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Best Bench: 87% 238GB free
Worst Bench: 57% 185GB free (System drive)

Poor: 57% Great: 87%

SPEED RANK: 625^th / 1072

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Best Bench: 95% 50GB free
Worst Bench: 67% 198GB free (System drive)

Poor: 67% Great: 95%

SPEED RANK: 422^nd / 1072


Effective Speed Effective SSD Speed		72.3 %			83.9 %	Faster effective speed. +16%


Read Avg. Sequential Read Speed	276 MB/s		374 MB/s	Much faster read speed. +36%
Write Avg. Sequential Write Speed	304 MB/s	Faster write speed. +11%	275 MB/s
4K Read Avg. 4K Random Read Speed	18.4 MB/s		30.6 MB/s	Much faster random read. +66%
4K Write Avg. 4K Random Write Speed	94.5 MB/s	Slightly faster random write. +10%	86.3 MB/s
Mixed Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed	193 MB/s		257 MB/s	Much faster mixed IO speed. +33%
4K Mixed Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed	27 MB/s		32.8 MB/s	Faster random mixed IO. +21%
SusWrite Avg. Sustained Write Speed	275 MB/s	Slightly faster sustained write speed. +8%	255 MB/s


Read Peak Sequential Read Speed	336 MB/s		409 MB/s	Faster peak read speed. +22%
Write Peak Sequential Write Speed	391 MB/s	Much faster peak write speed. +34%	292 MB/s
4K Read Peak 4K Random Read Speed	21.3 MB/s		35.3 MB/s	Much faster peak random read. +66%
4K Write Peak 4K Random Write Speed	131 MB/s	Faster peak random write. +16%	113 MB/s
Mixed Peak Sequential Mixed IO Speed	236 MB/s		278 MB/s	Faster peak mixed IO speed. +18%
4K Mixed Peak 4K Random Mixed IO Speed	31.8 MB/s		37.4 MB/s	Faster peak random mixed IO. +18%
SusWrite Peak Sequential Sustained Write 60s Average	382 MB/s	Much faster peak sustained write speed. +32%	289 MB/s

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Market Share Market Share (trailing 30 days)	0 %		0.01 %	Insanely higher market share. +∞%
Value Value For Money	10.3 %	Hugely better value. +95%	5.29 %
User Rating UBM User Rating	51 %		53 %	+4%
Price Price (score)	$90	Much cheaper. +64%	$250


Age Newest	143 Months		122 Months	More recent. +15%
DQ Read Peak 4K-64Thread Read Speed	255 MB/s		370 MB/s	Much faster peak deep queue read. +45%
DQ Write Peak 4K-64Thread Write Speed	316 MB/s	Faster peak deep queue write. +13%	279 MB/s
AS-SSD Total AS-SSD Total Score	964 Pts		1,102 Pts	Stronger server IO. +14%
DQ Mixed Peak 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed	208 MB/s		277 MB/s	Much faster peak deep queue mixed IO. +33%
ADQ Read Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed	231 MB/s		323 MB/s	Much faster deep queue read. +40%
ADQ Write Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed	235 MB/s		247 MB/s	Slightly faster deep queue write. +5%
ADQ Mixed Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed	194 MB/s		249 MB/s	Faster deep queue mixed IO. +28%


Capacity Capacity			256GB			240GB

The OCZ Agility 4 is a relatively old SSD and has been included in the group test as a reference. In terms of overall speed the Agility 4 lags the current ten market leaders by an average of around 30%, considering that the Agility 4 is only 16 months old this highlights just how quickly the SSD market has evolved over the last two years. It's probably not worth upgrading for the sake of more speed unless you have a specific use case that demands it but if you are looking for a speed upgrade, you will gain up to around 50% by going for the Samsung 840 Pro or the OCZ Vector. ^{[Sep '13 SSDrivePro]}

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The 240GB Intel 730 is just two months old and the newest SSDs in our group test. The 730 uses Intel's own enterprise controller (rather than a Sandforce) and it's marketed by Intel as an enthusiast class drive with data centre reliability. Backed by a 50GB per day, five year warranty the 730 has the most generous warranty I have seen on a consumer SSD. Unfortunately when it comes to performance the 730 is seriously let down by its relatively feeble peak sequential write speed of just 286 MB/s. The 730 scored an effective speed of just 439 MB/s which is 17% below the average of the ten group leaders. I seriously doubt that Intel will sell many of these drives at their current price point which is 25% higher than the average of the leading 240GB SSDs. ^{[Mar '14 SSDrivePro]}

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