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About PCMark Vantage
PCMark Vantage is a PC benchmark suite designed for Windows Vista offering one-click simplicity for casual users and detailed, professional grade testing for industry, press and enthusiasts.
A PCMark score is a measure of your computer’s performance across a variety of common tasks such as viewing and editing photos, video, music and other media, gaming, communications, productivity and security.
From desktops and laptops to workstations and gaming rigs, by comparing your PCMark Vantage score with other similar systems you can find the hardware and software bottlenecks that stop you getting more from your PC.
From: Developer's Page
PCMark Vantage aims to shed a little more insight into real life performance of your computer hardware by semi-synthetic means -- and all insight is good, right? The great thing about standardized tests is anyone can repeat them and get very similar results, given identical hardware. Well, I am not going to narrate the stuff above in detail, because we all know graphs are there for a very good reason. What we can draw in conclusion from the charts is the performance between all three SSDs is fundamentally comparable, with the trio consistently trading positions in the race. It is certainly a neck to neck competition; but what the G.SKILL Phoenix EVO is capable of doing is nothing to be ashamed of.
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Honesty. How much is that worth per kilogram? I don't know about you, but at least to the good guys over at G.SKILL, this actually means something to them. So while some manufacturers are switching over to 25nm chips and are losing an additional 5GB for their advertised 120GB drives, G.SKILL insisted on pulling no nasty surprises to ensure the end user got exactly what they were promised. This is clear in both their capacity designations and product branding. The G.SKILL Phoenix Pro 120GB is a 34nm 120GB SSD. The G.SKILL Phoenix EVO 115GB is a 25nm 115GB SSD. But if you are sitting in front of your computer right now, fiddling with your credit card and wondering whether you should buy a 34nm SSD or 25nm SSD, then I will be happy to make this decision for you. As I have said in my OCZ Vertex 2 160GB 25nm review late last month, it is really not that relevant. The drives perform incredibly close to each other with the exception of one or two benchmarks, and even at that, it is unlikely you will notice any difference in real life throughput. SandForce SF-1222 based SSDs are really fast, regardless of what chips are found inside. The real thing that matters is the price per gigabyte. Having 115GB (107GB in Windows) is plenty for your programs and games. Did G.SKILL hit it home with the Phoenix EVO 115GB? For about $200 at press time, let's just say, punch that credit card number and expiry date in -- a deal is a deal.
G.SKILL provided this product to APH Networks for the purpose of evaluation.
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Since April 30, 2007, Number Ratings have been dropped for all CPUs, motherboards, RAM, SSD/HDDs, and graphics cards. This is to ensure the most appropriate ratings are reflected without the inherent limits of using numbers. Everything else will continue using the Number Rating System.
More information in our Review Focus.
With a moderately large capacity for about $200 at press time, the G.SKILL Phoenix EVO 115GB is an SSD that delivers a lot of bang for your buck.
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Page Index
1. Introduction and Specifications
2. A Closer Look, Installation, Test System
3. Benchmark: ATTO Disk Benchmark
4. Benchmark: Crystal Disk Mark 3.0
5. Benchmark: AIDA64 Disk Benchmark
6. Benchmark: HDTach 3.0.1.0
7. Benchmark: HDTune Pro 4.60
8. Benchmark: PassMark PerformanceTest 7.0
9. Benchmark: PCMark Vantage, Conclusion
