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    x220 128gb SSD option with benchmarks

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by westseen, Aug 18, 2011.

  1. westseen

    westseen Newbie

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    I would like to address the performance and further issues surrounding the 128gb
    SSD option lenovo has on the x220.

    There are two varieties of this SSD which Lenovo offers under the option:
    -128 GB Solid State Drive, Serial ATA
    These drives are:
    SAMSUNG MZ7PA128HMCD-010L1
    &
    TOSHIBA THNSNC128GCSJ

    I purchased the 128 GB drive, I received the Toshiba. Below are the benchmarks, disappointing 4k performance...
    ToshibaBenchmark.png
    the hard disk score was: 6.9 (got cut off)

    The WEI score for the hard disk was quite surprising for a SSD...
    X220WEI.png


    The Samsung drive benchmarks... with benchmarks for a stock HD on the left and the intel 160gb drive on the right
    from: <http://www.the-hikaku.com/pc/lenovo/ThinkPad-X220-4.html>
    x220-4-bench.jpg

    WEI scores for the Samsung drive are 7.6-7.7, the source above got a 7.6.

    Conclusion:
    The there seems to be an inequality in the performance offered by the two
    drives Lenovo casts under the same name. I won't say the 128 gb SSD option
    is a bad choice, but for $280 extra I would have expected performance like
    that of the samsung in both drives.

    Feel free to post benckmarks from other SSD drives whether one of the 128gb options or some other drive.
     
    westseen, Aug 18, 2011
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  2. vivithemage

    vivithemage Notebook Evangelist

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    vivithemage, Aug 18, 2011
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  3. ThiPaX40

    ThiPaX40 Notebook Consultant

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    X220 tablet with Crucial M4 128GB: Scores are similar as the ones ViVi posted (AHCI mode), WEI score for the SSD data transfer rate is 7,9
     
    ThiPaX40, Aug 18, 2011
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