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OCZ ARC100-25SAT3-120G

ARC 100 120GB

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Controller: Indilinx Barefoot 3. Flash Memory: Toshiba A19nm MLC.

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Average Bench: 76.9% (240th of 860)

Based on 1,595 user benchmarks.  Models: OCZ-ARC100, OCZ-ARC1 00, OCZ-ARC1 OCZ-ARC100
Poor: 60%Average: 76.9% Great: 94%

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Good average bench

The OCZ ARC 100 120GB averaged 23.1% 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 82.3MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 23MB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the OCZ ARC 100 120GB is 34.1%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the OCZ ARC 100 120GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 162MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 42.2MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 1,595 samples)
Rank 24076.9%
Min Avg Max
343 Read 433 459
263 Write 360 382
261 Mixed 380 411
87.1% 391 MB/s
Min Avg Max
14.9 4K Read 23 28.5
37.3 4K Write 82.3 123
10 4K Mixed 17.1 24
100% 40.8 MB/s
Min Avg Max
19.4 DQ Read 162 305
63.3 DQ Write 210 343
10.9 DQ Mixed 42.2 72.5
72% 138 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
32GB free
Firmware: 1.01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
SYSTEM NCQ 4KALIGNED SSD TRIM S.M.A.R.T
83% Excellent
Read 434
Write 374
Mixed 384
89% 397 MB/s
4K Read 24.3
4K Write 72
4K Mixed 22.9
104% 39.7 MB/s
DQ Read 282
DQ Write 237
DQ Mixed 73.5
106% 197 MB/s
22GB free
Firmware: 1.00 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
SYSTEM NCQ 4KALIGNED SSD TRIM S.M.A.R.T
77.7% Very good
Read 453
Write 372
Mixed 402
91% 409 MB/s
4K Read 23.3
4K Write 101
4K Mixed 20.7
115% 48.4 MB/s
DQ Read 23.3
DQ Write 107
DQ Mixed 11.9
25% 47.4 MB/s
30GB free
Firmware: 1.00 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
SYSTEM NCQ 4KALIGNED SSD TRIM S.M.A.R.T
73.8% Very good
Read 416
Write 379
Mixed 393
88% 396 MB/s
4K Read 21.9
4K Write 56.5
4K Mixed 21.8
91% 33.4 MB/s
DQ Read 148
DQ Write 141
DQ Mixed 69.5
73% 119 MB/s
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Typical ARC 100 120GB Builds (Compare 9,184 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.
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Gaming 40%
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Desktop 52%
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Workstation 42%
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Motherboard: MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693) - $102

CPU
FX-8350AMD  $119Bench 57%, 80,654 samples3,653x
FX-6300AMD  $79Bench 48%, 57,176 samples1,822x
FX-8320AMD  $106Bench 52%, 34,847 samples1,099x
GPU
GTX 960Nvidia  $200Bench 41%, 93,496 samples829x
GTX 970Nvidia  $370Bench 64%, 181,028 samples758x
RX 480AMD  $491Bench 64%, 61,462 samples678x
SSD
ARC 100 120GBOCZ  $82Bench 77%, 1,595 samples1x
RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperX  $126Bench 57%, 20,811 samples622x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GBHyperX  $63Bench 50%, 9,517 samples327x
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBG.SKILL  $73Bench 52%, 11,425 samples189x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 59% - Above average Total price: $629

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Controller: Indilinx Barefoot 3. Flash Memory: Toshiba A19nm MLC.

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