We use only real world tests in this review, no synthetic or canned benchmarks as this is what the average user will encounter during their normal daily operations of their system. Canned and synthetic benchmarks work okay for some video and CPU reviews, but we feel these tests are more applicable to the common user and easier to repeat by at home people who want to compare their results to ours. None of the issues other reviewers have complained about drives using the JMicron controller were seen here, but I am sure if I spent all week trying to find a stuttering issue I could eventually find one, but this is not real world testing, which we are trying to achieve here.
Test System
- 13" MacBook Pro
- 4GB Kingston KTA-MB1066K2/4G memory
- NVIDIA GeForce 9400M video card with 256MB DDR3 shared
- Kingston SSDNow V Series SNV125 128GB SSD Solid State Drive
- Toshiba 5400 RPM Stock HDD
- 8X slot loading SuperDrive
Tests
- Boot Time Test
- iTunes launch
- Firefox Launch
- 1GB File Duplicate
