MacBook :: OCZ Vertex 250GB SSD - QuickBench - Xbench Results?

Apr 5, 2009

I ran a few standard QuickBench tests on my week old SSD. It is quite a bit faster than the G. Skill Titan drive I was considering (the end of this post has results of the G. Skill on the same tests). The numbers are nice to look at, but it just feels extremely fast. Also note that the drive linked above seems to only have the OS loaded. My drive has about 100 GB of data (everything from my old computer) in addition to the OS X installation. Here's a video of the drive loading 35 apps at once It'd be great if someone with an intel x-25m could post QuickBench results. The computer is a 2.4 GHz unibody MacBook with 4 GB of ram.

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MacBook Pro :: XBench Results With Intel 160G SSD G2

Nov 18, 2009

Here are my results after running XBench on my Mid 09 MBP with 3.06GHz with 4G RAM. What do you think ?
XBench Results ....

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MacBook Pro :: Xbench User Interface Testing?

Mar 14, 2009

Most of the results were OK but the "User Interface" one. It got a 13 at 61 refresh/sec.

This computer is a Macbook Pro (Early 2008) C2D 2.6 with 4gb of RAM and the 7200rpm HD, and comparing the results in the xbench site there is clearly something wrong.

The problem is that I don't have a clue of what exactly is "User interface" testing and how to fix it, does anybody know something about this?

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MacBook Pro :: Xbench Scores Of Apple SSD TS256A

Jul 7, 2009

Got my 17" MBP a couple of weeks ago. Just ran xbench disk test and was truly surprised:

Results246.57
System Info
Xbench Version1.3
System Version10.5.7 (9J3050)
Physical RAM8192 MB
ModelMacBookPro5,2
Drive TypeAPPLE SSD TS256A
Disk Test246.57
Sequential165.88
Uncached Write186.92114.76 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Write182.08103.02 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Uncached Read107.3431.41 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Read252.81127.06 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Random480.09
Uncached Write315.6633.42 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Write333.97106.92 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Uncached Read1976.2314.00 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Read601.14111.54 MB/sec [256K blocks]

The test was done with a computation intensive job running (99% of one CPU, not a lot of I/O) and was reproducible. However, with no job running (fresh restart), this is what I have:

Results205.53
System Info
Xbench Version1.3
System Version10.5.7 (9J3050)
Physical RAM8192 MB
ModelMacBookPro5,2
Drive TypeAPPLE SSD TS256A
Disk Test205.53
Sequential138.57
Uncached Write182.17111.85 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Write167.4394.73 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Uncached Read76.6022.42 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Read229.95115.57 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Random397.68
Uncached Write243.0125.72 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Write307.7798.53 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Uncached Read1157.148.20 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Read546.49101.41 MB/sec [256K blocks]

What's going on with xbench? But by all means these are not bad numbers. Maybe the Apple SSD is not that bad now.

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MacBook Air :: Using A 250GB G-Drive Mini With Their MBA?

Aug 8, 2008

Anyone using a 250GB G-Drive Mini with their MBA? The drive requires too much power to be used on my 12" Powerbook via USB. I have to use firewire. Obviously this would present a problem with the MBA. (Oddly, my Xbox 360 has no problem mounting the drive via USB).

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Apr 17, 2012

What worked for me to fix mission control lagging (after upgrading from SL) was to run the xbench graphics test a few times. That's it. It worked perfectly! 

Info:
MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.3)

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MacBook Pro :: 250GB Or 320GB Hard Drive?

Jul 30, 2010

so i'm going to be a freshman in college and have decided to buy a 13" Macbook Pro laptop. I'd be getting the cheapest one ($1199) and using it for the internet, writing papers, storing music and photos, and whatever else I may become interested in while i'm in college. My question is, when ordering, for $40 I can bump the hard drive up from 250GB to 320GB...is it worth it for what i'd be using the computer for?

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MacBook Pro :: 1199 Model With A 250GB Hard Drive

Dec 13, 2010

I just recently picked up a MacBook Pro, the $1199 model with a 250GB hard drive from Best Buy (Only reason - 24 months no interest with their store credit card). I would like to upgrade the hard drive, but need to know exactly what size screwdrivers to use. I was able to take out the 10 screws and unplug the SATA connector from the hard drive, but there are star screws that are on the actual hard drive I need to remove and put on the new one...Since I didn't have a star screwdriver, I had to put it back together. ONE screw will not go in all the way on the side, and its annoying me. Because of this, I'm scared to take it apart again without the proper tools and stripping a screw or hole. if

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MacBook Air :: Low Power USB Port - Not Sufficient For LaCie 250GB Drive

Nov 2, 2008

The USB port of the MacBook Air has very low power and it is not being able to power my LaCie 250GB drive without having the hard drive connected to its independent power source. i am having to plug in not only my computer to external power, but i also have to connect the drive to an independet power source. can someone recommend a drive that works on with the MacBook Air that can work without independent power?

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MacBook Pro :: New 2.5" WD 750GB Drive - 250Gb Or 333GB Per Platter?

Aug 7, 2009

The press release info implies that the 750GB version uses 333GB/platter technology, but they don't come right out and say it. They seem to be referring mainly to the 1TB version.

Assuming they are using the larger platters, do they simply block off the excess capacity? Does this mean the 750GB might actually be faster on average, assuming they disable the slowest blocks?I really want to put one of these in my 17" MBPRo, but I'd hate to find out later that the 750GB version is actually using "old tech" 250Gb platters.

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MacBook Pro :: Apple Repair Took Intel X-25M SSD And Replaced With HDD 250gb 5400RPM.

Jan 16, 2010

I had an issue with the 9600m GT Graphics card a few weeks ago where the graphics card wouldn't display anything when plugged into an external monitor. The apple store checked it out and said the logic board was faulty and that it would need to be replaced under warranty. (Late 2008 15" macbook pro).

When I received the laptop back, they not only replaced the logic board, but they also replaced the SSD with a 250gb 5400rpm hard drive. I called in and, after being upgraded to the top level supervisor, he said that all of the hard drives being replaced were sent to be refurbished or recycled and that my hard drive had a fault in it so they replaced it. He says that they restore it to the apple original condition and originally they sold it with a 250gb hard drive in it so that's what they replaced it with. Their policy is that only if they replace aftermarket ram with apple ram will they return the aftermarket parts back to you. This repair was conducted yesterday, the 15th of January by apple Tech ID #612525.

I don't expect to get my data back, but if anyone has any idea on how I can get my hard drive back, I'd be willing to reward $100. A new Intel SSD X25-M G2 would be around 250 so I wouldn't want to do that.

I've been on the phone all day with the apple support so I am very frustrated right now.

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MacBook :: External Hard Drive - Seagate FreeAgent Go 250GB USB 5400 RPM

Jul 31, 2008

[URL: ...] I'm taking a Digital Media class on my study abroad trip this semester and one of the requirements for the class is that "Students will also need a portable external drive for storing files, a 120 gigabyte drive will be perfect." I'm not computer savvy whatsoever but would this be ideal for my class? We will be working on video projects and such. Also, I have a MacBook would it still work/be ideal with a MacBook?

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MacBook Pro :: Using OCZ Vertex SSD In I7?

Apr 16, 2010

After I purchased my 2.66GHz Core i7 yesterday, the first order of business was to open it up and remove the 500GB factory drive and replace it with my OCZ Vertex 128GB SSD drive. I was hoping I could simply drop in the Vertex (which had been in use in my previous MacBook) and boot away. But, as I suspected might happen, the OS X already on the Vertex didn't have the necessary support for the new model/CPU. I had to format the Vertex, install a fresh copy of OS X from the DVD supplied with the Core i7, and then use Migration Assistant to move over my data from a backup drive. No biggie.

Anyway, this baby SMOKES with that SSD drive in there! Check out these boot times:

From the moment I press the power button to a fully loaded Finder/Desktop: 19 seconds

From the moment I hear the startup bong to a fully loaded Finder/Desktop: 13 seconds

From the moment the spinning wheel first appears below the Apple logo (the beginning of drive access) to a fully loaded Finder/Desktop: 7 seconds

Shutdown time is awesome as well:

From the moment I confirm shutdown by clicking "OK" (pressing Enter) to a fully shut down computer: Less than 3 seconds!

The 19 second figure is roughly equivalent to what I was getting with my previous MacBook Pro. However, on that older model, the time between pressing the power button and hearing the startup bong was about 3 seconds. The new MacBook Pro takes 6 seconds for that part of the boot process. So, the boot process from the startup bong is actually 3 seconds faster with the Core i7 model.

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Sep 19, 2010

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MacBook Pro :: Using Installed OCZ Vertex 2?

Nov 18, 2010

ust installed my OCZ vertex 2E 240GB drive

Installation was pretty easy to be honest and I'm a novice with laptops.

did a clean install had to partition drive first then install OSX after doing all that I did a migration from time machine.

Something odd it booted up and my facetime app wouldnt work, got the error message that OSX was to old a version for it to work..

found it had 10.6.3 on it, thought it was odd as I did an install from the disc and my system came with 10.6.4.

so I did all the updates from software update up to 10.6.5 and now everything seems perfectly fine and lightening fast

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MacBook Pro :: Is The OCZ Vertex 2 Faster Than The SSD?

Nov 24, 2010

Just curious. I want to know if my base MPB will be faster than a maxed out MBA with this SSD

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Nov 29, 2010

Which would you guys tell me to get in the 120 GB variant and why?

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MacBook Pro :: OCZ Vertex Poll?

Apr 6, 2009

I am waiting on delivery of a Vertex drive for my Macbook Pro. While waiting on delivery I have been following some posts on OCZ's support forums

Now I am curious. Does this product have major issues in the Macbook, or do the problems described in the OCZ forum represent a small percentage of Mac users? Let's see what the numbers are for users in this forum.

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MacBook Pro :: Using Best/Vertex EX Or Intel X25-E?

May 22, 2009

Curious as to everyone's thoughts on the New Vertex EX vs. the Intel X25-E

Access Time?

IOPS? - not sure what this is, but it sounds like people care about it.

Overall?

The new OCZ Vertex EX or the Intel X25-E

I may have to put one in a MBP?

Necessary - not at all, but still tempting

I've looked on google already and didn't find much, so please don't use that card Mikes70Mustang

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Jul 17, 2009

From what I have seen the Vertex 120 gb ( for less than 400 USD ) and the intel x-25 80 gb are my options.80 too small for my taste , I have read a lot about this drives, but is the difference between them that high ?Btw, are there other options that I should look at ?

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Nov 20, 2010

WD 6.3cm (2.5) 500GB SATA WD5000BEVT 5400 8mb [WD5000BEVT]

I believe that is the one without WD's free fall sensor (or whatever it is called)?

I can get a very good deal on it (41€). I plan on copying my stock 250GB Toshiba drive 1:1 to it with Carbon Copy Cloner.

Would this drive be good?

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MacBook Pro :: OCZ Vertex 2 (E) SSD Lifespan Too Short?

Jan 4, 2011

I am thinking of buy a 60GB OCZ Vertex 2 (E) SSD for my 13" MBP, when I was doing research, I found in OCZ's technology forum that people complaining its lifespan drops a percent for every 3-4 days, so I am worried that if this is true, then it can last only a little bit more than a year, although I can get replacement under 3-years warranty, the time spend for re-installing system and migrate all my files is another problem. Also, I do programming, VM and Photoshop, plus web surfing and music, so there is lots of "writes" involved, I'm afraid it won't last a year.

Furthermore, keep watching its health status while using it is a painful experience as you see it dying slowly, similar to checking Load_Cycle_Count of HDD which is the reason I want to switch to SSD.

Anyone using OCZ SSD or other brands, can you share your experience and advice?

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Jan 15, 2010

Alright guys, so I got a 2.53 ghz 13' mbp. I'm wondering which one of these drives is faster? I've tried googling this info and can't find anything.

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Mar 28, 2010

I'm going to install either a 160GB Intel X25-M or 120GB OCZ Vertex in my 17'' 2.8Ghz MBP that I use for digital audio production and live performances. Any thoughts on which to choose?

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May 18, 2012

Just bought a new 15" 2.5 A/G and want to install a Vertex 3 SSD to replace the HDD. Despite reading & watching the "how to's", I'm not exactly clear if I simply insert the included restore disc after I do the upgrade or do I need a data transfer kit? I plan to migrate data from my old MBP w/SL(10.6.8), after the upgrade?

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Dec 13, 2010

It seems that going by the OCZ site the drive can only be reflashed with the latest firmware from a windows based machine. Is that correct?Haven't plugged it in yet but I hope mine comes with v1.24.

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MacBook :: OCZ Vertex 120GB SSD With Bootcamp & Windows 7

Mar 8, 2009

Added latest scores for Firmware 1199. Check out the xbench scores Woo hoo ! Just got my Vertex 120GB yesterday. Inside is a plain black box. Looks like OCZ is learning from Apple. Kinda reminds me of the iPhone packaging. The drive itself: This replaces the current WD Scorpio Blue 320GB in my Macbook 2.0 GHz Installing the Vertex couldn't be easier, but one has to use the 4 Torx screws so that the drive fits into the bay And that's what it looks like ... fitting snugly inside. I think I like the sleek black Anyways, enough of pics. Onto install notes, benchmarks and impressions. I partitioned the drive in Apple's DiskUtility. And installed OS X 10.5.5 and then updated with the 10.5.6 combo update. I then installed Office 2008 and VMWare Fusion. If you are concerned with alignment, don't be ... at least under OS X. That is because Apple's utilities do alignment on 4K (4096) byte boundaries. It's not perfect but it is better than nothing. If you figure out how to do the alignment yourself and still keep the GUID partition table with the protective MBR and 200MB EFI partition - please post it so that we can experiment with it. In the meantime let's look at the partition table. Running " sudo fdisk /dev/rdisk0 " in Terminal gives us the following output:...............

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Jun 23, 2009

I was planning on getting the Intel X25M SSD but then thought the OCZ Vertex 128GB would be more practical. However, reading some posts here and a lot over at the OCZ forum it looks like the Vertex is problematic in the 2009 MPBs in regard to install and sleeping.

So I'm wondering if these issues are pervasive or if the people w/ these problems are random, maybe having to do w/ something specific to their machine.

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Aug 3, 2009

I'm planning to order + install a OCZ Vertex TURBO (128 Gb) in my new MBP. Unfortunately, as these SSDs are still fairly new, I could not find any information from people who have experience working with them, let alone working with them on a MBP.

Does anyone have one of these, and have you encountered any problems? Or would you not recommend buying one of them, and go for the OCZ Vertex instead (which seems to have a larger user-base).

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Nov 25, 2010

Vertex as main drive, so for OS and backup?Will using it this way slow it down significantly?I want to keep my late 2008 2.66/8Gb 15" Unibody, until Sandybridge models are released

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