Testseek.com have collected 230 expert reviews of the Intel 2.5 inch 520 Series SATA600 and the average rating is 84%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Intel 2.5 inch 520 Series SATA600.
February 2012
(84%)
230 Reviews
Average score from experts who have reviewed this product.
Users
(91%)
4119 Reviews
Average score from owners of the product.
840100230
The editors liked
Best performing SandForcedriven SSD we've tested to date
Extensive reliability validation testing
5year warranty
Exceptionally strong performance up against OCZ Vertex 3 Max IOPS
Incredibly fast compressible speeds in our mixed-workload tests
Industry-leading reliability testing
Custom firmware and engineering shows its value
Very strong performance with read-heavy enterprise workloads
20% over provisioning adds substantial performance in all profiles with write activity
Intel quality and reliability testing brings the SSD 520 into the realm of light-duty enterprise SSDs wit
Excellent performance. The speed of SandForce's latest controller with the backing of Intel's testing and firmware validation
Big performance jump over the X25-M
Five year warranty
Excellent performance across the board
Good software bundle
5 year warranty
Strong Performance
5 Year Warranty
Intel's Track Record For Reliability
Excellent performance. Covered by five-year warranty.
Super-fast
Available in a wide variety of capacities
Comprehensive software and accessory bundle
Silky smooth operation as a system drive
Excellent sequential reading and writing performance
Excellent 4K random I/O performance
SATA 6Gbps support
The drive is supported by the excellent Intel SSD Toolbox
TRIM support under Windows 7
Lightni
The 2.5-inch Intel 520 Series SSD supports SATA 3 (6Gbps) and offers great performance. The drive is housed in an all-aluminum casing and comes with all you need to use it as a hard-drive replacement for a laptop (ultraportable or standard) or a desktop c
Fastest SATA storage device ever tested
Delivers over 83K IOPS performance in IOMeter
Outstanding 559/528 MBps read/write speed with ATTO
Builtin 256bit AES data encryption
Hardwarelevel data compression preserves NAND longevity
5Year Intel product warranty support
Enhanced powerloss data protection
Lightweight compact storage solution
Resistant to extreme shock impact
Low powe
The editors didn't like
Low IOPS at low Queue Depths (limitation of SandForce hardware)
Intro pricing on the high side.
More expensive than other SandForce SF-2200-powered SSDs with synchronous NAND
Still can't compete at the endurance levels of eMLC or SLC-based SSDs
A tad more expensive than other similar drives. SSDs in general are still limited in storage capacity given the premium you pay per gigabyte
What the original 510 Series should have been
None
Pricing Somewhat High
Not any faster than other SandForce-based SSDs
More expensive
But not significantly faster
Than competing drives
Per-gigabyte cost is a bit high
Versus slower drives of same capacity
Expensive.
The Intel 520 Series SSD is comparatively expensive and its low-profile screws are not included
Abstract: When SSD makers want to emphasize their advantages, they often talk about how much engineering resources they put into their products. A typical SSD has three basic constituents: flash memory, controller and firmware. Not all of the firms engaged into ...
In our real world performance tests, the Intel 520 Series 120GB had mixed results compared to other SandForce models, squeaking past the ADATA SX910 128GB but not quite able to catch the Corsair Force GS 240GB nor the Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB and Sams...
Tieing up a 24-page roundup in a few lines isn’t easy, especially as the cost of flash memory is currently dropping, meaning that the price of 120 to 128 GB SSDs is changing almost daily, with some manufacturers responding faster than others. Pricing i...
Abstract: The new Intel 520 solid state drive (codenamed Cherryville) represents Intel's first collaboration with SandForce (now owned by LSI Corporation). Like many solid state drives targeted at enthusiasts in the consumer market, it pairs the latest SandForc....
Super-fast, Available in a wide variety of capacities, Comprehensive software and accessory bundle
Per-gigabyte cost is a bit high, versus slower drives of same capacity
With stellar storage performance backed by extra care in the development of its controller, the SSD 520 is an easy choice for speed fiends with budget to spare. Read More...
The next version of Intel’s RST driver is supposed to bring TRIM to our RAID Arrays. This is the Holy Grail for RAID users. The problem now for RAID users is the performance degradation over time. SandForce drives are particularly susceptible to write ...
Intel did it again. They touched it, it turned to GOLD. I have tested so many drives this year it’s hard to remember them all; this drive however will not be hard to remember. Despite its small capacity and inherent trouble with incompressible data it...
You really can't go wrong with the Intel 520 Series drives. Intel has delivered one of the fastest drives amongst its competitors in the performance SSD market, and given the reliability history of the technology giant, we can safely say that Intel is rea...
