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Best Bench: 104% 95GB free
Worst Bench: 64% 14GB free (System drive)

Poor: 64% Great: 104%

SPEED RANK: 358^th / 1072

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Best Bench: 79% 60GB free (System drive)
Worst Bench: 51% 82GB free

Poor: 51% Great: 79%

SPEED RANK: 709^th / 1072


Effective Speed Effective SSD Speed		88.3 %	Much faster effective speed. +31%		67.4 %


Read Avg. Sequential Read Speed	388 MB/s	+3%	376 MB/s
Write Avg. Sequential Write Speed	350 MB/s	Hugely faster write speed. +169%	130 MB/s
4K Read Avg. 4K Random Read Speed	26.2 MB/s		29.7 MB/s	Faster random read. +13%
4K Write Avg. 4K Random Write Speed	96.1 MB/s	Faster random write. +28%	75.2 MB/s
Mixed Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed	268 MB/s	Much faster mixed IO speed. +51%	178 MB/s
4K Mixed Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed	35.5 MB/s	Slightly faster random mixed IO. +10%	32.4 MB/s
SusWrite Avg. Sustained Write Speed	298 MB/s	Hugely faster sustained write speed. +164%	113 MB/s


Read Peak Sequential Read Speed	457 MB/s	Slightly faster peak read speed. +8%	424 MB/s
Write Peak Sequential Write Speed	393 MB/s	Hugely faster peak write speed. +171%	145 MB/s
4K Read Peak 4K Random Read Speed	30.4 MB/s		36.3 MB/s	Faster peak random read. +19%
4K Write Peak 4K Random Write Speed	132 MB/s	Faster peak random write. +27%	104 MB/s
Mixed Peak Sequential Mixed IO Speed	302 MB/s	Much faster peak mixed IO speed. +54%	196 MB/s
4K Mixed Peak 4K Random Mixed IO Speed	42 MB/s	+3%	40.6 MB/s
SusWrite Peak Sequential Sustained Write 60s Average	381 MB/s	Hugely faster peak sustained write speed. +200%	127 MB/s

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Market Share Market Share (trailing 30 days)	0.01 %	0.02 %	Hugely higher market share. +100%
Value Value For Money	3.89 %	6 %	Much better value. +54%
User Rating UBM User Rating	53 %	53 %
Price Price (score)	$215	$79	Much cheaper. +63%


Age Newest	144 Months		127 Months	More recent. +12%
DQ Read Peak 4K-64Thread Read Speed	350 MB/s	Much faster peak deep queue read. +71%	205 MB/s
DQ Write Peak 4K-64Thread Write Speed	354 MB/s	Hugely faster peak deep queue write. +148%	143 MB/s
AS-SSD Total AS-SSD Total Score	1,176 Pts	Much stronger server IO. +70%	691 Pts
DQ Mixed Peak 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed	331 MB/s	Hugely faster peak deep queue mixed IO. +159%	128 MB/s
ADQ Read Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed	307 MB/s	Much faster deep queue read. +64%	187 MB/s
ADQ Write Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed	274 MB/s	Hugely faster deep queue write. +121%	124 MB/s
ADQ Mixed Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed	275 MB/s	Hugely faster deep queue mixed IO. +157%	107 MB/s


Capacity Capacity			128GB			120GB

The 128GB Vertex 4 has an average score of 90.5% which is the highest we have seen to date for a 120-128GB SSD. We have in excess of 100 UBM samples for the Vertex 4 and they show that the 128GB Vertex 4 performs superbly outside the lab. With peak sequential read/write speeds of 508/391 and averages of 398/325 MB/s the Vertex 4 manages to average around 75% of its peak sequential speeds, a very impressive result. The Vertex 4 was superseded by the OCZ Vertex 450 several months ago. OCZ release new versions with minor tweaks approximately every six months. Comparing the Vertex 450 to the Vertex 4 shows that the move to 20nm flash and a new Indilinx controller has reduced overall performance by around 15%, so the older Vertex 4 is actually faster than its successor. ^{[Feb '14 SSDrivePro]}

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At just 5 months old the Intel 530 Series SSD is the newest SSD in the group test. Unfortunately the 530 uses the same basic formula we have seen going back two and a half years. Sporting a Sandforce 2281 controller coupled with 20nm NAND flash the performance profile struggles with incompressible data and predictably favours reads over writes as with all the other Sandforce 2281 drives we have seen. With peak and average sequential read/write speeds of 498/154 and 454/131 MB/s the 120GB Intel 530 lags the group leaders by 50%. Small file 4K peak and average performance clocked in at 34/101 and 26/76 MB/s which is slightly above average for a leading 120GB SSD. There are faster and cheaper alternatives available in the group test. ^{[Feb '14 SSDrivePro]}

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