G.Skill Falcon II 128GB SSD Review

ATTO Disk Benchmark

The ATTO disk benchmark tests the drive’s 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


After the HDTach numbers this drive posted we are not that surprised with the fact that (except for one or two noticeably lower postings) the Falcon 2 has the same but slightly lower read curve as the other Indilinx models we have looked at. To be honest this really was expected and even if we had run this test first it would not have been shocking as there is very little difference on the read end of things between high end NAND and more value orientated NAND.


Write


Things are not quite as cut and dry on the write end of things as they were with the read. While the curve is decent, it is not as smooth as it is with Samsung NAND based Falcon 1 drive we have looked at in the past. It starts out and ends in roughly the same place (slightly slower than the original Falcon) but there is a intriguing peak at the 8KB range which is much higher than the original’s, but then for the next three sizes it loses significantly before catching up. If we were to hazard a guess or three we would say the slightly elevated peak and drops are more than likely due to firmware differences and the NAND is not the limiting factor in any of these modern Indilinx SSDs.