G.Skill Falcon II 64GB SSD
Jun 15th, 2010 | By NivedhCrystal Disk Mark
Crystal Disk Mark gives us sequential transfer rates as well as 4KB and 512KB random transfer rates with different queue depths. The Falcon II puts down read speeds of over 180 MB/s and write speeds near 80 MB/s. When the drive is full, there is a small performance hit for most of the tests; however, it is odd that the drive actually performed better when full in the sequential tests.
SiSoft Sandra
HD Tune
In HD Tune, we see a similar story from the consolidated results. The Falcon II SSD has an access time of just 0.2 ms while the magnetic Western Digital drive’s access time is 87 times longer, at 17.4 ms.
Here are the detailed results if you’re interested:
WD Scorpio, Falcon II (clean), Falcon II (full).
ATTO
In ATTO, write and read speeds approach 110 and 220 MB/s respectively which is what is claimed by G.Skill. I am impressed that the manufacturer’s claims were able to be validated.
HD Tach
In HD Tach, we can see that the full drive takes a small performance hit in read performance – enough to be bested by the WD drive in burst speed.
Here are the detailed results:
WD Scorpio, Falcon II (clean), Falcon II (full).
From the results, we can see that the G.Skill Falcon II is several times faster than the conventional magnetic Western Digital Scorpio drive. This manifests itself in a noticeable briskness when using the laptop. I used the G.Skill Falcon II as my primary drive for a couple of months and used my laptop normally and in my day-to-day activities, I could actually notice the speed. Windows would also boot up much faster.