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
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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
Class-leading performance, Much improved over Intel SSD 510 series, Special firmware exclusive to Intel
Slightly pricey, Below average IOPS performance on Iometer
Performance on PCMark Vantage was exceptional and the new Intel drive was always amongst the fastest on the other tests as well, clearly matching the speed of the current crop of high-end SSDs. The new SSD 520 series also easily outclassed the older SSD 5...
Abstract: The performance benefits of SSDs over traditional mechanical hard disks are obvious and have long been extolled on our sites. For the most part, and in terms of raw performance, even the most average, mainstream SSD will leave the fastest 10,000rpm mechan...
Classleading performance, Much improved over Intel SSD 510 series, Special firmware exclusive to Intel
Slightly pricey
Looking at the results of our rigorous testing, it is clear that the new Intel SSD 520 series delivers on the performance front.Performance on PCMark Vantage was exceptional and the new Intel drive was always amongst the fastest on the other tests as w...
Abstract: Intel's first LSI-Sandforce based Solid State Drive launched with much fanfare last week, with pundits raving about the extra enterprise class reliability brought about by Intel's historically stringent firmware validation, on one of the fastest controlle...
As fast as any SandForce SATA III SSD, Intel SSD Toolbox allows for easy management and firmware update, Intel fixed SF2281 bugs,
Slight price premium over other SandForce SSDs due to superior firmware and better reliability
So what we have from the Intel 520 series SSD is performance which is pretty much on par with the industry standard for SF-2281 controlled drives. Of course the OCZ RevoDrive gets an unfair advantage for sequential read and write speeds due to its PCIe...
Actualmente la serie 520 de Intel tiene precios similares o en torno al 5% superior a modelos similares de su competencia. Están en la pelea de precio y sin duda es un fabricante que, comete fallos como cualquiera, pero que tiene un nivel de recursos...
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