Best ssd for mac pro

[Pval]

I bought a Velocity Solo (nameless on eBay, but after comparing online I'm pretty sure it's the velocity solo, few cards mount SSD's on the card) attached a Samsung 830 series 256GB SSD and installed it in a Mac Pro 5.1 - 2.8GHz Xeon, been reading up on the specs of the card, but didn't see a benchmark posted for it yet. So I thought I'd oblige. I'll be curious to see when they release a mk2 and what specs that'll have.

Fyi, TRIM enabled by editing IOAHCIBlockStorage.kext

SSD via Velocity Solo in PCIe slot 1:

Results 429.09
System Info
Xbench Version 1.3
System Version 10.7.4 (11E53)
Physical RAM 12288 MB
Model MacPro5,1
Drive Type SAMSUNG SSD 830 Series
Disk Test 429.09
Sequential 281.54
Uncached Write 353.57 217.09 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Write 277.82 157.19 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Uncached Read 163.58 47.87 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Read 600.10 301.60 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Random 901.59
Uncached Write 1155.08 122.28 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Write 484.86 155.22 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Uncached Read 2475.26 17.54 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Read 905.46 168.01 MB/sec [256K blocks]

Original WD 1TB HDD:

Results 101.73
System Info
Xbench Version 1.3
System Version 10.7.4 (11E53)
Physical RAM 12288 MB
Model MacPro5,1
Drive Type WDC WD1001FALS-41Y6A0
Disk Test 101.73
Sequential 196.27
Uncached Write 222.86 136.83 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Write 199.58 112.92 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Uncached Read 143.54 42.01 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Read 255.39 128.36 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Random 68.66
Uncached Write 21.66 2.29 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Write 456.20 146.05 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Uncached Read 163.54 1.16 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Read 264.69 49.11 MB/sec [256K blocks]

 

[Desilva212]

Best SSD for MBP

I had read what a SSD could do as an upgrade....but it is hard to believe how much faster my system is since swapping out my OEM Apple HD with a SSD (2011 MBP). I looked everywhere and decided to pull the trigger on this guy:

Crucial m4 SSD
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004W2JL3Y

 

[coodem]

I have the same Crucial M4 SSD in my MBP and also in my iMac. It's not suited for either. The latest firmware causes it to crash a lot. I found the most stable is FW009. But still not perfect. Who knows when the next FE will be out and if it sorts these issues out.

Btw FW 009 was rock stable when using OSX Lion, but got worse on both machines when upgraded to OSX Mountain Lion

If I was to do it again I would look at a different drive

 

[gyorgy]

Firmware 000F (=Final)