SSD by stefan @ 2013-05-29
The E-Drive SSD from KingFast sports high reliability SLC NAND flash from Intel, along with the proven LSI SandForce SF-2281 controller, which makes it ideal in enterprise environments. The product is available in 60GB and 120GB capacities, with no 240GB in sight yet and we also get a full 3-year warranty.
At first I would like to thank KingFast for offering a sample of their E-Drive 2.5'' SATAIII SLC 120GB SSD for testing and reviewing.
“KingFast, is a new sub-brand of RunCore SSD aimed at a growing, Ordinary Consumers seeking for extreme performance gears at affordable prices for mainstream PC market and Industrial market. As all know,RunCore is one of the leading and Professional Manufacturer of High-Tech Solid State Storage Products(SSD, SSD Array, PCIe Card, Data security SSD ,etc) in the world for High-end Military Market since 2006. KingFast will be a perfect complement to RunCore portfolio Hot Consumer SSD like 2.5 SATAIII SSD, m-SATA SSD,Ultra-Cache SSD, E-Drive,CF Card,USB3.0 Pen Drive and other storage devices that our loyal fans are intensely fascinated about.
KingFast is dedicated in R&D, Production, Marketing and Sales of Popular Consumer SSDs and Industrial SSD with High-performance/Lower Prices from the RunCore SSD, Including the Hot F3 Plus 2.5 SATA III SSD ,2.5 SATAII SSD, mSATA3.0 SSD, mSATA SSD, Half Slim SSD, 1.8 micro-SATA SSD, 1.8 ZIF SSD and the new lauches E-Drive,U-Drive& S-Drive to Consumer, Enterprise and Industrial Customers. And by working closely with a number of first-tier Companies, We are able to predict the mainstream market demands accurately and introduce new products ahead of competition.
It's our devotion to advanced R&D,Supported by Strong Military SSD R&D Team, Sophisticated Production Skills, In-Process Testing and Strict QMS(Quality Management System)Control ,1100m square ISO9001 -certificated Factory that allows us to turnaround High-quality, Low-Cost products at the shortest time possible. All of our SSD products are ROHS Directive-compliant, and Carry CE,FCC,KC approvals.And we offer all of our SSD products with 3-year warranty.”
High Reliability/Endurance (SLC)
Extreme IOPS performance (75,000/85,000)
Sudden Power-off recovery Support
S.M.A.R.T., NCQ and Trim Support
Ideal Choice for Enterprise application.
Best-in-class real-world SATA performance
Beats competitors’ 6Gb/3Gb offerings
Incomparable SLC endurance
Lowest $/PBW
Support sudden Power-off recovery,S.M.A.R.T, NCQ and Trim
Drop-in replacement for conventional HDD
1)Model NO. KF2510SCF
2)Series: E-Drive
3)Device Type: Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)
4)Form Factor: 2.5”
5)Capacity: 60/120GB
6)Memory Type: SLC
7)Interface: SATAIII
8)Size: 100*70*9mm
9)Performance:
Sequential Read/Write (Max): 560/530MB/s
IOPS Read/Write (Max): 75,000/85,000
10)Power Consumption
Input Voltage: 5V±5%
Power Consumption (Idle): 0.15W
Power Consumption (Active):3.35W
11)Reliability
M.T.BF: >2,000,000 hours
ECC: Supports BCH ECC 55bits correctable in 512 bytes
S.M.A.R.T: Support
NCQ: Support
Trim and dynamic power management support
12)Environment
Operating Temp.: 0~70?/-40~+85C
Storage Temp.: –55?95?
Anti Shock Operation: Shock: 1500G (@0.5ms half sine wave)
13)Warranty: 3 years
We are not at the first KingFast SSD review since we made ourselves familiar with their F3 series earlier this year. This time we will look upon their latest offering, the E-Drive 2.5’’ SATAIII SLC SSD, with two available capacities so far: 60GB and 120GB. The product ships in a themed box, with some product specifications right on the front:
For additional security, the packaging is fully sealed on both sides:
Besides the SSD itself and some accessories, the E-Drive also ships with some documentation, in Chinese:
We have mentioned before of some accessories right? Well, these are a desktop system mounting adapter, a short SATA cable, but also some screws in a separate re-sealable plastic bag:
The KF2510SCF chassis looks similar to the KF2509MCF model we have previously tested, but it’s easier to disassemble; on the top we will find the name of the SSD, the code name along with the warranty period:
On the right side of the SSD we’ll find a serial number, along with the mounting holes:
On the back side the manufacturer did not place any specification stickers, besides a warranty small one in one of the corners, which forbids us opening it up:
The KF2510SCF model was held in only 4 screws which were larger and were also passing through the PCB. This model is built better, and the SSD PCB is held fixed by other four small screws:
On the left side we’ll find the SSD controller and on the right we have no less than eight NAND Flash ICs:
Curious regarding the controller? Well, there is nothing new here, only the SF-2281 from SandForce which we have seen many, many times before:
The Intel 25nm SLC NAND comes with the 29F16B16NCNE1 part number:
On the bottom side of the PCB we can see the placeholders for other 8 NAND Flash chips:
CPU : Intel I5 3750K Retail @ 4.7GHz
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D14
Motherboard : ASRock Z77 Extreme6
RAM :GeIL PC3-17000 2133MHz 8GB EVO Leggera
Video : Sparkle X560 Calibre
Power Supply : Cooler Master 850W
HDD : Seagate Barracuda 320GB 7200.10
Case: Cooler Master ATCS 840
The KingFast E-Drive 120GB SSD comes unformatted out of the box:
After the SSD has been formated NTFS, here is the total free space reported by Windows 7:
With the help of AIDA64, we can extract more information regarding the drive:
HDTach Short Test
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Filled SSD
HDTach Long Test
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CrystalMark HDD Test Suite
AIDA64 Disk Test Suite
PCMark05 HDD Test Suite
CrystalDisk Test Suite (Random)
HDTune Test Suite
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Filled SSD
PCMark Vantage HDD Test Suite
PCMark 7
Anvil Reads
Anvil Writes
AS SSD Benchmark
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Filled SSD
AS SSD Benchmark (IOPS)
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ATTO Disk Benchmark
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Filled SSD
The latest E-Drive SSD from KingFast comes with high reliability, endurance thanks to the 25nm SLC Intel NAND and very good performances all over the board, sporting the same LSI SandForce SF-2281 controller. The model is currently available in 60GB and 120GB variants with no sign yet of a 240 version, which would be highly desirable.
Because of the high reliability, this type of product is recommended for servers, data centers, databases, storage arrays or any other enterprise environments. The access time for the SLC SSDs is also lower compared to the MLC counterparts.
Regarding the warranty, the E-Drive comes with only 3 years, while similar products on the market have 5 years.
The build quality has been also increased with this unit and we now have the internal PCB secured with 4 more screws, something we did not see at their latest offering.
MSRP is not available yet but we will update the review as soon as we get it.
We would like to thank again to KingFast for making this review possible.
