As early as 1999, Taipower began to set foot in storage-related products. However, everyone is familiar with Taipower U-disks. In terms of domestic brand power, Taipower's storage has already reached the top of the market, and today it is Taipower's SSD product. , Speed ​​Series S500, capacity 120GB, the market is priced at 250 yuan, the price positioning, competition products, of course, is not a high-performance Plextor brand, but for the current technology has reached the bottleneck of HDD products. It seems that Taipower must make every effort to popularize SSD for the people around the world!
(The U disk product line in Taipower's storage is still very full. The following figure is an excerpt of the Taiwan U disk)
It is very simple to open the hand, open the package, and pack the product. The information such as the product's capacity and product selling point is printed on the outside. When you open the package, you can see the inside of the SSD. The transparent plastic bag is wrapped around it to prevent scratching. There are no accessories in the packaging, yes, even the hard drive line is not, can be described as simple to the extreme!
Appearance Summary: This speed series SSD, color matching is used in Taipower's VI color, Taipower orange, metal shell, matte painting surface, the front frame is polished with high light, beautiful and will not leech, feel is very good, The positive and negative sides of the housing are fixed by four small screws, so that everyone will be dismantled to see their true capacity.
Since it is an SSD evaluation, although it is inseparable from the running points, here are some common SSD running points to run scores for everyone: Before running the points, first put the evaluation platform specifications into account:
The platform for this evaluation is: Motherboard ASUS B85, processor Intel E3-1231V3, memory 8G, graphics card Nvidia 960, and primary hard disk Kingston SV300-120GB. The following will be performed on this platform for Taipower S500 SSDs.
1. AS SSD Benchmark is an SSD special test software from Germany that can test continuous reading and writing, 4KB random read and write and response time performance, and give a comprehensive score:
Here we can see that continuous read and write, read speeds up to 494MB / s, write speeds go to 353MB / s , and 4K read and write speeds are also 31Mb / s and 91MB / s , integrated 810 points for the introduction of this positioning The level of SSD is already quite good.
2. ATTO Disk Benchmark, a simple and pure speed measurement software, here also need to tell you that ATTO test is the maximum value of the product, the actual speed used will be slightly lower than the highest speed measured here:
The reading and writing speed of the Taipower S500 was measured here. It gradually stabilized at 370~550Mb/s later , and the reading speed was relatively satisfactory. If the writing speed was higher, it was the top-level SSD.
3. CrystalDiskMark is also a software that is very focused on solid-state drive testing. The test project is similar to the AS SSD Benchmark.
Run points can be seen, (SeqQ32T1) 32 array 1 thread continuous read and write speed , read up to 558MB/s, write 371MB/s , these data and ATTO Disk Benchmark measured speed;
Run points summary:
From the above three software speeds, the speed of write speed is between 350 and 370MB/s, the read speed is over 500Mb/s, and the peak can reach 550MB/s . This speed is very high for entry level SSDs. Excellent (ignoring high-end SSD), if compared with HDD, can be described as hanging without suspense, the price of 250 or so, for the current computer without SSD disk, used to do system disk, be regarded as a premium upgrade.
SSD running points can only tell you the maximum performance of the current product, and the stability and durability of the product are reflected by the flash memory chip, so the Taipower S500 will be dismantled and the internal capacity will be
It is quite convenient to disassemble the machine. Simply twist the four screws up and down to open the front cover and see the back of the motherboard. Then unscrew the three screws on the motherboard to take out the entire board. The overall shape of the board is rather petite, and it also provides enough space for large-capacity products to be released later.
After dismantling, you can see that the front of the mainboard is concise, the welding points are neat, and the workmanship is remarkable. In addition, you can see that there are four chips on the mainboard, one main control chip, one cache chip, and two flash memories. Chip , this price of SSD with external cache is indeed more conscience, or 128MB, and the flash memory is actually using Samsung chips! This price is also beyond anyone's right? Here are some of the chip analysis:
Master chip: Hui Rong SM2256K
Huirong is a Taiwan-based company. SM2256K is the newer master chip of Huirong. It has a master chip with LDPC error correction function. The continuous reading speed can reach 561 MB/s, continuous writing speed can reach 480MB/s, LDPC error correction. Technology can increase flash memory life by 2-3 times.
Cache Chip: South Asia NT5CB64M16FP-DH
In South Asia, Nanya is a veteran memory manufacturer in Taiwan and has world-leading levels in terms of chip production, memory design, and quality inspection. Well-known brands such as Kingston often use Nanya's chips. The cache is using South Asian DRAM particles, numbered NT5CB64M16FP-DH. According to the official query of South Asian official website, the capacity is 128MB and the frequency is DDR3-1600MHz:
It is worth mentioning here that many SSDs have cut off external cache chips and saved small-capacity cache chips into the main control chip to save costs. Although cache chips have not been improved in the speed of continuous reading and writing, they have little effect on small files ( 4K) read and write (especially writing) has a great impact, because writing a small file without flashing will frequently erase Flash. If there is a cache, it will be written in the cache first, waiting for a certain timing (by the master Strategy decision) write back Flash, so that the speed of reading and writing small files is obvious. So just said Taipower S500 external 128MB cache is indeed more conscience, because many products at this price will choose to compress the cost, cut off the external large cache.
Flash Particles: Samsung K9CHGY8S5M-CCKO
The actual capacity of the SSD is 128GB, which consists of two K9CHGY8S5M-CCKO NAND flash memory chips from Samsung! The laser engraving on the chip is very clear, including the words of the product factory batch, there should be no secondary laser engraving, this price can buy Samsung original flash memory particles, Taipower can also be said to be the next heavyweight; through inquiries, Samsung This flash memory chip is Samsung's self-produced 3bit TLC chip, although its lifetime is not as good as that of the 2bit MLC chip, but it has a big advantage over the traditional TLC chip. After all, it is a Samsung original chip. Not those black and white films that are uncertain, Samsung's flash memory particle recognition in the market is still very high, away from the black and white film, everyone is responsible!
advantage:
1. Run-point stability, read writes higher than expected, 350+ writes, and 500+ reads, performance, and full daily use;
2. Solid materials, 128MB of South Asian cache chips, 128GB of Samsung original flash memory chips, full of sincerity!
3. Good workmanship, metal shell, frosted paint, PCB board welding point no obvious flaws.
Disadvantages:
1. No SATA cable accessories
Finally, once again, Taipower S500 solid state drive product positioning is a direct PK traditional HDD hard drive, and entry-level SSD competition, Samsung original flash memory particles are very sincere, it is recommended that users still stay in the HDD era can consider this solid, In addition, if you have been pitted by black and white SSD, Taipower S500's imported original chip is also a peace of mind for you.