UserBenchmark: Mushkin Chronos Deluxe vs SanDisk Extreme II

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Best Bench: 109% 170GB free (System drive)
Worst Bench: 65% 77GB free (System drive)

Poor: 65% Great: 109%

SPEED RANK: 331^st / 1072

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Best Bench: 90% 26GB free
Worst Bench: 55% 89GB free (System drive)

Poor: 55% Great: 90%

SPEED RANK: 582^nd / 1072


Effective Speed Effective SSD Speed		90.1 %	Faster effective speed. +21%		74.7 %


Read Avg. Sequential Read Speed	459 MB/s	Faster read speed. +25%	368 MB/s
Write Avg. Sequential Write Speed	393 MB/s	Much faster write speed. +69%	232 MB/s
4K Read Avg. 4K Random Read Speed	28.2 MB/s		28.4 MB/s	+1%
4K Write Avg. 4K Random Write Speed	77.1 MB/s		77.6 MB/s	+1%
Mixed Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed	228 MB/s		257 MB/s	Faster mixed IO speed. +13%
4K Mixed Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed	32.2 MB/s		34.3 MB/s	Slightly faster random mixed IO. +7%
SusWrite Avg. Sustained Write Speed	341 MB/s	Hugely faster sustained write speed. +93%	177 MB/s


Read Peak Sequential Read Speed	507 MB/s	Faster peak read speed. +18%	430 MB/s
Write Peak Sequential Write Speed	469 MB/s	Much faster peak write speed. +58%	297 MB/s
4K Read Peak 4K Random Read Speed	34.1 MB/s		34.8 MB/s	+2%
4K Write Peak 4K Random Write Speed	112 MB/s		112 MB/s
Mixed Peak Sequential Mixed IO Speed	272 MB/s		298 MB/s	Slightly faster peak mixed IO speed. +10%
4K Mixed Peak 4K Random Mixed IO Speed	39.7 MB/s		44.6 MB/s	Faster peak random mixed IO. +12%
SusWrite Peak Sequential Sustained Write 60s Average	466 MB/s	Hugely faster peak sustained write speed. +99%	234 MB/s

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Market Share Market Share (trailing 30 days)	0.01 %	Insanely higher market share. +∞%	0 %
Value Value For Money	10.5 %	Much better value. +75%	6 %
User Rating UBM User Rating	54 %	Slightly more popular. +6%	51 %
Price Price (score)	$110	Much cheaper. +39%	$181


Age Newest	131 Months	More recent. +13%	151 Months
DQ Read Peak 4K-64Thread Read Speed	361 MB/s	Faster peak deep queue read. +20%	300 MB/s
DQ Write Peak 4K-64Thread Write Speed	306 MB/s	Faster peak deep queue write. +16%	263 MB/s
AS-SSD Total AS-SSD Total Score	1,149 Pts	Stronger server IO. +17%	982 Pts
DQ Mixed Peak 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed	154 MB/s		246 MB/s	Much faster peak deep queue mixed IO. +60%
ADQ Read Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed	313 MB/s	Faster deep queue read. +30%	241 MB/s
ADQ Write Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed	260 MB/s	Faster deep queue write. +28%	203 MB/s
ADQ Mixed Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed	139 MB/s		169 MB/s	Faster deep queue mixed IO. +22%


Capacity Capacity			240GB			240GB

The Sandisk Extreme II uses the 88SS9187-BLD2 controller, Marvel's latest, and Sandisk's own 19MM MLC Memory. On paper this makes an extremely good combination and the benchmarks agree. The Extreme II scored an impressive 1143 in the server orientated AS SSD Benchmark putting it amongst the more capable server drives. In terms of real world consumer performance the Extreme II also fared well achieving a real world speed index score of 570.5 MB/s, amongst the top three scores we have seen to date. The Extreme II has everything going for it apart from its price which is currently significantly above average and hurting its value rating. Because the Extreme is the newest SSD we have in our group test we expect prices will drop with time. Until then, however, there is better value to be had elsewhere. ^{[Jun '13 SSDrivePro]}

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The Mushkin Chronos and Chronos Deluxe are both Sandforce 2881 based SSDs from Mushkin. The only difference between the two is their NAND Flash: Intel asynchronous 25Nm for the Chronos vs Toshiba 32Nm Toggle Mode for the Deluxe. The 32Nm Toggle NAND supports far higher write speeds as can be seen from this direct performance comparison of the two drives. Overall the Chronos Deluxe performs slightly above expectations for a Sandforce SF2281 drive, it has reasonable read speeds but still struggles when faced with writing incompressible data. With an effective (real world) speed of 347 MB/s the Chronos Deluxe lags the group leaders by 50% and as such there are far better drives, such as the Samsung Evo, available in today's market. ^{[Jan '14 SSDrivePro]}

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