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| by AkG | March 4, 2009 | ||
| Crystal DiskMark Crystal DiskMarkCrystal DiskMark is designed to quickly test the performance of your hard drives. Currently, the program allows to measure sequential and random read/write speeds; and allows you to set the number of tests iterations to run. We left the number of tests at 5. When all 5 tests for a given section were run Crystal DiskMark then averages out all 5 numbers to give a result for that section. Read  These are some really good numbers; numbers which destroy a VelociRaptor The sequential and 512 numbers are important but what we like to really look at is the 4K sector test. NAND Flash chips are arranged in 4K blocks and 16+MB/s is awfully, awfully impressive. Of course, the single JM602 with its more linear data pathways does fall short of Intel’s 10 parallel lane setup, but it is closer than one would think for such a price disparity. Write  It seems the JMicron controller is once again limiting the write performance of this drive. We know the NAND chips are capable of so much more, but it is like having a monster V10 8.0L engine….and sticking a miserly 4 cylinder 3 liter econo-box’s fuel pump on it. It can do way more than this yet that bottlenecking controller is holding it back….way back. What a pity. | ||
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