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OCZ AGT3-25SAT3-240G

Agility 3 240GB

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Controller: LSI SandForce SF2281VB1-SDC. Memory: Micron Asynchronous 25nm MLC. Release date: Q2 2011.

Average Bench: 52.4% (877th of 1072)

Based on 10,165 user benchmarks.  Models: OCZ-AGILITY3, OCZ-AGIL ITY3

The OCZ Agility 3.0 has a relatively weak performance profile to say the least, it is actually one of the worst drives we have seen to date. With a real world score of 275.1 MB/s and an AS-SSD total score of 593 the Agility is the worst performing drive in our group test. To be fair, this is one of the oldest models in our group test and has already been discontinued by OCZ. If this drive halved in price to around £70 we would begin to get interested but at its current market price of £140 it represents very poor value for money. [Feb '12 SSDrivePro]

Poor: 34%Average: 52.4% Great: 66%

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Average average bench

The OCZ Agility 3 240GB averaged 47.6% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This isn't a great result which indicates that there are much faster alternatives on the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 119MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 71.1MB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the OCZ Agility 3 240GB is 32%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the OCZ Agility 3 240GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 128MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 120MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 10,165 samples)
Rank 87752.4%
Min Avg Max
84.9 Read 128 175
120 Write 182 208
123 Mixed 157 175
84.6 SusWrite 120 141
33.2% 147 MB/s
Min Avg Max
13.8 4K Read 22.1 28.5
28.3 4K Write 71.1 112
16.2 4K Mixed 27.8 36.6
107% 40.3 MB/s
Min Avg Max
25.8 DQ Read 159 187
65.3 DQ Write 167 202
30.5 DQ Mixed 119 160
102% 149 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
151GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2.22
SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 118 127 127 129 125 MB/s
61.9% Good
Read 127
Write 201
Mixed 167
SusWrite 125
35% 155 MB/s
4K Read 24.9
4K Write 102
4K Mixed 32.6
134% 53.3 MB/s
DQ Read 186
DQ Write 196
DQ Mixed 150
124% 178 MB/s
64GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2.22
SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 103 94 96 96 95 MB/s
54.2% Above average
Read 118
Write 164
Mixed 155
SusWrite 98.8
30% 134 MB/s
4K Read 20
4K Write 89.3
4K Mixed 33
120% 47.4 MB/s
DQ Read 137
DQ Write 148
DQ Mixed 128
100% 137 MB/s
66GB free
Firmware: 2.22
SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 130 132 134 134 132 MB/s
50.1% Above average
Read 128
Write 200
Mixed 160
SusWrite 132
35% 155 MB/s
4K Read 21
4K Write 53.3
4K Mixed 27.5
95% 33.9 MB/s
DQ Read 187
DQ Write 145
DQ Mixed 159
121% 164 MB/s
27GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2.15
SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 114 89 87 93 81 MB/s
44.4% Average
Read 127
Write 184
Mixed 164
SusWrite 96
32% 143 MB/s
4K Read 20.8
4K Write 48.7
4K Mixed 23.3
87% 30.9 MB/s
DQ Read 152
DQ Write 146
DQ Mixed 144
110% 148 MB/s
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MSRP ≈ $203 @ launch in May '11
AmazonUS $1996 years
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Typical Agility 3 240GB Builds (Compare 5,616 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 37%
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Desktop
Desktop 76%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 29%
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Motherboard: Asus P8Z77-V LX

CPU
Core i5-3570KIntel  $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples1,406x
Core i7-3770Intel  $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples1,166x
Core i7-3770KIntel  $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples1,071x
GPU
GTX 970Nvidia  $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples375x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples366x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples302x
SSD
Agility 3 240GBOCZ  $199Bench 52%, 10,165 samples1x
RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples138x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples131x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples105x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 44% - Average Total price: $535

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Controller: LSI SandForce SF2281VB1-SDC. Memory: Micron Asynchronous 25nm MLC

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Poor

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Bad sectors crash the system:-(

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Terrible

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