Pros

  • Reasonable price

Cons

  • Below-average performer
  • Low capacity

At A Glance

A comparatively low capacity and poor performance make the RiData Ultra-S a poor SSD choice.

The Specs

Pricing
Part Number NSSD-S25-61-C03M
Storage
Drive size 64.0 GB
Ports and Connections
Available Interfaces SATA-300
Serial ATA SATA-300

Performance

Performance
Firefox 2, Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate (64 bit) 204
Multitasking, Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate (64 bit) 223
Microsoft Office 2003 with SP-1, Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate (64 bit) 338
Primary Volume - Windows File Search 104.61
Internal Write - Large File 256.28
Internal Read - ACDSee 685
Test Version 2
Winzip Computing WinZip 10.0, Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate (64 bit) 160
Internal Write - Files and Folders 254.46
Autodesk 3ds max 8.0 SP-3 Rendering, Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate (64 bit) 239
WorldBench 6 Score, Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate (64 bit) 128
Primary Volume - Virus Scan 52.57
Internal Read - WinZip 393
Nero 7 Ultra Edition, Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate (64 bit) 409
Adobe Photoshop CS2, Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate (64 bit) 342
Internal Read - Ahead Nero Burning 525
Autodesk 3ds max 8.0 SP-3 DirectX, Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate (64 bit) 326
Microsoft Windows Media Encoder 9.0, Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate (64 bit) 174
Roxio VideoWave Movie Creator 1.5, Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate (64 bit) 177
Internal Performance, Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate (64 bit)
Copy Files & Folders Read, 3.68 GB 44.5  seconds
Copy Files & Folders Write, 3.68 GB 130  seconds
Copy Large File Read, 3.68 GB 37.7  seconds
Copy Large File Write, 3.68 GB 59.9  seconds
Install OpenOffice.org 3.1 32.5  seconds
Uninstall OpenOffice.org 3.1 19.5  seconds
Malware Scan 359.3  seconds
System Power, Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate (64 bit)
Copy Files & Folders Read, 3.68 GB 78.1  watts
Copy Files & Folders Write, 3.68 GB 70.7  watts
Copy Large File Read, 3.68 GB 76.2  watts
Copy Large File Write, 3.68 GB 73.1  watts
Install OpenOffice.org 3.1 79.7  watts
Uninstall OpenOffice.org 3.1 88  watts
Malware Scan 95.5  watts
System Idle State 65  watts
System Sleep State 64.8  watts
System Work State 85.6  watts