The Toshiba OCZ VX500 (256GB, 512GB, 1024GB) SSD Review
by Billy Tallis on September 13, 2016 9:00 AM ESTAnandTech Storage Bench - Light
Our Light storage test has relatively more sequential accesses and lower queue depths than The Destroyer or the Heavy test, and it's by far the shortest test overall. It's based largely on applications that aren't highly dependent on storage performance, so this is a test more of application launch times and file load times. This test can be seen as the sum of all the little delays in daily usage, but with the idle times trimmed to 25ms it takes less than half an hour to run. Details of the Light test can be found here.
As compared with the Heavy test, more drives are able to offer peak performance that makes them competitive. The VX500 is not only slower than Samsung's 850 EVO and Pro, but it is also slightly slower than the Phison S10-based PNY CS2211. On the other hand, the full-drive penalty doesn't look as egregious in this test and is less severe than what most TLC drives suffer.
The spread of average service time scores is narrow, so the fact that the VX500 lands near the bottom of the chart isn't saying much. The full-drive average service time ends up less than twice that of the best drive's score.
The number of latency outliers could be better in the full-drive case, but it's not a big problem. The 250GB Crucial MX200 showed that SLC caching can backfire much worse, while the VX500 simply degrades down to the level of a budget TLC SSD.
Power efficiency of the VX500 continues to be great even when it is not performing at its best.
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Chaitanya - Tuesday, September 13, 2016 - link
How is the after sales service of these drives since Toshiba take over? I have heard some horror stories of RMA with OCZ in past.JebSpringfield - Tuesday, September 13, 2016 - link
I bought one OCZ drive a year after Toshiba took over. The SSD failed after one month, and they replaced it with a better model (I had to pay for the shipping), after another month or so, the new drive also failed. I contacted them again but this time I said I was not going to pay for shipping. They agreed, and sent me their top of the line model which has 5 year warranty and it's been working fine (knock on wood) for a bit longer than a year.Sorry but I don't remember the models.
Meegul - Tuesday, September 13, 2016 - link
While that doesn't speak to the quality of the drives, at least the customer service stepped up. The old OCZ days were just fraught with stories about the customer service affectively being MIA.StevoLincolnite - Tuesday, September 13, 2016 - link
...I'm still running a 64Gb OCZ Vertex 2 from 6-7 years ago... I WANT IT TO DIE SO I CAN UPGRADE.gammaray - Wednesday, September 14, 2016 - link
both my ocz vertex III and Agility III are still running fine lol. Meanwhile i bought an assorted battery of other SSDs, Main rig running Sandisk Extreme Pro.creed3020 - Wednesday, September 14, 2016 - link
Likewise! I have that same drive as my boot drive for my HTPC. Its definitely slower than it once was but thankfully it keeps on chugging. My next gen HTPC will include a newer, bigger boot drive. Not sure what will happen to the SATA II drive when I rebuild...Bullwinkle J Moose - Monday, October 3, 2016 - link
A Vertex 2 is Super Easy to KillJust follow OCZ recommendations on upgrading the firmware
(NO, I am NOT joking)
B.T.W.,
Anandtech really needs to update their testing procedure for SSD's
The original Vertex could copy and paste a 2GB file (to and from the same drive) at a blistering rate of 3.6 - 3.7 MB/sec
A Samsung 840 Pro can copy/paste the same file at 56.8 MB/sec
A Samsung 850 Pro can copy/paste the same file at 113.7 MB/sec
YES, AN 850 PRO IS TWICE AS FAST AS AN 840 PRO!
Disclaimer:
ALL tests made with XP-SP2 on SATA2 Ports using IDE protocol
Your results will vary depending on O.S. / Port Type and Protocol
Hardware and O.S. were kept identical to that used when testing the Vertex 1 & 2 which are no longer available for testing on newer hardware
ocztaec - Thursday, September 15, 2016 - link
Hi JebSpringfield,As this is my first post on this article please allow me to identify myself as a Toshiba America Electronic Components (TAEC) representative. Thank you for your comment and great to hear the current replacement drive is working well for you. We greatly appreciate both your business and support.
fanofanand - Wednesday, September 14, 2016 - link
I won't be taking the risk. They refused to honor their warranty when my OCZ DDR2 sticks failed. Lifetime warranty my azz.....ocztaec - Thursday, September 15, 2016 - link
Hi fanofanand,Thank you for your comment and your business. I'm sorry to hear that you had issues in the past. We understand how you feel and hope that one day we will have the opportunity to demonstrate the reliability of our current Toshiba products. Thanks again for your feedback.