OCZ VTX460A-25SAT3-480G

Vertex 460A 480GB

Vertex 460A 480GB
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Effective Speed -9%Effective Speed -9%Average Score -10%Read -9%, Write 3%, 4K Read -37%, 4K Write 3%, Mixed -10%, 4K Mixed -42%, SusWrite 23%Peak Score -8%Read 1%, Write 1%, 4K Read -44%, 4K Write 6%, Mixed 16%, 4K Mixed -48%, SusWrite 14%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%, Price -213%, Value -123%Nice To Haves -18%DQ Read -9%, DQ Write -5%, DQ Mixed -37%, ADQ Read -14%, ADQ Write -10%, ADQ Mixed -41%, Age -18%, AS-SSD Total -7%

Average Bench: 90.7% (316^th of 1072)

Based on 523 user benchmarks. Model: OCZ-VERTEX460A

Poor: 66%Average: 90.7% Great: 108%

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Excellent average bench

The OCZ Vertex 460A 480GB averaged just 9.3% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the OCZ Vertex 460A 480GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

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

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 89.9MB/s

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Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the OCZ Vertex 460A 480GB is 42.3%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the OCZ Vertex 460A 480GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 326MB/s

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 366MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 523 samples)

Rank 31690.7%

Min	Avg	Max
318	Read 420	510
263	Write 416	489
234	Mixed 326	490
203	SusWrite 366	440
86% 382 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
17.9	4K Read 25.1	29.9
42.5	4K Write 89.9	130
16.7	4K Mixed 31.6	39.5
126% 48.9 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
27.6	DQ Read 287	336
84.5	DQ Write 262	340
18.2	DQ Mixed 184	241
163% 244 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

SGP-User, 2 months ago.

31GB free

Firmware: 1.01

SusWrite @10s intervals: 482 408 483 408 483 407 MB/s

108% Outstanding

Write 482

Mixed 328

SusWrite 445

96% 424 MB/s

4K Read 28.7

4K Write 122

4K Mixed 39.1

158% 63.3 MB/s

DQ Read 334

DQ Write 342

DQ Mixed 232

204% 303 MB/s

GBR-User, 1 month ago.

188GB free

Firmware: 1.00

SusWrite @10s intervals: 467 399 478 411 486 409 MB/s

108% Outstanding

Write 482

Mixed 330

SusWrite 442

96% 424 MB/s

4K Read 28.6

4K Write 118

4K Mixed 38.4

155% 61.7 MB/s

DQ Read 371

DQ Write 346

DQ Mixed 238

212% 318 MB/s

GBR-User, 3 months ago.

146GB free

Firmware: 1.01

SusWrite @10s intervals: 483 410 485 402 453 433 MB/s

105% Outstanding

Write 482

Mixed 323

SusWrite 444

96% 425 MB/s

4K Read 28.3

4K Write 104

4K Mixed 37.2

146% 56.5 MB/s

DQ Read 336

DQ Write 339

DQ Mixed 243

209% 306 MB/s

USA-User, 3 months ago.

153GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 1.01

SusWrite @10s intervals: 376 312 368 305 363 305 MB/s

88% Excellent

Write 375

Mixed 266

SusWrite 338

79% 353 MB/s

4K Read 25.2

4K Write 71.7

4K Mixed 33.3

119% 43.4 MB/s

DQ Read 335

DQ Write 266

DQ Mixed 240

196% 280 MB/s

TUR-User, 1 month ago.

35GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 1.01

SusWrite @10s intervals: 310 254 299 246 290 231 MB/s

84.4% Excellent

Write 330

Mixed 235

SusWrite 272

68% 305 MB/s

4K Read 26.2

4K Write 87.3

4K Mixed 35.9

132% 49.8 MB/s

DQ Read 331

DQ Write 204

DQ Mixed 196

165% 244 MB/s

CAN-User, 2 months ago.

87GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 1.01

SusWrite @10s intervals: 237 268 372 317 316 230 MB/s

83.7% Excellent

Write 328

Mixed 213

SusWrite 290

67% 300 MB/s

4K Read 24.7

4K Write 86.4

4K Mixed 35.9

129% 49 MB/s

DQ Read 332

DQ Write 181

DQ Mixed 183

156% 232 MB/s

USA-User, 3 months ago.

284GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 1.01

SusWrite @10s intervals: 283 278 321 357 318 383 MB/s

69.8% Good

Write 375

Mixed 260

SusWrite 323

75% 334 MB/s

4K Read 19.3

4K Write 39.2

4K Mixed 24.7

82% 27.7 MB/s

DQ Read 252

DQ Write 179

DQ Mixed 216

161% 216 MB/s

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Desktop 89%

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Workstation 76%

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Motherboard: Asus STRIX Z270G GAMING - $200

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	728x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	182x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	117x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	222x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	158x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	129x

SSD
Vertex 460A 480GBOCZ $300Bench 91%, 523 samples	1x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	57x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	55x
Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $192Bench 83%, 40,358 samples	28x

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Value: 55% - Above average

Total price: $1,184

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Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $15	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

OCZ VTX460A-25SAT3-480G

Vertex 460A 480GB

Average Bench: 90.7% (316^th of 1072)

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Motherboard: Asus STRIX Z270G GAMING - $200

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Vertex 460A 480GB

Average Bench: 90.7% (316th of 1072)

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