!!Pictures!! OCZ Nocti 120GB mSATA SSD mini-review [ Edited ]

[rollerbldes]

Hey guys! I just got the 120GB Nocti in earlier this week. Installation was a breeze, and it's working great. I have it installed with Windows 8 Developer Preview right now. Boots up in less than 10 seconds!

Installed inside right next to the WLAN card:

AS SSD Benchmark:

AS SSD Benchmark (IOPS View):

Not bad for such a small chip, but I was kinda expecting more with the Sandforce 2181 chipset. I wonder if its something in the X220 that's holding it back...

[UPDATE]

I just ran the ATTO benchmark:

Compared to the 7200rpm stock HDD:

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[andrewma]

that's really not that good as OCZ says... even the cheaper Mydigitalssd's bullet proof is much faster.

[hermith]

He sait he was running OS from the disk. If you run OS from it the benchmarks will always be lower.

[rollerbldes]

andrewma: Yes the ASSSD sequential is quite bad, but the 4K is faster than the mydigitalssd.

hermith: I've ran the benchmark before installing Win8 when the disk was completely empty. The results only changed by 3% after the OS install, so the impact of the OS install was minimal.