And The Winner Is... (Surprise)

Typically, when we run these "versus" character articles it's difficult to pick a clear winner because the competition is so stiff. This, however, was not a closely contested combat. Blows were non traded back and forth. Instead, Crucial's v4 put on the fetal position and was repeatedly pummeled aside OCZ's Agility 4 in our tests.

Happening medium, the Agility 4 was 60% faster than the v4 in our Indian file transfer trading operations. This was backed by PCMark 7's benchmarks, which also revealed a 60% gap favoring OCZ's unit of measurement. Crucial's v4 had its best showing in our real-world application testing, but even then information technology lingered rear end the Agility 4 past a disconcerting 30%.

Evidently the v4's SATA 3Gb/s limitation and its controller hinder the drive's speed, but this is intended. Crucial argues that its budget offer delivers the right poise of carrying into action at the correct price and that 6Gb/s digest is overkill for most users A they are unable to utilize this new port.

"Ready to complement umpteen pre-2011 systems, we thought information technology made sense to deliver a mainstream answer that would save customers money spell maintaining a high level of SSD performance. Since the Crucial v4 SSD doesn't admit pricey features that cater to high-performance systems, we're healthy to offer a high-quality product at an low-cost Mary Leontyne Pric," the caller told us. That sounds great, but does it harbour true?

Not really. Both the v4 and Agility 4 launched at $190 and the v4 has since been cut to $180. At those price points we Don River't believe the v4 has a peg to stand on, regardless of whether Oregon not your arrangement supports SATA 6Gb/s. The v4 couldn't max SATA 3Gb/s, and then the Legerity 4 should still be faster when using that interface.

With the v4 being unworthy of consideration, the tangible question becomes: should you buy an Agility 4 Beaver State a Vertex 4?

Remember we said competition is usually stiff?... Every bit of writing, the 256GB Agility 4 is only $10 cheaper than the 256GB Vertex 4, yet the latter is 17% faster in our sincere-world app tests and 48% faster when measuring file transfers. Put differently, the Agility 4 doesn't deliver the same value as the Peak 4, and we don't go through how $10 of total savings would make a remainder in that location.

Our advice is to spend a little extra on the Acme 4 or even the Determinative m4 (not the v4) for the extra performance, unless you come crosswise a deal where the Agility 4 is significantly cheaper than such flagships.

OCZ Lightsomeness 4 256GB scorecard

Pros: Solid performance that is only beat by the flagship crop. Spellbinding capacity for a mainstream SSD.

Cons: The Legerity 4 like previous revisions tries to offer up mainstream value, the only take is that the Vertex 4 and else faster models cost pretty much the same leaving no room for compromises.

All important v4 256GB scorecard

Pros: Great capacity in a SSD but that's about IT. Pricey versus the competition, including Crucial's own m4.

Cons: Down execution. Crucial hindered the v4 too much and it shows. SATA 3Gb/s. The drive is non on par with today's drives, unheeding of price point.