OCZ Enyo USB 3.0 Portable Solid State Drive

"OCZ’s Enyo leads in writes by an even larger margin than its competitor does in reads. Windows Startup performance favors the OCZ Enyo. OCZ’s Enyo took the overall performance lead by producing far-better write rates. With a width of a credit card, the Enyo is also a little more portable. Who wins? We’d probably select OCZ’s combination of performance and slim portability."

"For those that are looking for true performance, the OCZ Enyo provides a brilliant performance – with this you could be tempted to memorize all your data on this USB drive. OCZs Enyo has more Gadget style. It looks very smart and comes with the necessary USB 3.0 cable included. It is a few MB/s more performance and ultimately this has our preference. This is why OCZs Enyo finishes first by a nose length and wins our 'Excellent Hardware Award'."

“OCZ’s Enyo drive is one of the first external USB 3.0 SSD drives actually available in the shops. In the test laboratory it gave us some impressive scores. The average read performance was 143,46 Megabyte per second, write performance 138,04. For comparison only: The fastest hard drive WD Velociraptor (with SATA-Connection) brings in both disciplines 'only' 102 Megabyte. With such performance, the Enyo shows its tail-lights to all external HDD drives we ever tested at Computerbild."

"OCZ did not lie about their Enyo! Its read speeds are excellent. For us, the OCZ Enyo is clearly shining in this roundup. If Transfer of large files is what you are looking for, Enyo is undoubtedly the best choice for you with higher performances than its opponents. Speeds in read and writes are even coming very close to some SSD with SATA 3 GB/s platforms. The USB 3.0 port opens up a new dimension in mobile data transfer devices and confirms that external SSD drives actually need the speed of USB 3.0.”

"Wouldn't it be nice to combine USB 3.0 with SSD? Thanksfully, OCZ did. But the last USB 3.0 device we tested with an SSD couldn't come close to a drive's bare SATA numbers. How does the Enyo stack up? Like a boss. It's also stupid fast. If you have a computer with USB 3.0 and need fast, portable, external storage the Enyo is the best thing going. The Enyo is hella speedy, good looking, and available today."

"If I could rewrite the definition of 'Fast', I might say 'Being able to copy a 4GB file in 22 seconds'. That averages out to 186MB/s! The 4GB performance we saw with the Enyo was impressive, but the 16GB performance is even more so. Our 16GB file copied over in 84 seconds, which is just about 195MB/s. It's no secret that OCZ produces some of the best SSD's on the planet, if not the best in many cases, and it's devices like the Enyo that helps keep the company's name at the forefront of related technologies. Compared to Super Talent's SuperCrypt drive, the Enyo is far superior. In the most important real-world ones, the Enyo came out the undisputed champion."

"Users that regularly move large volumes of data are going to see a real difference with this device. The OCZ Enyo is a fine example of what can be achieved when combining SSD performance with the new USB 3.0 interface. The fact that we were able to copy a 6GB file in just over a minute blew us away. In terms of performance the OCZ Enyo showed no weaknesses. Overall the OCZ Enyo is a seriously impressive piece of hardware that offers unparalleled performance, taking portable storage to new heights."

"In the Sequential read and write speeds, the Enyo runs almost 6x and 4x faster, respectively, when utilizing the USB 3.0 connection. In terms of performance, the Enyo is exceptionally fast, easily embarassing USB 2.0, and even a traditional SATA hard drive for that matter. The read/write speeds for an external drive are outstanding. The beauty here is that the Enyo doesn't suffer the speed slowdowns of USB 2.0 or even eSATA. It's not for everyone, but if you need absolute speed in an external drive format, then the OCZ Enyo is about as good as they come."

"We see Enyo seriously kick ass. The Enyo is exactly where it should be performance wise...[it] is a perfect example of what we like to see as fast storage solution. It really is a lovely device showing extraordinary performance on the USB 3.0 bus. Plug it into a USB 2.0 controller and it will still work and as such it makes it a very versatile and compatible product that you can use in nearly all scenarios."

"First and foremost, this is a very fast external solid state drive. In fact, it is the fastest SSD I have tested, up to this point. Speeds with the driver are the fastest I have yet to encounter over the USB 3.0 interface. I was impressed to see that speeds in ATTO were actually higher than OCZ's claimed read / write speeds. The supplied USB 3.0 cable with the Enyo was perfectly backwards-compatible with USB 2.0 ports. The enclosure itself is extremely slim and the brushed aluminum is fingerprint resistant. The drive supports background garbage collection so your SSD should stay speedy for some time to come. If you happen to frequently transfer a lot of very large files, the Enyo is currently a fantastic option.”

“The OCZ Enyo portable SSD is an incredibly fast external storage solution that easily rivals the performance of internal SSDs but in a much more convenient package. The drive has some style to it as well with a slick anodized aluminum finish and clean lines enveloping its svelte dimensions. As our performance numbers above indicate the Enyo is faster than the Super Talent SuperCrypt USB 3.0 thumb drive we first tested last month and should appease even the most demanding mobile user. If you are looking for a slick external drive for incredibly fast backups then it is worth a try!"