A tale of two SSD's and one is not like the other

Chrispy_ · Sep 22, 2023

Yeah, that's what irks me. TLC+good controller > QLC+bad controller.

At least give it a new product name, and for the love of god, don't charge the same price for two very different things of very different quality.

chrcoluk · Sep 23, 2023

I seen MX500 mentioned but I think in it's case the changes were beneficial to customers, the early versions had that horrible wear levelling behaviour and couldnt even tally the power on hours correctly. Even if they bench slightly lower now, the newer revisions are much better.

System Name	Bragging Rights
Processor	Atom Z3735F 1.33GHz
Motherboard	It has no markings but it's green
Cooling	No, it's a 2.2W processor
Memory	2GB DDR3L-1333
Video Card(s)	Gen7 Intel HD (4EU @ 311MHz)
Storage	32GB eMMC and 128GB Sandisk Extreme U3
Display(s)	10" IPS 1280x800 60Hz
Case	Veddha T2
Audio Device(s)	Apparently, yes
Power Supply	Samsung 18W 5V fast-charger
Mouse	MX Anywhere 2
Keyboard	Logitech MX Keys (not Cherry MX at all)
VR HMD	Samsung Oddyssey, not that I'd plug it into this though....
Software	W10 21H1, barely
Benchmark Scores	I once clocked a Celeron-300A to 564MHz on an Abit BE6 and it scored over 9000.

System Name	Main PC
Processor	13700k
Motherboard	Asrock Z690 Steel Legend D4 - Bios 13.02
Cooling	Noctua NH-D15S
Memory	32 Gig 3200CL14
Video Card(s)	4080 RTX SUPER FE 16G
Storage	1TB 980 PRO, 2TB SN850X, 2TB DC P4600, 1TB 860 EVO, 2x 3TB WD Red, 2x 4TB WD Red
Display(s)	LG 27GL850
Case	Fractal Define R4
Audio Device(s)	Soundblaster AE-9
Power Supply	Antec HCG 750 Gold
Software	Windows 10 21H2 LTSC

A tale of two SSD's and one is not like the other

Have you ever gotten the same NVMe model but ended up with vastly different performance?

Yes

No

I hate it when manufacturers do this

I use HDD's all day and first world problems don't concern me

Chrispy_

chrcoluk