CONCLUSION

   It's clear from all our charts that the HG6 256GB (THNSNJ256GCSU) variant performs identically to the Q Series Pro 256GB model which we reviewed a while back and although using the same NAND flash controller tends to do that i can't really say that i expected such results. The reason is that both the Q Series Pro and the HG6 SSD lines were released just a few months apart and although we've seen many manufacturers do that with SSDs this is the first time I’ve seen such identical performance levels. Is that bad? Certainly not since that automatically means that the HG6 is a very fast and high quality SSD with 4k Random Writes in IOmeter as its only drawback (just like with the Q Series Pro). We did ask Toshiba about the differences between the HG6 and the Q Series Pro just prior to publishing this review but until we get an official answer a wild guess would be that the Q Series Pro SSD line was released for the consumer market (retail) while the HG6 SSD line is mostly aimed at enterprise environments and system integrators (bulk).

   At the time i type these lines the HG6 256GB (THNSNJ256GCSU) SSD model by Toshiba seems to be available only inside the EU for a price of 148Euros (Amazon.co.uk) which is pretty much the same price Toshiba asks for the Q Series Pro 256GB variant so even in that both models are identical. In the end however it really doesn't really matter to us whether or not Toshiba has released 2 or 10 models with identical performance. What does matter is the performance, quality and price of the particular device at hand and the HG6 256GB (THNSNJ256GCSU) SSD model is very fast, comes with a level of quality only manufacturers like Toshiba can offer and it's priced ok which means that it covers all bases for us to give it our Golden Award.

PROS

- Build Quality (Toshiba 19nm Toggle-Mode NAND Flash/Toshiba Controller)
- Very Good Performance
- 3 Years Warranty
- Price (For Some)

CONS

- IOmeter Performance