mSATA & 1.8" SATA SSDs available

[nando4]

>> CLICK << for 1.8" microSATA SSD list

Value recommendations: COL=high perf COL=good value. Ranked by 4kb feels faster random reads.

mSATA

mSATA drive +order link Controller Price $US per GB Perf@AHCI Win7 trim low pwr Notes 4kb.q=1|32 seq Mushkin Atlas SF2281 ?? yes yes ASYNC flash, 240GB capacity, faster Samsung PM830 Samsung ?? 21|295 484|266 yes yes review Renice K3VLAR-3 SF2281 1.9 yes yes Runcore T50 SF2281 3.0-3.3 23|113 269|181 yes yes Review-120GB Renice X3 & SF1222 2.5-4.0 23|151 219|106 yes yes Review 120GB. Runcore I50 SF1222 2.6-3.3 - - yes yes Intel 310 Intel 2.4-2.5 21|149 214|86 yes yes Review. X220 bench. OCZ Nocti SF21*1 1.9-2.3 20|81 113|80 yes yes Review-120GB. ADATA XM13 SF2141 2.4-2.5 - - yes yes Micron ReadSSD C400 88SS9174-BLD2 ?? 28|?? 453|193 yes no review: compares OCZ, Renice, Intel mSATA SSDs Samsung PM810 Samsung - 16|128 230|142 yes yes Review-64GB MyDigital Bulletproof Phison PS3105 1.5-1.6 8|74 206|164 yes yes Review-128GB, Review-64GB. Kingston mS100 Phison 1.6-1.9 ??|44 255|170 yes yes

mSATA and mPCIe SATA SSDs have different pinouts, so require modding like shown to make them interchangeable.
Neither mSATA nor mPCIe SATA SSDs can be used in wifi slots

PC notebooks with mSATA slots

Acer: Iconia Tab W500
ASUS Eee Slate EP121
Dell: M4500, M4600, M6400, M6500
Fusion Garage JOOJOO
Google: CR-48 Chrome
HP: DM4T-3xxx, Envy 15-3xxx, Envy 17-3xxx
Lenovo: K26, K47A, K47G
Lenovo IdeaPad: Y460, Y470, Y560, Y570
Lenovo ThinkPad: X220, T420s, T420, T520, L420, L520, W520
Lenovo ThinkPad Edge: E220s, E320, E420s, E420
MSI: Windpad 110W
LG: P330
Samsung: Series-7, Series-9, Series-5 Chromebook
Ultrabooks: Asus UX21/UX31, Toshiba Z835/Z830, Lenovo U300, etc.
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1.8" microSATA

mSATA-to-microSATA adapters are available. Before purchasing one of these, consider a mSATA SSD + mSATA-to-microSATA adapter here as a better futureproofing option that may give more bang-per-buck than the rarer microSATA SSDs presented below.

1.8" sata drive +order link Controller Price $US per GB Perf@AHCI Win7 trim low pwr Notes 4kb.q=1|32 seq Crucial RealSSD C300 C300 2.0 30|204 279/185 yes no Bench-128GB. Review & - high power. Renice X3 & SF1222 2.1-5.2 30|173 217/140 yes yes Sample performance. Review-60GB. OCZ Vertex 2 SF1222 2.1-3.0 30|173 217/140 yes yes Review. Intel X18M G2 Intel 1.8-3.0 22|153 229/83 yes yes Review. 80/160/240GB Intel 320 (G3) Intel 2.0 20|143 268/222 yes yes Review 2.5" OWC Mercury Aura Pro SF2181 1.6-2.9 18|134 240/168 yes yes Bench-120GB. OWC Mercury Aura Pro SF1222 ??? ???|75 199/118 yes yes Review-120GB. MyDigital Bulletproof Phison PS3105 1.4-2.0 12|82 255/203 yes yes Review-128GB Runcore ProIV Indilinx BF 1.9-2.2 22|64 228/148 yes no Review. Photofast V3 Indilinx BF 3.7-7.0 29|- 185/90 yes no Review. THNS128GG4BAAA-N Toshiba ?? 19|N/A 236/209 yes no Review. Lenovo OEM part. Kingston V+180 Samsung RB22 2.0-2.3 19|N/A 222/163 yes ?? Bench. -Slow multithreaded perf. Samsung PB22-J Samsung RB22 ?? 17|26 208/137 yes yes Bench. & Samsung 100/80 Samsung ?? 15|N/A 100/93 no yes Bench. 5400rpm HDD sata ?? 0|1 50/47 no no Bench

000: not available
??: discontinued. Can check ebay for s/h units.
N/A: no data available or drive doesn't support NCQ to allow multiqueued benchmarking.

Notes

1. adapters to use these SSDs in 2.5" systems
   - microSATA-to-SATA: US$13, US$35
   - mSATA-to-SATA: US$22
   - microSATA-to-IDE: US$15 &
   
   
2. A SATA-I interface will see performance capped to < 130MB/s.
   
   
3. Setting your SATA controller to run in AHCI mode rather than IDE mode means it can do multiple read/writes simultaneously using the NCQ giving much faster 4KB performance as shown.
   
   
4. If you have an optical drive then could also do a DIY: Adding SSD or HDD storage using an optical bay caddy using a 2.5" SATA SSD/HDD.
   
   
5. Some SSDs don't have TRIM support, meaning they rely on garbage collection to maintain write performance. Use Tony Trim to help GC along. Note too that XP/VISTA doesn't support TRIM. Only Win7 does.
   
   
6. flashfire accelerator increases small file writes on older SSDs.

PC notebooks with 1.8" microSATA drives

Dell Latitude E4200, XT2
Fujitsu P163
HP Elitebook: 2530P/2540P, 2730P/2740P
HP Envy 13, 14, 15
Lenovo Thinkpad: X300/X301, T400s/T410s
Samsung X360
Sony VAIO P, TT

Please post any new microSATA/mSATA SSD details/Bench results so can be include in these tables.

[Rachel]

Samsung Samsung PB22-CS3 FDE
256GB 1.8 TRIM-the 2.5 variant out performs the 1.8 SSD a little. With the 2.5 drive you can hit 220/185 in CDM but not with the 1.8 drive.

Some benchmarks

[Musuta]

@nando4

where is clear samsung 0VB directly from samsung in your chart?

[Axas]

I just bought a new intel 1.8 160gb G1 for 150$US. What the difference between G1 nd G2 in term of speed? I gotta look into the tony guide, thanks.

[nando4]

Originally Posted by Musuta

where is clear samsung 0VB directly from samsung in your chart?

Not sure how to integrate that info in the table. Do I have half the results since it's RAID-0? Or can you bench one of them without RAID? I'm surprised at the 4kb-Q=32 results. Looks like the Sammies can't do AHCI.

Originally Posted by Axas

I just bought a new intel 1.8 160gb G1 for 150$US. What the difference between G1 nd G2 in term of speed? I gotta look into the tony guide, thanks.

G1 speed is supposely onpar with the G2. You do however miss out on TRIM, so would need a Tony Trim or sdelete to help GC along to maintain high write speed.

[Musuta]

@nando4
Yes its RAID just make it half those numbers and you will get one SSD ..
yes its not the best ssd but its ok am happy ..
and it can do AHCI no problem why not ? ..

[nando4]

Originally Posted by Musuta

yes its not the best ssd but its ok am happy ..
and it can do AHCI no problem why not ? ..

Your results look onpar to Rachel's PB22J ones here. Maybe Rachel could run CDM 3.0 to get 4kb Q=32 results as well?

It can run AHCI but doesn't appear to benefit from AHCI's NCQ mode. Others like the X18M G2, C300, SF1222 are getting > 150MB/s 4kbQ=32 multithreaded reads.

[Musuta]

what does it mean onpar?

these benchmarks may vary
if i run it again the numbers will be different ..
but these 1.8'' are exactly the same as Rachel's just different firmware code

@Rachel
.. my 1.8'' actualy did HIT 220 and 190 (not raid 0)

[Rachel]

Musuta are you using the 1.8 SSD with some kind of adapter? I am using it in an ultraportable laptop that only takes 1.8 Microsata SSD's. I think there might be a difference there. I'm interested in seeing results from others that use this in 1.8 systems such as my own. I can't get my results any higher than that, i've tried.


Edited to add:These are my CDM3 results run at 500MB. I am using the latest Intel storage drivers and drive is quite empty and i turned system restore of. I've never seen my drive get over 210 and the write scores are weaker than the 2.5 Samsung/Corsair G2 drive in my SZ . Either way though 206 is near enough to the advertised 220 lol. I've though certainly seen some very good results for the 2.5 drive.




I've also used the 1.8 128GB PBJJ2 and these were my results




Btw, this is a benchmark for the Intel 160GB X-18M used in a Sony TT.

[Rachel]

As this is a thread about benchmarks this is my Sony TT in RAID using 128x2 PB22J with the latest Intel storage drivers and write back cache disabled as it did not improve my scores.