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Patriot Inferno 60GB SSD Review

Test Setup and IO Meter

Published: 10th January 2011 | Source: Patriot | Price: £115 | Author: Bryan Waters

Test Setup

Patriot Inferno 60GB
ASUS Rampage III
Intel Core i7-920 @ 3.8GHz
Noctua NH-D14
6GB Corsair Dominator GT
EVGA GTX570
Windows 7 x64

IO Meter

IO Meter tests the input and output operations per second. For this test we're using 4KB data blocks which are a nice balance between the tiny sized data blocks that give all drives problems, and the larger sized ones that are handled easily. 

Read

IOMeter gives a good indication of overall performance and as you can see here in the read test we're getting just over 220MB/s. A long way short of the proclaimed 290MB/s but around the IO Meter results we've seen previously from SandForce equipped drives.

Write

Writing performance has always been a strong suit of the SandForce and so it proves with the Inferno reaching nearly 240MB/s. A very good figure indeed.

Most Recent Comments

10-01-2011, 05:56:59

tinytomlogan

Today we take a look at a Sandforce based SSD from Memory giants Patriot. Have the early problems been ironed out?

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10-01-2011, 06:25:49

Alicarve

been wondering what these are like, good review from bryan

10-01-2011, 09:13:42

chudley

Very Well written review Bryan, I do have a couple of questions and it may be an oversight by me, what OS were you using? and was it 32bit or 64bit. I do not know how much this may impact on results and wonder whether that is also a test that should be done just to see if different OS do make a difference.

10-01-2011, 09:18:28

SnW

Quote:

Originally Posted by chudley Very Well written review Bryan, I do have a couple of questions and it may be an oversight by me, what OS were you using? and was it 32bit or 64bit. I do not know how much this may impact on results and wonder whether that is also a test that should be done just to see if different OS do make a difference.

Test Setup

Patriot Inferno 60GB

ASUS Rampage III

Intel Core i7-920 @ 3.8GHz

Noctua NH-D14

6GB Corsair Dominator GT

EVGA GTX570

Windows 7 x64

Its time for a new SSD for me ...

10-01-2011, 09:28:31

Alicarve

Quote:

Originally Posted by SnW Its time for a new SSD for me ...

i haven't even got one yet still waiting for more of a price drop lol

10-01-2011, 10:59:36

chudley

@SnW thanks for putting my eyes in couldn't see that despite looking for it twice before posting.

10-01-2011, 14:56:18

VonBlade

It's quite alright we all miss things. Thank you for the nice comments.

The OS wont make a difference unless you're using XP. TRIM doesn't work with XP, kinda with Vista and fine with Win 7.

Although if you're not on Win 7 by now, you really should make that your prior investment.

It's a demon little drive for the money. Just so lovely to see one that isn't black. Little things

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