OCZ ARC100-25SAT3-120G

ARC 100 120GB

▲ ARC 100 120GB
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Controller: Indilinx Barefoot 3. Flash Memory: Toshiba A19nm MLC. Release date: Q3 2014.

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Effective Speed -7%Effective Speed -7%Average User Bench -5%Read -3%, Write 14%, 4K Read -32%, 4K Write -7%, Mixed 25%, 4K Mixed -61%, SusWrite 29%Peak Lab Bench -3%Read -7%, Write 3%, 4K Read -33%, 4K Write 1%, Mixed 21%, 4K Mixed -26%, SusWrite 20%Value & Sentiment -116%User Rating -3%, Market Share -503%, Price 34%, Value 8%Nice To Haves -6%DQ Read -3%, DQ Write 21%, DQ Mixed 14%, ADQ Read -33%, ADQ Write -1%, ADQ Mixed -67%, Age 19%, AS-SSD Total 2%

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ARC 100 120GB

Average Bench: 77.3% (367^th of 956)

Based on 1,927 user benchmarks. Models: OCZ-ARC100, OCZ-ARC1 00, OCZ-ARC1 OCZ-ARC100

Poor: 60%Average: 77.3% Great: 93%

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Good average bench

The OCZ ARC 100 120GB averaged 22.6% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the OCZ ARC 100 120GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 79.7MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 88.3MB/s

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Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the OCZ ARC 100 120GB is 33.5%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the OCZ ARC 100 120GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 277MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 184MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 1,927 samples)

Rank 36777.3%

Min	Avg	Max
330	Read 417	457
287	Write 362	382
233	Mixed 357	411
178	SusWrite 277	369
79.3% 353 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
15.7	4K Read 22.8	27.9
39.8	4K Write 79.7	122
10.7	4K Mixed 21.1	35.8
104% 41.2 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
18.9	DQ Read 184	308
52.4	DQ Write 220	348
11.1	DQ Mixed 88.3	249
98.2% 164 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%

USA-User, 17 hrs ago.

86GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 1.01

SusWrite @10s intervals: 352 375 372 354 375 354 MB/s

92.5% Outstanding

Write 375

Mixed 302

SusWrite 364

81% 360 MB/s

4K Read 26.1

4K Write 85.7

4K Mixed 34.1

129% 48.6 MB/s

DQ Read 308

DQ Write 356

DQ Mixed 245

209% 303 MB/s

IRL-User, 45 mins ago.

98GB free

Firmware: 1.01

SusWrite @10s intervals: 369 371 353 372 352 372 MB/s

80.4% Excellent

Write 364

Mixed 282

SusWrite 365

79% 349 MB/s

4K Read 20.7

4K Write 48

4K Mixed 27.2

92% 32 MB/s

DQ Read 306

DQ Write 336

DQ Mixed 248

207% 297 MB/s

USA-User, 7 hrs ago.

52GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 1.00

SusWrite @10s intervals: 336 363 377 360 193 158 MB/s

80.2% Excellent

Write 380

Mixed 287

SusWrite 298

76% 336 MB/s

4K Read 22

4K Write 82.7

4K Mixed 29.9

115% 44.9 MB/s

DQ Read 285

DQ Write 235

DQ Mixed 230

180% 250 MB/s

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Desktop 40%

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Workstation 24%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A88XM-HD3P

CPU
A8-7600 APU (2014 D.Ka)AMDBench 42%, 9,390 samples	106x
A10-7860K APU (2014 D.Ka)AMD $91Bench 44%, 4,533 samples	57x
Athlon II X4 860KAMD $73Bench 45%, 12,853 samples	37x

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Radeon R7 GraphicsAMDBench 7%, 8,015 samples	52x
Radeon R7 GraphicsAMDBench 8%, 9,707 samples	52x
GeForce GT 730NvidiaBench 6%, 48,901 samples	41x

SSD
ARC 100 120GBOCZ $82Bench 77%, 1,927 samples	34x

RAM
XMS3 DDR3 2x4GBCorsairBench 39%, 111 samples	39x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 1x8GBKingstonBench 29%, 2,112 samples	23x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 47%, 3,237 samples	21x

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Value: 49% - Average

Total price: $82

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i7-8700K $330	Nvidia GTX 1070 $380	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $95
AMD Ryzen 5 1600 $150	Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB $240	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $120
Intel Core i5-8600K $240	AMD RX 480 $280	Samsung 850 Pro 256GB $163

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $44	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $155	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $80
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $80	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $901	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $30
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $175	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $12

OCZ ARC100-25SAT3-120G

ARC 100 120GB

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ARC 100 120GB

Average Bench: 77.3% (367th of 956)

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