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PlextorPX-512M6S
OCZARC100-25SAT3-120G
▲ 5189 ▼

Controller: Marvell 88SS9188-BOM2. NAND Memory: Toshiba 19nm Toggle Mode MLC. Release date: Q2 2014.

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▲ 54447 ▼

Controller: Indilinx Barefoot 3. Flash Memory: Toshiba A19nm MLC. Release date: Q3 2014.

Effective Speed 
+4%
Real World Speed
Performance profile from 4,828 user samples
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93 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 102% 476GB free
Worst Bench: 64% 39GB free (System drive)
Poor: 64% Great: 102%
SPEED RANK: 372nd / 1072
4,735 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 98% 223GB free
Worst Bench: 63% 20GB free (System drive)
Poor: 63% Great: 98%
SPEED RANK: 427th / 1072
Effective Speed
Effective SSD Speed 		86.9 % +4% 83.8 %
Average Score 
+4%
Read
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 		450 MB/s Faster read speed.
+22% 		370 MB/s
Write
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 		384 MB/s Slightly faster write speed.
+6% 		361 MB/s
4K Read
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 		28.5 MB/s Faster random read.
+16% 		24.5 MB/s
4K Write
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 		60.9 MB/s 87.7 MB/s Much faster random write.
+44%
Mixed
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 		341 MB/s Faster mixed IO speed.
+22% 		279 MB/s
4K Mixed
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 		29.9 MB/s 32.5 MB/s Slightly faster random mixed IO.
+9%
SusWrite
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 		337 MB/s Faster sustained write speed.
+17% 		287 MB/s
Peak Score 
+14%
Read
Peak Sequential Read Speed 		498 MB/s Faster peak read speed.
+21% 		410 MB/s
Write
Peak Sequential Write Speed 		439 MB/s Faster peak write speed.
+15% 		383 MB/s
4K Read
Peak 4K Random Read Speed 		36.4 MB/s Faster peak random read.
+28% 		28.4 MB/s
4K Write
Peak 4K Random Write Speed 		91.6 MB/s 119 MB/s Faster peak random write.
+30%
Mixed
Peak Sequential Mixed IO Speed 		458 MB/s Much faster peak mixed IO speed.
+52% 		302 MB/s
4K Mixed
Peak 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 		40.4 MB/s Slightly faster peak random mixed IO.
+6% 		38 MB/s
SusWrite
Peak Sequential Sustained Write 60s Average 		395 MB/s Slightly faster peak sustained write speed.
+7% 		370 MB/s
Value & Sentiment 
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Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days) 		0 % 0 %
Value
Value For Money 		11.9 % Much better value.
+65% 		7.21 %
User Rating
UBM User Rating 		51 % 54 % Slightly more popular.
+6%
Price
Price (score) 		$189 $82 Much cheaper.
+56%
Nice To Haves 
+14%
Age
Newest 		120 Months 116 Months +3%
DQ Read
Peak 4K-64Thread Read Speed 		372 MB/s Faster peak deep queue read.
+20% 		310 MB/s
DQ Write
Peak 4K-64Thread Write Speed 		317 MB/s 359 MB/s Faster peak deep queue write.
+13%
AS-SSD Total
AS-SSD Total Score 		1,155 Pts Slightly stronger server IO.
+5% 		1,098 Pts
DQ Mixed
Peak 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 		224 MB/s 254 MB/s Faster peak deep queue mixed IO.
+13%
ADQ Read
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 		278 MB/s 287 MB/s +3%
ADQ Write
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 		235 MB/s 305 MB/s Faster deep queue write.
+30%
ADQ Mixed
Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 		131 MB/s 231 MB/s Much faster deep queue mixed IO.
+76%
Specifications 
Capacity
Capacity 		512GB 120GB
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