ADATA XPG Gammix S11 240 GB & SX6000 Pro 256 GB recenzija

Iz Adate su nam na test stigla dva njihova M.2 SSD-a iz gamerske XPG serije proizvoda. Oba su 2280 uređaji, te imaju PCIe x4 Gen 3 sučelje. S11 je kapaciteta 240 GB te donosi brzine transfera od 3.2/1.7 GB/s za čitanje i zapis, dok je SX6000 kapaciteta 256 GB, a ima brzine transfera od 2.1/1.2 GB/s. Oba jasno podržavaju NVM Express specifikaciju u verziji 1.3, te imaju 5-godišnje jamstvo. Gammix S11

Gammix S11 je bliski rođak SX8200 M.2 SSD-a, te dolazi u 240, 480 i 960 GB izvedbama. Za razliku od njega ima ugrađen nešto deblji hladnjak, a uz to dolazi i u malo ekskluzivnijem pakiranju. U kutiji je dobro zaštićen u ležištu od debele stiro-pjene, a kupcu je vidljiv i kroz prozorčić ispod otklopne stranice. Uređaj dolazi s 5 godišnjim jamstvom koje je danas standard za ovakve uređaje.

Format uređaja je M.2 2280 D5, ima PCIe 3.0 x4 sučelje s podrškom za NVMe 1.3. Kontroler je poznati SM2262 kao i na SX8200. s Kontroler ima četiri ARM Cortex-R5 jezgre i osam NAND kanala. Uz NVMe 1.3 standard, podržava i LDPC ECC, RAID Engine itd. Kontroleru pomaže i 256 MB priručne memorije - dva su Nanya DRAM DDR3 čipa na svakoj strani tiskane pločice.

NAND je Micronov 64-slojni TLC koji donosi nisku cijenu po gigabajtu prostora, ali i nešto kraći životni vijek u odnosu na MLC. NAND ima izdržljivost od 160 TBW, tj. terabytes written. Proizvođač navodi brzinu sekvencijalnog čitanja od 3.2 GB/s i zapisa od 1.2 GB/s za 240 GB  model. Nasumične performanse su 200.000 IOPS-a za čitanje i 240.000 IOPS-a za zapis (za podatke veličine 4KB). Ovi podaci vrijede samo za najmanji 240 GB model, dok su veći 480 i 960 GB modeli i brži i izdržljiviji (320 TBW/640 TBW npr.) SX6000 Pro

SX6000 Pro je prvi M.2 SSD na tržištu opremljen s Realtekovim RTS5763DL kontrolerom. Riječ je o 4-kanalnom mainstream kontroleru namijenjenom DRAM-less konfiguracijama uređaja, koji podržava NVMe 1.3, 3D TLC i QLC NAND, LDPC ECC, tzv. pseudo SLC keširanje, pa čak i AES256 enkripciju. Po tim je informacijama odmah jasno da je riječ o uređaju namijenjenom širokim masama i ulazu u svijet M.2 SSD-a.

Disk ima jednostranu konfiguraciju - kontroler i dva TLC NAND čipa su na gornjoj strani, a naš primjerak je kapaciteta 256 GB. Uz ovu, dolazi još i u 512 GB i 1 TB izvedbama. Proizvođač navodi brzinu sekvencijalnog čitanja od 2.1 GB/s i zapisa od 1.2 GB/s, što su maksimalne vrijednosti za 256 GB model. Maksimalne nasumične performanse su 190.000 IOPS-a za čitanje i 180.000 IOPS-a za zapis (za podatke veličine 4KB) i to ponovno za 256 GB model, a životni vijek je 150 TBW. Toliko u opisu, krenimo na testove!

Test sistem:

Test sistem :: Hardware Platforme ASRock Z390 Phantom Gaming 9 Procesor(i) Intel Core i7 8700K Memorija GSkill DDR4 2x 8GB 3200 MHz Grafičke kartice Sapphire Nitro+ Vega 56 Zvučna kartica On Board SSD ADATA SX6000 Pro 256 GB & Gammix S11 240 GB Napajanje SuperFlower Leadex 1200 W Platinum Monitor Dell UltraSharp U2713HM

 

Testni sistem :: Software OS Windows 10 Chipset datoteke Intel Chipset Driver 10.1.1.14 DirectX verzija 11 Intel I/O Meter 2006.07.27/1.1 Beta ATTO Disk Benchmark v.2.47 AIDA64 Engineer Edition, v.5.92.4300 PCMark 8 Storage test

 

Način testiranja

Diskove smo testirali na Intelovoj novoj Z390 platformi, tj. ASRockovoj Z390 Phantom Gaming 9 ploči i s i7-8700K procesorom. Oba su diska radila u PCIe 3.0 x4 modu s NVMe driverima. Uz sve standardne testove koje provodimo tu je i simulacija četiriju situacija uz pomoć I/O Metera – Database sa 67% čitanja i 33% zapisa, Workstation s 80% čitanja i 20% zapisa, Web Servera sa 100% čitanja i File Servera s 80% čitanja i 20% zapisa, nakon čega ispisujemo broj izmjerenih IOPS-a. Savjeti za svakodnevnu operativu SSD-a pod Windows OS-om uključuju isključivanje stvari kao što su indeksiranje diska, zatim isključivanje prefetcha i Superfetcha te defragmentiranja koje je sasvim nepotrebno.

PCMark8 [ichart headers="ID,MB/s" htitle="Storage Bandwidth (MB/s)"  labels="Toshiba OCZ RD400 512GB,ADATA Gammix S11 240GB,Patriot Hellfire M.2 240GB,ADATA XPG SX8200 480GB,Transcend M.2 110S 256GB,Kingston KC1000 480GB,ADATA SX6000 Pro 256 GB,Samsung SM951 256GB @ 2x PCIe,ADATA SX8000 512GB,Intel SSD 750 400GB,Samsung 850 EVO 500GB, Crucial MX100 512GB, Intel DC S3500 480GB,ADATA SU800 256GB,Samsung 850 PRO 256GB,OCZ Vertex 460 240GB,OCZ RevoDrive 350 480GB,Corsair Force LX 256GB, Transcend SSD370 256GB,Transcend SSD370 512GB,OCZ Vector 150 120GB,OCZ Vertex 450 256GB,AMD Radeon R7 SSD 240GB,OCZ ARC 100 240 GB,OCZ Vertex 4 256GB,Transcend SSD370 128GB,takeMS UTX-PO318 120GB,Corsair Force 3 128GB" values="559.55,505.24,500.18,467.8,466.07,432.68,432.16,365.36,338.84,317.85,295.66,292.62,284.67,276.6,277.38,256.21,239.17,234.02,226.96,224.03,216.28,214.05,213.50,205.35,198.68,198.15,180.66,123.9" colors="blue,red,blue,blue,blue,blue,orange,blue,blue,blue,blue,blue,blue,blue,blue,blue,blue,blue,blue,blue,blue,blue,blue,blue,blue,blue,blue,blue" height="800" min="0" max="600"] PCMark u Storage testu simulira aktivnost diska snimljenu tijekom prave upotrebe aplikacija iz Adobeovog Creative Suite-a i Microsoftovog Office-a, te dvije igre - WoW i Battlefield 3. Na temelju izvršenih mjerenja performansi donosi rezultat u MB/s. Gammix S11 je ovdje pokazao premoć i brži je i od brzih SX8200 i od Hellfirea. SX6000 Pro se solidno drži, i tek je malo sporiji od direktnog konkurenta Transcenda 110S. AIDA64 Read [ichart headers="ID,MB/s" htitle="Linear Read (MB/s)"  labels="Transcend M.2 110S 256GB,Toshiba OCZ RD400 512GB,Patriot Hellfire M.2 240GB,ADATA Gammix S11 240GB,ADATA XPG SX8200 480GB,Intel SSD 750 400GB,OCZ RevoDrive 350 480GB,Kingston KC1000 480GB,ADATA SX8000 512GB,Samsung SM951 256GB @ 4x PCIe,ADATA SX6000 Pro 256 GB,Samsung SM951 256GB @ 2x PCIe,Asus Hyper Express 256GB,OCZ Vector 256GB,OCZ Vector 150 120GB,Corsair Force LX 256GB,Samsung 850 EVO 500GB,Samsung 850 PRO 256GB,AMD Radeon R7 SSD 240GB,OCZ ARC 100 240 GB,ADATA SU650 240 GB,Transcend SSD370 128GB,Transcend SSD370 512GB,Intel DC S3500 480GB,Intel SSD 730 240GB,OCZ Vector 180 960GB,OCZ Vector 180 240GB,Transcend SSD370 256GB,OCZ Vertex 460 240GB,OCZ Vertex 450 256GB,Intel SSD335 240GB,Crucial MX100 512GB,ADATA SU800 256GB" values="2709.5,2674.5,2667.2,2651.7,2553.9,2000.0,2000.0,1765.33,1635.6,1536.9,1157.87,740.5,644.1,540.7,540.7,539.8,534.66,539.8,526.1,525.8,525.6,525.56,525.3,523.23,520.96,512.3,464.3,452.83,402.1,384.7,377.56,356.6,353.46" colors="blue,blue,blue,red,blue,blue,blue,blue,blue,blue,orange,blue,blue,blue,blue,blue,blue,blue,blue,blue,blue,blue,blue,blue,blue,blue,blue,blue,blue,blue,blue,blue,blue" height="1000" min="0" max="2700"] [ichart headers="ID,MB/s" htitle="Random Read (MB/s)"  labels="Transcend M.2 110S 256GB,Patriot Hellfire M.2 240GB,ADATA Gammix S11 240GB,Toshiba OCZ RD400 512GB,ADATA XPG SX8200 480GB,OCZ RevoDrive 350 480GB,Intel SSD 750 400GB,Kingston KC1000 480GB,Samsung SM951 256GB @ 4x PCIe,ADATA SX8000 512GB,ADATA SX6000 Pro 256 GB,Samsung SM951 256GB @ 2x PCIe,OCZ Vector 150 120GB,Asus Hyper Express 256GB,Transcend SSD370 128GB,AMD Radeon R7 SSD 240GB,Intel SSD 730 240GB,Samsung 850 PRO 256GB,OCZ Vector 256GB,Corsair Force LX 256GB,OCZ ARC 100 240 GB,Intel DC S3500 480GB,Samsung 850 EVO 500GB,Transcend SSD370 512GB,ADATA SU650 240 GB,OCZ Vector 180 960GB,OCZ Vector 180 240GB,OCZ Vertex 460 240GB,OCZ Vertex 450 256GB,Intel SSD335 240GB,ADATA SU800 256GB,Crucial MX100 512GB,Transcend SSD370 256GB" values="2708,2666,2659.1,2615.22,2300.7,2160.1,2048.2,1907.3,1727.2,1635.5,1004.5,764.1,698.5,674.8,633.8,604.7,603.2,584.7,570.2,560.9,547.1,535.7,534.9,524.6,523.8,509.4,491.2,420.8,397.9,392.6,367.5,356.4,344.1" colors="blue,blue,red,blue,blue,blue,blue,blue,blue,blue,orange,blue,blue,blue,blue,blue,blue,blue,blue,blue,blue,blue,blue,blue,blue,blue,blue,blue,blue,blue,blue,blue,blue" height="1000" min="0" max="2700"] [ichart headers="ID,ms" htitle="Average Read Access (ms)"  labels="Transcend M.2 110S 256GB,ADATA Gammix S11 240GB,OCZ Vector 256GB,OCZ Vector 150 120GB,Corsair Force LX 256GB,Intel DC S3500 480GB,Intel SSD 730 240GB,Patriot Hellfire M.2 240GB,Samsung 850 EVO 500GB,OCZ RevoDrive 350 480GB,Toshiba OCZ RD400 512GB,Transcend SSD370 128GB,ADATA SX8000 512GB,AMD Radeon R7 SSD 240GB,OCZ ARC 100 240 GB,Transcend SSD370 512GB,ADATA XPG SX8200 480GB,Intel SSD 750 400GB,OCZ Vertex 450 256GB,OCZ Vector 180 960GB,Kingston KC1000 480GB,OCZ Vector 180 240GB,Samsung SM951 256GB @ 2x PCIe,Samsung SM951 256GB @ 4x PCIe,OCZ Vertex 460 240GB,Samsung 850 PRO 256GB,Transcend SSD370 256GB,Crucial MX100 512GB,ADATA SU650 240 GB,Intel SSD335 240GB,Asus Hyper Express 256GB,ADATA SX6000 Pro 256 GB" values="0.01,0.02,0.02,0.02,0.03,0.03,0.03,0.03,0.03,0.03,0.03,0.03,0.04,0.04,0.04,0.05,0.06,0.08,0.08,0.08,0.10,0.10,0.10,0.10,0.11,0.11,0.11,0.12,0.13,0.14,0.17,0.17" colors="blue,red,blue,blue,blue,blue,blue,blue,blue,blue,blue,blue,blue,blue,blue,blue,blue,blue,blue,blue,blue,blue,blue,blue,blue,blue,blue,blue,blue,blue,blue,orange" height="1000" min="0" max="0.2"] Rezultati čitanja su slični tvorničkim specifikacijama, a jedino zabrinjava visoko pristupno vrijeme za SX6000 Pro. AIDA64 Write [ichart headers="ID,MB/s" htitle="Linear Write (MB/s)"  labels="Toshiba OCZ RD400 512GB,Intel SSD 750 400GB,OCZ RevoDrive 350 480GB,Kingston KC1000 480GB,Patriot Hellfire M.2 240GB,ADATA Gammix S11 240GB,ADATA XPG SX8200 480GB,ADATA SX8000 512GB,OCZ Vector 180 960GB,Samsung 850 PRO 256GB,Crucial MX100 512GB,Samsung 850 EVO 500GB,Asus Hyper Express 256GB,Intel DC S3500 480GB,Transcend SSD370 512GB,ADATA SX6000 Pro 256 GB,AMD Radeon R7 SSD 240GB,OCZ Vertex 460 240GB,OCZ Vector 256GB,OCZ ARC 100 240 GB,Corsair Force LX 256GB,Transcend SSD370 256GB,OCZ Vector 150 120GB,Intel SSD 730 240GB,Transcend M.2 110S 256GB,OCZ Vertex 450 256GB,OCZ Vector 180 240GB,Samsung SM951 256GB @ 2x PCIe,Intel SSD335 240GB,Transcend SSD370 128GB,ADATA SU650 240 GB,ADATA SU800 256GB" values="1497.6,938.8,922.8,908.4,796,683.7,677.8,544.4,525.5,487.3,485.1,484.2,451.4,430.9,426.3,424.2,366.5,362.9,353,314.3,290.7,290.5,285.5,273.8,262,259.6,249.2,239.0,225.2,153.1,101,73.9" colors="blue,blue,blue,blue,blue,red,blue,blue,blue,blue,blue,blue,blue,blue,blue,orange,blue,blue,blue,blue,blue,blue,blue,blue,blue,blue,blue,blue,blue,blue,blue,blue,blue,blue" height="1000" min="0" max="1500"] [ichart headers="ID,MB/s" htitle="Random Write (MB/s)"  labels="ADATA XPG SX8200 480GB,Intel SSD 750 400GB,ADATA Gammix S11 240GB,Kingston KC1000 480GB,Toshiba OCZ RD400 512GB,Samsung SM951 256GB @ 4x PCIe,ADATA SX8000 512GB,Transcend M.2 110S 256GB,OCZ Vector 180 240GB,OCZ Vertex 460 240GB,Samsung SM951 256GB,OCZ Vector 256GB,Samsung 850 PRO 256GB,OCZ Vector 180 960GB,Samsung 850 EVO 500GB,Intel DC S3500 480GB,AMD Radeon R7 SSD 240GB,OCZ ARC 100 240 GB,OCZ Vertex 450 256GB,Crucial MX100 512GB,Intel SSD 730 240GB,Transcend SSD370 512GB,Corsair Force LX 256GB,Patriot Hellfire M.2 240GB,Transcend SSD370 256GB,OCZ RevoDrive 350 480GB,OCZ Vector 150 120GB,Intel SSD335 240GB,Transcend SSD370 128GB,Asus Hyper Express 256GB,ADATA SU800 256GB,ADATA SU650 240 GB," values="1073.3,981.4,870.4,865.8,834.8,794.2,635.1,565.3,513.8,397.6,396.5,396.2,395.6,376.6,373.8,364.1,343.6,329.3,310.2,296.6,284.9,280.7,256.8,252.4,244.8,241.2,219,201.4,168.6,133.1,100.2,78.5,58.4" colors="blue,blue,red,blue,blue,blue,orange,blue,blue,blue,blue,blue,blue,blue,blue,blue,blue,blue,blue,blue,blue,blue,blue,blue,blue,blue,blue,blue,blue,blue,blue,blue,blue,blue,orange" height="1000" min="0" max="1100"] [ichart headers="ID,ms" htitle="Average Write Access (ms)"  labels="Intel SSD 750 400GB,Toshiba OCZ RD400 512GB,ADATA Gammix S11 240GB,ADATA XPG SX8200 480GB,Intel DC S3500 480GB,ADATA SX8000 512GB,Intel SSD 730 240GB,OCZ Vector 150 120GB,OCZ Vector 180 240GB,OCZ Vertex 460 240GB,AMD Radeon R7 SSD 240GB,OCZ ARC 100 240 GB,OCZ Vector 180 960GB,OCZ Vertex 450 256GB,Kingston KC1000 480GB,Samsung 850 EVO 500GB,Patriot Hellfire M.2 240GB,Samsung 850 PRO 256GB,ADATA SX6000 Pro 256 GB,Crucial MX100 512GB,Samsung SM951 256GB @ 4x PCIe,Transcend SSD370 512GB,ADATA SU800 256GB,Samsung SM951 256GB @ 2x PCIe,Corsair Force LX 256GB,Transcend SSD370 256GB,Asus Hyper Express 256GB,OCZ Vector 256GB,Intel SSD335 240GB,OCZ RevoDrive 350 480GB,Transcend SSD370 128GB,Transcend M.2 110S 256GB" values="0.02,0.02,0.03,0.03,0.03,0.04,0.04,0.04,0.04,0.04,0.05,0.05,0.05,0.05,0.06,0.06,0.08,0.08,0.1,0.12,0.13,0.14,0.15,0.15,0.18,0.28,0.3,0.36,0.37,0.46,0.56,0.96" colors="blue,blue,red,blue,blue,blue,blue,blue,blue,blue,blue,blue,blue,blue,blue,blue,blue,blue,orange,blue,blue,blue,blue,blue,blue,blue,blue,blue,blue,blue,blue,blue" height="1100" min="0" max="1"] Performanse zapisa su kod oba diska solidne s tim da je S11 jasno u prednosti u svim testovima.

AS SSD

I AS SSD i Cyrstal koriste nekompresibilne podatke no mjerenja im se ponešto razlikuju pa ih koristimo oba za usporedbu. Sekvencijalne su performanse po očekivanjima vrlo solidne i manje više onakve kakve proizvođač i obećava. Sve brojke pokazuju da je S11 nadmoćniji, pogotovo pri 4K sa 64 Queue Depth-om. CrystalDiskMark

I kod Crystala vrlo slične performanse, tj. odnosi između dva diska. I/O Meter Mixed Workload Database [ichart headers="ID,IOPS" htitle="IOPS Combined"  labels="ADATA XPG SX8200 480 GB,Kingston KC1000 480GB,ADATA Gammix S11 240 GB,Patriot Hellfire M.2 240GB,Transcend 110S 256GB,ADATA SX6000 Pro 256 GB" values="86517.95,81261.66,49943.25,21372.37,7462.47,5695.42" colors="blue,blue,red,blue,blue,orange" height="400", min="0"] FileServer [ichart headers="ID,IOPS" htitle="IOPS Combined"  labels="ADATA XPG SX8200 480,Kingston KC1000 480GB,ADATA Gammix S11 240 GB,Patriot Hellfire M.2 240GB,Transcend 110S 256GB,ADATA SX6000 Pro 256 GB" values="58987.68,40747.14,31391.64,18251,15081.21,9229.07" colors="blue,blue,red,blue,blue,orange" height="400", min="0"] Workstation [ichart headers="ID,IOPS" htitle="IOPS Combined"  labels="ADATA XPG SX8200 480,Kingston KC1000 480GB,ADATA Gammix S11 240 GB,Patriot Hellfire M.2 240GB,Transcend 110S 256GB,ADATA SX6000 Pro 256 GB" values="75216.39,53339.09,40388.9,27572.04,12808.77,8673.5" colors="blue,blue,red,blue,blue,orange" height="400", min="0"] WebServer [ichart headers="ID,IOPS" htitle="IOPS Combined"  labels="ADATA XPG SX8200 480,Patriot Hellfire M.2 240GB,Kingston KC1000 480GB,ADATA Gammix S11 240 GB,ADATA SX6000 Pro 256 GB,Transcend 110S 256GB" values="66118.51,63890.98,53353.649,39807.76,25948.91,21640.87" colors="blue,blue,blue,red,orange,blue" height="400", min="0"] S obzirom na to da smo sada razdvojili testove i radimo direktnu usporedbu ponovimo kako ovaj test simulira četiri različita načina upotrebe i to kako slijedi - Database sa 67% čitanja i 33% zapisa, Workstation s 80% čitanja i 20% zapisa, Web Servera sa 100% čitanja i File Servera s 80% čitanja i 20% zapisa. I dok Gammix S11 još ima i sasvim solidne performanse, SX6000 Pro je loš u svemu osim u posljednjem testu gdje je nešto brži od DRAM-less konkurenta 110S SSD-a. Za one s većim prohtjevima bolji će izbor biti kapacitetniji SX8200 ili isti takav S11 koji vjerojatno ima slične performanse.

Zagrijavanje

Zagrijavanje je velik problem za M.2 SSD-e jer je visoka temperatura neprijatelj elektronike, pa je ADATA za oba uređaja isporučila aluminijske hladnjake. Za SX6000 Pro je to iznimno tanak hladnjak koji temperaturu spušta samo za par stupnjeva pa se preporučuje koristiti neki deblji kao što smo mi (110 milimetara dug hladnjak koji dolazi uz Phantom ploču), pa temperatura ne prelazi 61°C. Gammix S11 dolazi s malo debljim hladnjakom no s njim se zagrijava do 66°C i na dodir je iznimno vruć. Kada na taj hladnjak postavimo još dodatni koji dolazi s pločom temperatura pada na prihvatljivijih 62°C. Ipak, na dodir je to i dalje vrlo vruće pa svakako preporučujemo osiguravanje kakve takve zračne struje preko SSD-a i njihovih hladnjaka. Zaključak

Gammix S11 je zamaskirani SX8200 s kojim dijeli sve komponente i performanse. U ovom testu smo vidjeli da je SX8200 brži no to je zbog razlike u kapacitetima, 480 GB model i ima tvornički bolje specifikacije. S druge strane S11 donosi deblji hladnjak koji nešto malo bolje hladi uzavreli kontroler. Ipak, koji god M.2 SSD odabrali preporuka je aktivno hlađenje. Ako imate ploču s hladnjakom za SSD, SX8200 ima nešto nižu cijenu i time je malo bolji izbor od S11 (S11 košta oko 70 €, a SX8200 oko 60 €). SX6000 Pro je DRAM-less M.2 SSD, što znači kako je vrlo jeftin i kako mu kod zahtjevnijih zadaća vrlo brzo padaju performanse. Baš kao i Transcend 110S, bit će vrlo dobar ulaz u svijet SSD-a i zamjena za bilo koji mehanički disk. Cijene su im vrlo slične, baš kao i 5-godišnje jamstvo. Transcendu ipak ide u prilog nešto niže zagrijavanje s dodatnim hladnjakom, ali i 50-tak kuna niža cijena (košta oko 470 kuna).