Storage media-based Solid State Drive (SSD) more prevalent in the market. Western Digital hard drive as well-known manufacturers also took part with the launch of WD SiliconEdge Blue. SiliconEdge Blue is one of the SSD-based storage media by Western Digital. Comes with various capacities namely, 64GB, 128GB and 256GB, but for testing this time will examine more deeply the ability WD SiliconEdge Blue version 256GB.if seen from the physical size, this product is no different from other brands that have a similar capacity. Which it has a thickness of 0.4 inches, 2.75 inches wide and 3.9 inches long.
Performance offered is not far adrift, only this product has a relatively large capacity in its class. However please note, key performance SSD products lies in its Controller.
Unlike some other products such as Intel are using their own controllers, WD instead decided to use a chip from a third party as the ‘brains’ behind the Blue SiliconEdge performance.
High speed, however Unstable
It can no longer be denied if the SSD storage media have speed read / write better than the Hard Drive (HDD) that still use the Platter.
Not only that, the product SSD also consumes less energy and resistant to shocks. So, if there is a laptop that uses the SSD, it can operate better than that using the HDD.
To SiliconEdge Blue 256GB, does have a speed read / write which is high. But unfortunately, are not stable. In a sense, there is a significant decrease when used to transfer large amounts of data.
This is evidenced through the application of HD Tune which there were significant decrease during testing, for example, to the ability to write.
This product is capable of writing up to 182 MB / sec or an average of 107.9 MB / sec, but it is not stable until the fall at the lowest speed that is 0.2 MB / sec.
It certainly will not taste the difference if users only use these products for a variety of everyday lightweight applications, but it’s different when used for large data transfers such as high-resolution film.
Migrating to the SSD?
Blue SiliconEdge exactly is WD’s first debut as a major player in the computer storage industry. The emergence of these products even while providing more choices to its users. So whether it’s time to migrate to the SSD media era?
It is not denied if the SSD offers a number of advantages that are not obtained with HDD media, but any kind of excess must be redeemed at a price that is quite expensive.
256GB WD Blue SiliconEdge giving price with $ 999 price range, the price is quite expensive indeed but what is worthy of being one choice of computer users?
The answer is depending on the needs of each individual, if you want high-speed storage medium with limited funds may not match the SSD. Another case for users with limited funds and that put a large capacity.
advantages:
+ Large Capacity
+ High maximum speed
Disadvantages:
- Expensive Price
- Less stable
Benchmark Results:
HD Tune
Read:
Minimum: 85.6 MB / sec
Max: 214 MB / sec
Average: 210.1 MB / sec
Write:
Minimum: 0.2 MB / sec
Max: 182.2 MB / sec
Average: 107.9 MB / sec
HD Tach
Quick Bech: 251.4 MB / sec
Long Bech: 254.2 MB / sec
PCMark Vantage
HD Test Suite: 24530th
