Howdy, thanks for the critique!
its naive ur approaching method.. u show the 40gb to be far superior form 80gb G1, which isnt.... the results form G1 80gb seems from a heavily used disk.. secure erase the disk.. and then reconsider the credibility of your review...
Please keep in mind that all solid-state drives in this review were subjected to the exact same dirtying methodology. The Intel drive was Secure Erased prior to the start of testing. The OS was manually installed (not cloned as this preserves the clean state longer) and the Sysmark tests were generated. Due to the nature of Sysmark installing a multitude of older and outdated programs it is required to format and reinstall the OS a second time to achieve accurate results with other programs.
All SSD's here began in a clean state and followed this procedure. The batch file runs and file transfer tests are especially harsh and will hurt the drive performance, but this does nothing more than mirror the use these drives will typically receive.
Because none of these drives supported TRIM at the time of review it is important to test with a dirty drive. The Kingston drive uses Intel's G2 controller and seems much more capable of dealing with heavy use, as both drives started clean and ended in the same dirtied state.
There isn't much use in testing an intentionally "clean" SSD as the SSD only remains clean once. Most users will not be willing to regularly secure erase their SSD and reinstall the entire OS and programs every few months, and so it is important to test in the condition the drives will be expected to work within. TRIM would have made this a non-issue, and honestly I would only recommend a drive with TRIM for this exact reason.
