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 -5%Effective Speed -5%Average User Bench -3%Read -9%, Write 13%, 4K Read -30%, 4K Write -3%, Mixed 15%, 4K Mixed -35%, SusWrite 31%Peak Lab Bench -1%Read -7%, Write 3%, 4K Read -31%, 4K Write 2%, Mixed 23%, 4K Mixed -22%, SusWrite 24%Value & Sentiment -92%User Rating -3%, Market Share -417%, Price 37%, Value 12%Nice To Haves +6% DQ Read -3%, DQ Write 23%, DQ Mixed 15%, ADQ Read -14%, ADQ Write 12%, ADQ Mixed -10%, Age 19%, AS-SSD Total 3%

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ARC 100 120GB

Average Bench: 79.7% (340^th of 956)

Based on 1,824 user benchmarks. Models: OCZ-ARC100, OCZ-ARC1 00, OCZ-ARC1 OCZ-ARC100

Poor: 60%Average: 79.7% Great: 95%

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Good average bench

The OCZ ARC 100 120GB averaged 20.3% 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-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 145MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 83.8MB/s

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Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the OCZ ARC 100 120GB is 34.7%. 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 278MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 320MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 1,824 samples)

Rank 34079.7%

Min	Avg	Max
317	Read 395	455
283	Write 360	382
217	Mixed 320	409
166	SusWrite 278	367
76% 338 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
15.8	4K Read 23.3	28.2
42.7	4K Write 83.8	124
11.2	4K Mixed 26.2	37.2
113% 44.4 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
21	DQ Read 225	309
68	DQ Write 254	356
11.8	DQ Mixed 145	252
135% 208 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

USA-User, 38 mins ago.

52GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 1.00

SusWrite @10s intervals: 353 372 370 351 265 224 MB/s

98.8% Outstanding

Write 377

Mixed 294

SusWrite 323

79% 352 MB/s

4K Read 29.1

4K Write 120

4K Mixed 39.3

158% 63 MB/s

DQ Read 301

DQ Write 349

DQ Mixed 250

209% 300 MB/s

USA-User, 22 hrs ago.

27GB free

Firmware: 1.01

SusWrite @10s intervals: 375 356 189 160 126 124 MB/s

88.7% Excellent

Write 375

Mixed 291

SusWrite 222

72% 322 MB/s

4K Read 27.8

4K Write 110

4K Mixed 36.4

147% 57.9 MB/s

DQ Read 309

DQ Write 340

DQ Mixed 253

210% 301 MB/s

VNM-User, 7 hrs ago.

74GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 1.01

SusWrite @10s intervals: 365 367 311 270 266 245 MB/s

88.3% Excellent

Write 361

Mixed 288

SusWrite 304

75% 334 MB/s

4K Read 24.8

4K Write 107

4K Mixed 30.1

133% 53.9 MB/s

DQ Read 307

DQ Write 344

DQ Mixed 250

209% 300 MB/s

THA-User, 1 day ago.

69GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 1.01

SusWrite @10s intervals: 319 286 266 243 220 211 MB/s

74% Very good

Write 361

Mixed 247

SusWrite 258

67% 299 MB/s

4K Read 19.9

4K Write 76.8

4K Mixed 24.9

103% 40.5 MB/s

DQ Read 297

DQ Write 327

DQ Mixed 209

186% 278 MB/s

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Gaming 15%

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Desktop 41%

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Workstation 24%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A88XM-HD3P

CPU
A8-7600 APU (2014 D.Ka)AMDBench 42%, 10,174 samples	110x
A10-7860K APU (2014 D.Ka)AMD $91Bench 43%, 5,051 samples	62x
Athlon II X4 860KAMD $72Bench 45%, 13,246 samples	38x

GPU
Radeon R7 GraphicsAMDBench 8%, 10,503 samples	58x
Radeon R7 GraphicsAMDBench 7%, 8,220 samples	52x
GeForce GT 730NvidiaBench 6%, 46,773 samples	43x

SSD
ARC 100 120GBOCZ $82Bench 80%, 1,824 samples	34x

RAM
XMS3 DDR3 2x4GBCorsairBench 39%, 112 samples	39x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 1x8GBKingstonBench 29%, 2,132 samples	25x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 47%, 3,682 samples	22x

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Value: 51% - Above average

Total price: $82

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i7-8700K $370	Nvidia GTX 1070 $344	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $100
AMD Ryzen 5 1600 $150	Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB $230	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $110
Intel Core i7-7700K $339	AMD RX 480 $280	Samsung 850 Pro 256GB $135

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $40	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $145	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $80
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $77	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $869	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $30
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $38	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $155	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $11

OCZ ARC100-25SAT3-120G

ARC 100 120GB

Average Bench: 79.7% (340^th of 956)

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ARC 100 120GB

Average Bench: 79.7% (340th of 956)

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