G. Skill Titan 256GB SSD Review

SIS Sandra

This test was run with the removable storage benchmark in Sandra XII Standard. All of the scores are calculated in operations per second and have been averaged out from the scores of 4 test runs.


While we are not overly fond of this synthetic benchmark, due to near random like inconsistency, it does appear Sandra loves the Titan. Scores this big is certainly impressive and while they may have very little bearing on real world results they do make for some pretty decent bragging rights.

ATTO Disk Benchmark

The ATTO disk benchmark tests the drives read and write speeds using gradually larger size files. For these tests, the ATTO program was set to run from its smallest to largest value (.5KB to 8192KB) and the total length was set to 256MB. The test program then spits out an extrapolated performance figure in megabytes per second.

Read


We do find it interesting that G. Skill has actually under estimated (or at the very least downplayed) the power of this drive. This drive is supposedly only rated for a maximum speed of 200MB/s but as you can clearly see it exceeds this number by about the half way mark of the test.

On the down side, at the low end of the spectrum (or to be precise the first four smallest chunks from .5 to 4k) the Titan is about as fast as the Warp V2. To put it another way, the low end of the spectrum is where the negatives associated with underpowered RAID controllers and higher latencies come out to play. In this range the Titan is tied for dead last….but it quickly stages a comeback. By the time we get to 32KB chunks of data the Titan has gone from last to second place and heck as early as 8KB chunks is the second fastest SSD we have tested….and this is where it stays, right at the number 2 slot. It may not be as fast as the X25 but it’s no slacker either, and these are some very good numbers.

Write


As with the Read speeds, G. Skill has once again downplayed or underrated the performance of this SSD. It easily beats its rated top write speed of 160MB/s in the last quarter and stays there right to the end. It is refreshing when companies are humble about their numbers and it really does tell you a lot about the company behind them.