Patriot Warp v2 simply rules the roost. It consistently pulled in times which left the competition in the dust. Considering the price point of some of the drives it is beating that is awfully, awfully impressive.