Introduction
With good reason OCZ
didn't send reviewers the smallest capacity Vertex 4 for the big launch
last month. The 128GB size looked puny on paper with a little whimper of
write performance, just 200MB/s. The read performance was pretty good
at 535MB/s, but in our initial review of the larger models, the single
thread read speed was around just 200MB/s. That would of left the Vertex
4 128GB in a cat fight against some very impressive SATA III drives,
all of which are capable of breaking 200MB/s even when 90% full of data.
Yesterday
we published an article with a new firmware for the Vertex 4 series.
At the time we didn't have a 128GB drive on hand to test, but a new day
brings new adventures. The new firmware we tested yesterday was version
1.4 R4 and it was a reviewer only release. OCZ has now sorted out a few
bugs and the firmware version is up to 1.4 R6. This new R6 revision is
available on OCZ's website in the firmware update section so we don't
feel like we're teasing you with a piece of software that you can't get
on your own now.
With the new firmware OCZ's
baby Vertex 4 grows up a bit. The whimper is now an adult roar and the
stated performance shows it. The read speed has increased from 535MB/s
to 550MB/s, right in line with the Vertex 3 models which OCZ is looking
to bury in the pages of history. The largest improvement comes in the
write category, now a respectable 420MB/s - up from the 200MB/s at
launch day.
In just one month's time the
OCZ Vertex 4 went from being an outcast of the pride to a true
contender for king of the 128GB jungle.
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