Comparing SSD Performance Results
Last updated
January 8, 2010
This simplified view really doesn’t tell the whole story, be sure to see the full performance graph.
Figures are MB/sec, using Mac OS X file system APIs.
The OWC Mercury Extreme offers the best write performance, but it is also much more consistent, see the full plot.
Average speed across the volume
after seasoning
The OWC Mercury Extreme offers the same read performance as the Crucial RealSSD on the test system with SATA 3Gb/sec. In a system with SATA 6Gb/sec, the Crucial RealSSD might perform faster, but no Mac has that capability internally as yet.
Average speed across the volume
after seasoning
