Crucial RealSSD C300 256GB Review

For testing, the drives are all wiped and reset to factory settings by HDDerase V4 which you can get yourself over here. We try to use free programs and some real world testing so you can compare our findings against your own system.

This is a good way to measure potential upgrade benefits.

We tested the Intel drives in both single mode and in Raid 0. There is a good chance that people buying one of these drives might in future add another for an inexpensive performance boost. We also like to test Raid 0 when we get a chance!

As we mentioned earlier in the article it is important to ensure that your motherboard is capable of delivering full SATA 6Gbps or this drive is going to be limited to slower speeds. Rather than swapping out the long term SSD testing rig we are using a Highpoint RocketRAID 620 SATA controller that provides both SATA 6Gbps (rev 3.0) transfer speeds as well as Raid 0, 1,5, 10, JBOD support. We also have found that many onboard Sata 6Gbps ports are not delivering optimium performance levels.

Crucial RealSSD C300 256GB

Comparison Drives:
OCZ Vertex 2 100GB
Buffalo 128GB Microstation
Intel X25-V 40GB (+Raid 0)
Kingston SSDNow V+ Series 128GB SSD
OCZ Vertex 128GB
Intel X-25M 160GB SSD
Corsair P128 SSD

CPU: Intel Core i7 875k
Cooler: Noctua NH 14D
Motherboard: Intel DP55WG
Hard Drive: Western Digital 1TB
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Tracer 1600mhz (4gb)
Sata Interface: Highpoint RocketRAID 620 SATA Controller
PSU: Enermax 1250w Revolution
Graphics: Zotac GTX465
Chassis: Silverstone Raven 2
Operating System: Windows 7 64 bit Ultimate
Monitor: LaCie 730 30 inch LED screen

All our results were achieved by running each test five times with every configuration. Median averages were extrapolated from the results – this ensures that any glitches are removed from the results. Trim is confirmed as running by typing fsutil behavior query disabledeletenotify into the command line. A response of disabledeletenotify =0 confirms TRIM is active.

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