Guru3D
"With the Vertex series SSD controllers OCZ offers an extremely high performing SSD with a new controller and...in addition to that a nice phat 64MB cache to tackle the slow small files write issue. As such, the OCZ Vertex series SSD drives are to date the best SSDs we have ever tested. It is nearly baffling how fast it really is. It looks like OCZ struck gold with the Vertex. As such it comes very much recommended.”

Benchmark Reviews
"The OCZ Vertex easily outperforms the stated 160 MBps specification for write-to bandwidth, as our tests resulted in a 225.2 MBps average with a 242.7 MBps maximum peak write bandwidth. Positioned in first place and well above the RAID-0 performance a set of Western Digital VelociRaptor hard drives can offer, the OCZ Vertex outperforms every single storage drive product by a significant margin. Based on the collection of benchmark performance tests we've conducted, the OCZ Vertex offers linear bandwidth so far ahead of previous competition that it might require calling this a new generation product in order to justify how so many other 'new' products have just been left behind. the OCZ Vertex MLC Solid State Drive offers tremendous performance in read and write bandwidth speeds and an exceptional 0.10 ms response time at a attainable price. Second to none, the Vertex SSD easily outperforms a RAID-0 set of Western Digital VelociRaptor hard drives. I can recommend the OCZ Vertex to cutting-edge super-users and performance enthusiasts who want unmatched response and speed from their computer system."

PC Perspective
"The OCZ Vertex 120GB drive is the first drive to consistently beat out the Intel X25-M. The new OCZ Vertex solid state drive is one of the most impressive SSDs we have tested to date. I know that there is much excitement in the hardware community about this drive and for good reason: it uses a brand new controller from a brand new company and as such performance was an unknown. Many in the community have been billing it as the first true competitor to Intel's X25-M line of mainstream MLC drives and it indeed lives up to that status. As it turns out, the performance lives up to the excitement and expectations."

CD Freaks
"The OCZ Technology Vertex series drives are quite incredible. This is the first SSD drive I can honestly say is completely stable when used as a system drive. It's also incredibly fast. Reading access times are lightning fast and applications load in an instant, making the Vertex series of drives ideal as the operating system drive with all the user’s installed applications. Noise levels from the drive is null; there are no moving parts so the drive is completely silent.OCZ Technology care about their customers and they have an excellent support forum. There is no doubt in my mind that a lot of work has gone into the design of this drive, to make sure it performs extremely well under very heavy load in the real world. No doubt the much more advanced Indilinx Barefoot SSD controller also plays its part in boosting performance. The Vertex also received our highest editor rating."

IT-Review
"As a visual display of Vertex's supreme dominance, it stands way above everything in the database, by a factor of two. Compared to it, our beloved WD Raptor looks like an old guy trying to run twenty miles faster then a young guy doing marathon on a daily basis. Vertex is by far the fastest drive we've had a pleasure of testing so far. It kicks ass in read performance, very low CPU usage, and random seek time that's in the 0.1-0.11ms region. We give our kuddos to OCZ crew and award this drive with our Editor's Choice award."

PC Online (Japan)
“Intel was beaten for the first time and performance crown is taken by OCZ Vertex SSD. Vertex outperforms both previous OCZ series and all competitors on the market.”

Hermitage Akihabara (Japan)
“SSD response time and I/O performance are two crucial elements that should be taken into consideration when buying a new SSD. We found out that OCZ Vertex 120GB offered 3.8x faster performance than our benchmark HDD. On the other hand, its close competitor G-Monster V2 was only 2.3 faster. After concluding all tests and looking at performance comparisons, I understood why OCZ Vertex series is so hot”

EZone Magazine (Hong Kong)
“The real world performance of OCZ Vertex was just stunning. The user can save 50% time when loading the popular FarCry2. Moreover, we had not a single problem encountered when loading OS. There was not a single incident of freezing or lag. OCZ Vertex is simply THE KING of MLCs. The performance of this model is even superior to some much more expensive SLC models available currently on the market.”

Anandtech
“The sequential read performance of the latest generation of SSDs is nothing short of amazing. The OCZ Vertex pulls through with 250MB/s, over twice the speed of the VelociRaptor and 2.5x the speed of the Samsung SLC drive. The Vertex I do believe we have a true value alternative to the X25-M. The Vertex can give you a similar experience, definitely one superior to even the fastest hard drives, but at a lower price. If you want price/performance, the Vertex appears to be the best option."

PC3 (Hong Kong)
“OCZ Vertex brings MLC drives into a high-speed computing era. OCZ Vertex series brings a couple of new features including 64MB memory buffer and brand new IndilinX controller. OCZ Vertex, based on a new controller, brings stunning write and read speeds at which MLC drives can easily compete with powerful SLC drives.”

Tweakers (Netherlands)
“The Vertex series uses the inteligent Indilinx, Barefoot controller. This means increased performance in addition to that you get 64MB cache. The random write speed show the true power of the OCZ Vertex. It is clear that the Vertex is the next generation MLC based SSD drives. The Intel X25-M 80GB is a good alternative for the Vertex but for the price of an Intel you can almost get two 60GB Vertex drives. At the current price point, OCZ makes the Vertex available for a large group of consumers.”

PCM Advance Magazine (Hong Kong)
"OCZ Vertex series SSDs are based on Indilinx controller and offer 64MB onboard cache memory. Maximum power consumption is just 2W and in stand-by mode a mere 0.5W. Vertex series models offer a good firmware, that can be updated by users – one doesn’t have to wait to long to get the latest version. The most powerful MLC SSD is here – OCZ Vertex series – a very, very serious competitor to Intel’s X25-M.”

Madshrimps
"For the first time there is a new contender, the OCZ Vertex. The OCZ Vertex still benefits from the multiple tweaks you can do to increase your system’s performance with SSDs, but it doesn’t rely on it to perform properly; it works just as well 'plug & play' and this is a must for most users out there. While all those benchmark charts displaying 200+mb/s read and 150+mb/s write are nice to see, it’s good to actually have some idea of what that performance brings you in real life, the SSD powered system is more than three times faster. On two identical systems you can do no other upgrade which will give you such a boost. It’s this difference which make the Laptop with the OCZ SSD so fast. This drive is the single most important system upgrade you can do in 2009."

Benchmark Reviews: SSD RAID 0 Performance
"Putting two OCZ Vertex SSDs into a striped RAID-0 array really let the technology shine, as the bandwidth scores were as high as Benchmark Reviews has seen. The RAID-0 Vertex set performed at 504.9 MBps average read speed, while write performance was 437.2 MBps. That amounts to 104% read speed improvement, and 94% write performance. As a single drive, the Vertex SSD is second to none (at least until OCZ launches the Summit SSD), and easily outperforms a RAID-0 set of Western Digital VelociRaptor hard drives. Place two OCZ Vertex SSDs into a RAID-0 striped array, and the results are phenomenal."

Computer DIY (Taiwan)
“OCZ has released Vertex series SSDs – a brand new solution that will shake up the market. The drives are based on MLC chips that almost offer a performance of SLC chips – a great news for any gamer. OCZ Vertex was the first sample in our labs based on Indilinx controller with 64MB on-board buffer. It was also the first sample that performed better than Intel’s X25-M. Even if the current price of OCZ Vertex 120GB model is quite high, its absolutely worth every dollar you pay for it. Our TestSuite results showed that this model broke all performance records. There is no doubt that everybody who gets one, will be 100% satisfied”

Anandtech: System Building Guide
"It is possible to finally make SSD recommendations based on the months of research and testing performed on SSD drives at AnandTech. In keeping with the midrange pricing, we have listed an SSD option of the 120GB OCZ Vertex for the Intel Core i7 performance midrange system and a 60GB OCZ Vertex for the Phenom II performance midrange.”

OC3D
“The Western Digital Velociraptor, Caviar Black and Samsung F1 drives may be among the fastest mechanical SATA disks on the market, but as we've seen today they are absolutely no match for the OCZ Vertex. The Vertex also produced tangible benefits in Windows start-up and game loading times. Unreal Tournament III went from menu to map in 1/2 the time of the popular Samsung F1 1TB hard disk...Similarly the time taken to copy a massive 100GB file to the disk was also completed a whopping 4 minutes faster than its nearest competitor."

Desktop Review
"The OCZ Vertex drive is one of the best purchases a user can make to increase how fast their computer feels. At first use, it didn’t feel that much faster, but after using the regular hard drive again, it feels like I’m using the computer in a giant vat of molasses. In the end, adding an SSD can dramatically increase your computer’s speed and even your own productivity. The OCZ Vertex drives do offer big numbers and high transfer speeds, but more importantly they offer latencies like 0.3ms. The Vertex represents a fantastic value and can breathe new life into a user’s computer."

ASCII Weekly (Japan)
“To sum things up, OCZ Vertex series OCZSSD2-1VTX120G is a truly ultra-fast drive, and this series has no freezing issues like many competitors’ products. We can recommend you to buy a pair of 30GB drives, which offer quite good price/performance ratio, and build a RAID0 based systems. The performance of your PC will improve greatly”

Legit Reviews
"The OCZ Vertex 120GB SSD was able to reach 257MBps on the read test and 201MBps on the write tests. These are the highest results ever seen here at Legit Reviews in ATTO on the Overlapped I/O benchmark. Overall the OCZ Vertex 120GB proved itself to be one very fast SSD. At nearly half the price of the Intel X25-M the OCZ Vertex looks like a good solution. For those that like to play with cutting edge technology the Vertex is fun to use and with every new firmware update that comes out it only seems to get better."

Next Magazine (Poland)
“It’s the best SSD in both categories: performance and cost efficiency. Our tests show that even fastest HDDs are slower than OCZ and comparable in terms of cost efficiency at the same time. Vertex advantages: noiseless work, low power consumption during work and almost none consumption while idle predestinates it not only for notebooks but also for PCs.”

Tech Spot
"When looking at the value aspect of these MLC drives it is hard to go past the OCZ Vertex 120GB for $340, as it not only offers performance that is comparable to the Intel X25-M, but at around $50 less you get 50% more storage space. The OCZ Vertex was the superior performer in every single test we ran. The OCZ Vertex has emerged as the best value option, delivering world-class performance at a reasonable price. Not only does the Vertex provide impressive read and write throughputs, but it does so without any shuddering problems."

DRAMeXchange
"In the Bootchart test, the OCZ Vertex 120GB presented the best performance with a transfer rate of 179MB/s. It can be seen that the highest SSD reading rate was 241.05MB/s (OCZ Vertex 120GB SSD), with a set file size of 4MB.This test clearly shows the efficiency performances of SSDs of varying specifications under different application occasions, with the definite model information and model numbers listed in the results. In the overall performance test, the top with highest continuous writing and reading rate are OCZ."

HKEPC (China)
“This series is based on an innovative Indilinx controller with 64MB memory cache – a truly efficient solution. With the updated firmware, we were able to drive the performance of this 120GB drive up again”

Hardware.fr (France)
"The Vertex Drives aren’t only fast, they also have extremely low power consumption – what more could you ask for? With Vertex, OCZ is creating a new milestone in the SSD world…the efforts that OCZ is putting on the suppor of their product on their official tech forum and changes made by Indilinx based on the comments made by OCZ the Vertex continued to improve. Rather affordable, offering great performances in all tests, low power consumption and the first SSD that brings a hint about the TRIM , Vertex has everything it takes to be the perfect SSD."

ComputerBase (Germany)
"From a customer perspective the regular firmware updates from OCZ are a big advantage as they continue to improve the performance and OCZ even listens to end users during that process! With the latest firmware update you also get a TRIM tool which other SSD manufacturers have failed to implement so far. Without any doubts we give the Vertex our Recommended Award.“

MikroDatorn (Sweden)
“WOW, this is probably the best way to describe the experience you get with the OCZ Vertex. SSD drives have had a bad reputation in the past for low write performance, with the Vertex OCZ shows what is possible and it simply destroys the other drives on all fronts. As mentioned the previous issues from other SSDs are gone with the Vertex, in all benchmarks we ran the Vertex simply performed amazingly. We also appreciate the fact that OCZ offers the TRIM tool with the latest firmware. If you look at the performance increase you are getting the price is no longer an issue. Compare it to a high-end VGA card for example which only increases performance on a few applications while the OCZ Vertex gives you an advantage on so many different applications."

Portables4Gamers (France)
“This SSD is simply impressive with reactivity and ease of use on classic applications: game loading, file copies (small or big) and the silence you need for a laptop. If you would need to remember only 1 thing from this review, it would be that the Vertex is the best SSD choice of the moment for those who want to step into SSD technology. And all that for the pricing of an Intel SLC based SSD! We aren't used to it, but we can give nothing else but 5 stars to the Vertex”

OC Taiwan
“OCZ Vertex series is based on a new controller. With 64MB cache – the read and write performance shot up to top our performance lists. This MLC product is not only innovative, but also makes the performance of SLC models pale in comparison… Don’t look anywhere else – OCZ Vertex is the answer to your needs for a shockproof, energy saving and top performing storage solution of the future”

OCaholic
"With the Vertex 120GB MLC OCZ shows a solid product which definitely is an upgrade to a conventional hard drive. The Indilinx Barefoot controller with 64 MByte cache - in case of the 120 GByte version - combined with the most recent firmware, does a good job. The best thing about the OCZ Vertex 120 GByte SSD with 64 MByte cache is the fact that also the throughput with small block is increased. When it comes down to reading 4 KByte blocks randomly it is even faster than an Intel X25-M drive. This definitely is a step into the right direction and we hope that OCZ together with Indilinx further upgrades their firmware so that in the future we can expect even more performance out of these drives. The OCZ Vertex with 120 GByte capacitiy is a solid performer and as a system disk a good upgrade to recent hard drives."

PC Magazine (Singapore)
"Here in PC Mag SG lab, we have tested quite a number of SSDs in the past 12 months, with the Intel M-25X being the most impressive offering so far…Thankfully, with arrival of OCZ Vertex, we have finally found a worthy X25-M alternative that costs slightly less from the cost per gigabyte perspective. OCZ Vertex series uses a different controller than those found in the majority of mainstream SSDs, and coupled with special cared OCZ injected into its firmware, the end result is a blazingly fast drive that’s very competitive in different workload scenarios. Granted, it’s an MLC based SSD, but it doesn’t suffer from weak random write issue and its I/O performance on server application is simply amazing."

Bit-Tech
"Simply put, the OCZ Vertex is awesome. It’s the first MLC drive we’ve tested that’s comfortably outpaced mechanical drives in not just some, but every single test we ran and by quite significant margins too. It’s faster at reading, writing, copying, random write, random read, boot times and level loads – whichever way you choose to look at it, it’s just faster in every way we could find to test it."

Hot Hardware
"The OCZ drive had the highest rating at just over 243MB/s. None of the solid state drives we tested really hit their stride until transfer sizes exceeded the 64kb mark. Once again, the OCZ Vertes Series SSD came out on top in terms of average read and write scores here. In regards to writes OCZ take the lead. The OCZ Vertex Series SSD offered strong performance in the ATTO, HD Tach, and SANDRA tests."

Driver Heaven
"OCZ have targeted the SSD market in a more aggressive manner than any other manufacturer in the last 12 months. The OCZ Vertex series are probably the fastest and better SSDs available in the retail market at this point of time. The Vertex drives are the first able to compete with Intel's high end offerings, and at the same time they are notably cheaper. The Vertex series drives should make excellent OS drives for desktops and/or replacements for notebooks because of their 2.5" format, since they are manifold faster than any mechanical drive. Replacing your primary drive with a Vertex SSD will certainly make a great difference about your system's overall performance. If ultimate speeds are the most important factor to you, the OCZ Vertex SSD drives can also be set to assemble a very fast RAID array for even higher performance."

PC DIY (Taiwan)
"OCZ Vertex120GB was just super-performing. Under Windows Vista environment, there was no leg – the stability of this drive is simple superior. PC DIY! can highly recommends this model."

Computer Power User
"The solid-state storage market has really been heating up as of late, with a constant influx of faster—and sometimes more affordable—drives, in addition to firmware updates that enhance the performance of existing products. As our performance chart shows, the Corsair P256 trailed the OCZ Vertex Series drive in average read and write speeds. OCZ drives’ performance is a significant step up from traditional hard drives. One area where the OCZ Vertex Series 120GB drives blow away Intel is price. OCZ Vertex Series drives are excellent performers in their own right and offer higher capacities at a significantly lower cost per gigabyte."

Phoronix
"From these 15 tests that were ran, in a majority of them the OCZ Vertex SSD delivered the best performance. Besides that, this was one fast drive that worked well under Ubuntu Linux. The 60GB OCZ Vertex SSD is more than some of the 'budget SSDs' but can be justified if you are after speeding up your disk intensive operations or are looking for the greater reliability that is offered by solid state drives."

Overclockers Online
"The OCZ Vertex with the Indilinx Barefoot controller aims to provide consistent performance regardless of whether or not your drive is brand new or well-aged like a fine wine. My OCZ Vertex gives me faster access times resulting in a far more stable machine. The 64MB cache has made a world of difference and OCZ didn’t sacrifice too much bandwidth for the improved access time. With Win7 just around the corner and the OCZ Vertex already claiming to support the TRIM command, OCZ’s Vertex has a very bright future ahead of itself."

PC Welt (Germany)
“The OCZ Vertex 120GB excited with excellent data rates. In particular, the consistently high sequential read rates and the excellent results in test practice speak volumes for the Solid State Drive by OCZ. The shock strength is 1500G, which is very good value for a MLC model. The power consumption in standby is 0.5 watts. The 120-GB hard drive came in all three tests significantly more than 80 MB / s - excellent. Just to compare: Even the best 2.5-inch hard drives with ferromagnetic recording technology stay in the practice tests usually well below 30 MB/s.”

Tweakers (Netherlands)
“At our first confrontation with the OCZ Vertex SSD drive, it left us with a very good and strong impression about its performance. Striping of Vertexes has shown to be a successful way to increase the performance of SSD’s. The average performance show that in all user scenario’s they at least equal their biggest rival, the Intel X25-M 80GB. In most cases they even show a considerable head start."

Hardware Info (Netherlands)
“The OCZ Vertex 120GB SSD costs 3.39€ per Gigabyte. Although they can be found cheaper – such as OCZ’s own Core and Apex series – we would rather advise you to buy the slightly more expensive Vertex. Based on our benchmarks we can conclude that Intel’s X25-M is slightly faster but with 3.89 € / GB it is also slightly more expensive. When the smoke clears, we see that the battle has ended in pretty much a draw between the two giants, which is an enormous achievement. Until today, no other brand could even approach Intel’s performance level. When OCZ is able to reduce its price a little more, the Vertex becomes the ultimate recommendation.”

CPU3D
“Wow, what can I say about the OCZ Vertex Series 120GB SSD? Well, I'm glad to say OCZ have really delivered in terms of performance and features. It's one of the fastest SSD we've tested to date, and to be honest ... I am speechless. The Vertex is the perfect storage solution for any enthusiast or high-end users wanting that extra performance. The OCZ Vertex Series 120GB SSD offers blisteringly fast performance for both read and write. The performance of the OCZ Vertex Series 120Gb SSD is absolutely phenomenal.”

Micro Mart
“This is a fantastic introduction to the benefits of SSD technology. OCZ has been an important forerunner in bringing SSDs to the mainstream. In our all important stutter test, the OCZ Vertex passed with flying colours and recorded a staggering 205MB/s read and 120MB/s write speeds. Given the choice between an SSD and a Core i7 CPU, we’d take the drive every time – they make that much of a difference to how fast your PC will feel! For the Corsair drive - You’d be extremely disappointed had you been expecting the proper SSD experience from this drive”

Custom PC Magazine
“While the performance of the OCZ Vertex in our real world tests is excellent, it’s the high performance across the entire range of tests that marks it out as special. Booting Windows Vista was lightening-fast on the Vertex. The Vertex is the best all-round SSD we have ever seen and we highly recommend it.”

PC Games Hardware (Germany)
“The Vertex from OCZ is a technically superior product and therefore is the better choice for most desktop PCs. When compared to traditional hard drives, SSDs are far ahead: All benchmarks decide it for themselves."

Total PC Gaming
“The Vertex is a solid alternative to the Intel drive for users looking to enter the SSD market. For those wanting the fastest performance in file creation and video editing, it’s the best drive to get.”

TweakPC (Germany)
“The OCZ Vertex shows a marked improvement over the last generation of SSDs. The performance almost makes the mouth water. While reading the economic SSD up to 250 MB/second and write 128k blocks from their maximum of nearly 200 MB/sec. These are truly outstanding values in this test. If you are looking for maximum performance for a system disk, the OCZ Vertex is the SSD you are looking for. A Windows 7 Boot Time on an SSD of just 17.9 seconds speaks for itself and earns our Performance Award for the OCZ Vertex.”

Trusted Reviews
“This is a seriously fast drive that will be perfectly suited for use as the main system drive for a fast gaming PC or workstation and its price is competitive with other similarly performing solutions on the market. In the read and write tests of HDTune, the Vertex drive held up to OCZ's claims.”

ZWAME (Portugal)
“The Vertex is simply a "must have". It destroys everything that the Vertex has seen at this level of storage so far, including external controllers with disks of 15,000 rpm. Furthermore, it is quiet, small, not heated and consumes little energy.The Vertex is an SSD to consider. SSD is the future.”

Tec Channel (Germany)
“The OCZ Vertex SSD operates with MLC NAND and has an additional cache. The benchmark test shows how fast the Solid State Drive really is in comparison with other drives. The OCZs Vertex Series delivers in all areas tested, a very good performance. The controller provides very high sequential transfer rates when reading and writing over 200 MByte / s and are also successful in the practice tests."

HardTecs4U (Germany)
“The practice benchmark shows that SSDs are established when creating files. The Vertex now confidently, and with a safe distance, ranks itself at the top. In this case, it does not matter anymore whether the files being produced are large or small. When testing the power, the OCZ Vertex idling can even grab a top position.”

FrazPC (Poland)
“New better controllers and new OSs revisions optimized for SSD technology will show true advantages of new solution. If we decide to buy SSDs like the OCZ Vertex or Intel X25-M we will feel our OS works a lot faster and we’ll saves a lot of time while launching games and various applications. According to our tests there are no doubts the Vertex is the best and with a clear conscience I recommend it with FrazPC’s “performance” and “FrazPC recommends” awards.”

TweakUp (Denmark)
“You save a lot of power through the use of SSD, there is no noise at all and then the service is in a class of its own. If we compare with most other traditional and SSD drives available on the market, we need more to achieve the same performance as the Vertex does on its own. This is quite impressive. The OCZ 120GB is the latest generation which offers a beautiful high reading speed and that is regardless of the operating system used.”

Hartware.net (Germany)
“We use PCMark Vantage exclusively for the SSDs in hard disk benchmark - the more the better. The Ultra Drive ME Super Talent is significantly behind the OCZ Vertex. Although difficult to choose a clear winner, the Vertex from OCZ is victorious in many of our tests.”

Computer World
“I decided to test two popular 2.5-in. laptop drives to determine the advantages each offers. I tested their impact on battery life, the read and write speeds, cold boot-ups and restarts, and CPU utilization. SSDs are naturally more rugged than HDDs because they have no moving parts. OCZ claims its Vertex drive can sustain up to 1,500 Gs of shock before sustaining damage or a drop in performance. The Vertex is OCZ's second iteration of an SSD, and it uses 64MB of cache to artificially enhance the write performance and a more advanced Indillinx controller. Not surprisingly, the Vertex SSD handily beat the Seagate HDD for cold boots: 20 seconds to start up Windows XP for the OCZ and 40 seconds for the Seagate. The SSD also beat the HDD for restarts: 26 seconds versus 37 seconds. The SSD outperformed the HDD in most benchmarking tests, as well as handily beating out the competition for boot-ups."

CDRinfo
"OCZ's Vertex 60GB drive proved to be fast and costs more or less $200, making it very appealing for entry-level users seeking for a quiet and very fast SSD. The Indilinx controller with 64MB cache onboard makes the difference here and ensures a shutter-free operation. It is really good to see that OCZ supports users in the best possible way!OCZ's 3- year warranty is also there to make you feel confident with the Vertex drive. It seems that you cannot really go wrong with buying this product. Good work OCZ!"

Hexus
"Shipping with an Indilinx Barefoot controller and posting decent benchmarks throughout, the OCZ Vertex range of SSDs live up to their performance billing. Read and write speeds are healthy, evinced by our benchmarks, and we like the fact that OCZ has smaller-capacity models in the range, starting out at 30GB."