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Ocz-octane

S2 64GB

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Release date ≤ Q4 2013.

Average Bench: 25.4% (1036th of 1072)

Based on 99 user benchmarks.  Model: OCZ-OCTANE S2
Poor: 8%Average: 25.4% Great: 33%

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Very poor average bench

The Ocz-octane S2 64GB averaged 74.5% 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 Random Read Speed 11.1MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 25.2MB/s

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Ocz-octane S2 64GB is 25.7%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Ocz-octane S2 64GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 28.5MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 60.9MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 99 samples)
Rank 103625.4%
Min Avg Max
25.5 Read 166 234
13.7 Write 66 84.7
21.2 Mixed 84 108
28 SusWrite 60.9 75.7
20.8% 94.3 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.48 4K Read 11.1 15.2
8.48 4K Write 25.2 31.3
0.46 4K Mixed 10.1 15.8
43% 15.4 MB/s
Min Avg Max
9.38 DQ Read 72.8 109
19.1 DQ Write 28.5 36.2
4.79 DQ Mixed 24 42.2
24.8% 41.8 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
37GB free
Firmware: 4.14.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 81 79 80 80 79 MB/s
33.6% Below average
Read 218
Write 87
Mixed 110
SusWrite 79.8
27% 124 MB/s
4K Read 12.1
4K Write 30.4
4K Mixed 15.2
54% 19.2 MB/s
DQ Read 111
DQ Write 36.8
DQ Mixed 44.1
40% 63.9 MB/s
16GB free
Firmware: 4.14.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 80 80 79 80 78 MB/s
33.3% Below average
Read 218
Write 87.1
Mixed 107
SusWrite 79.4
27% 123 MB/s
4K Read 12.4
4K Write 30.2
4K Mixed 14.6
54% 19.1 MB/s
DQ Read 111
DQ Write 36.4
DQ Mixed 44.3
40% 63.9 MB/s
39GB free
Firmware: 4.14.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 81 81 79 81 79 MB/s
33.3% Below average
Read 219
Write 86.4
Mixed 105
SusWrite 79.9
27% 123 MB/s
4K Read 12.2
4K Write 29.7
4K Mixed 14.7
53% 18.9 MB/s
DQ Read 111
DQ Write 36.6
DQ Mixed 43.7
40% 63.7 MB/s
19GB free
Firmware: 4.14.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 78 80 78 80 78 MB/s
33.2% Below average
Read 206
Write 86.7
Mixed 108
SusWrite 79.4
26% 120 MB/s
4K Read 12.9
4K Write 30.3
4K Mixed 14.9
55% 19.4 MB/s
DQ Read 111
DQ Write 36.4
DQ Mixed 44.3
40% 64 MB/s
22GB free
Firmware: 4.13
SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 67 70 70 67 70 MB/s
33.1% Below average
Read 193
Write 76.3
Mixed 89
SusWrite 68.9
24% 107 MB/s
4K Read 14.8
4K Write 30.9
4K Mixed 15.9
59% 20.5 MB/s
DQ Read 102
DQ Write 31.6
DQ Mixed 38
36% 57.3 MB/s
8GB free
Firmware: 4.14.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 80 66 47 39 34 MB/s
32.5% Below average
Read 217
Write 86.4
Mixed 106
SusWrite 57.5
26% 117 MB/s
4K Read 12.8
4K Write 30.1
4K Mixed 15.4
55% 19.4 MB/s
DQ Read 111
DQ Write 36.6
DQ Mixed 44.3
40% 64 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,650,072 SSDs tested

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Gaming
Gaming 7%
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Desktop 58%
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Workstation
Workstation 6%
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System: HP Z400 Workstation

CPU
Xeon W3520Intel  $230Bench 63%, 6,508 samples569x
Xeon W3550IntelBench 66%, 7,649 samples534x
Xeon W3565IntelBench 67%, 7,121 samples487x
GPU
Quadro 2000NvidiaBench 6%, 15,855 samples272x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples155x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples137x
SSD
S2 64GBOcz-octaneBench 25%, 99 samples1x
RAM
ID:80 AD HMT125U7TFR8C-H9 ID:80 AD HMT125U7TFR8C-H9 ID:80 AD HMT125U7TFR8C-H9 ID:80 AD HMT125U7TFR8C-H9 42GBUnknownBench 37%, 128 samples22x
ID:80 AD HMT351U7BFR8C-H9 ID:80 AD HMT351U7BFR8C-H9 ID:80 AD HMT351U7BFR8C-H9 46GBUnknownBench 45%, 108 samples18x
ID:80 CE M391B5673FH0-CH9 ID:80 CE M391B5673FH0-CH9 ID:80 CE M391B5673FH0-CH9 ID:80 CE M391B5673FH0-CH9 ID:80 CE M391B5673FH0-CH9 ID:80 CE M391B5673FH0-CH9 46GBUnknownBench 46%, 280 samples16x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 66% - Good Total price: $230

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