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VERTEX PLUS 120GB

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Release date ≤ Q1 2014.

Average Bench: 31.3% (1006th of 1072)

Based on 765 user benchmarks.  Model: OCZ VERTEX PLUS
Poor: 25%Average: 31.3% Great: 36%

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Poor average bench

The OCZ VERTEX PLUS 120GB averaged 68.6% 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 Random Read Speed 18.3MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 188MB/s

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the OCZ VERTEX PLUS 120GB is just 10.3%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the OCZ VERTEX PLUS 120GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 16.2MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 9.15MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 765 samples)
Rank 100631.3%
Min Avg Max
142 Read 188 230
125 Write 158 170
92.4 Mixed 122 172
97.7 SusWrite 140 161
34% 152 MB/s
Min Avg Max
10.9 4K Read 18.3 23
13.1 4K Write 16.4 17.9
4.6 4K Mixed 8.25 10.7
47% 14.3 MB/s
Min Avg Max
18.3 DQ Read 38.4 48.2
14.3 DQ Write 16.2 17.2
4.72 DQ Mixed 9.15 11.4
11.6% 21.2 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
25GB free
Firmware: 3.50
SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 155 154 155 154 154 MB/s
35.1% Below average
Read 191
Write 164
Mixed 109
SusWrite 155
35% 155 MB/s
4K Read 22.5
4K Write 16.7
4K Mixed 10.5
56% 16.6 MB/s
DQ Read 47.6
DQ Write 16.5
DQ Mixed 10.9
14% 25 MB/s
36GB free
Firmware: 3.50
SusWrite @10s intervals: 154 154 154 154 154 153 MB/s
34.1% Below average
Read 190
Write 160
Mixed 107
SusWrite 154
34% 153 MB/s
4K Read 20.5
4K Write 17.3
4K Mixed 10.1
53% 16 MB/s
DQ Read 48.2
DQ Write 15.6
DQ Mixed 11
14% 24.9 MB/s
28GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 3.50
SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 134 99 126 136 121 MB/s
30.1% Below average
Read 170
Write 140
Mixed 102
SusWrite 125
30% 134 MB/s
4K Read 18.4
4K Write 16.8
4K Mixed 9.1
48% 14.8 MB/s
DQ Read 47.3
DQ Write 17.1
DQ Mixed 11.1
14% 25.2 MB/s
80GB free
Firmware: 3.50
SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 154 155 155 155 155 MB/s
29.7% Poor
Read 142
Write 165
Mixed 107
SusWrite 155
32% 142 MB/s
4K Read 14.4
4K Write 18
4K Mixed 9.7
44% 14 MB/s
DQ Read 46.8
DQ Write 16.5
DQ Mixed 9.3
13% 24.2 MB/s
21GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 3.50
SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 74 48 101 133 110 MB/s
29.2% Poor
Read 180
Write 164
Mixed 103
SusWrite 88.7
30% 134 MB/s
4K Read 20.5
4K Write 17.6
4K Mixed 8.9
52% 15.7 MB/s
DQ Read 47.7
DQ Write 17.3
DQ Mixed 10.5
14% 25.2 MB/s
112GB free
Firmware: 3.50
SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 152 158 160 159 159 MB/s
25.5% Poor
Read 144
Write 166
Mixed 102
SusWrite 153
32% 141 MB/s
4K Read 8.9
4K Write 17.3
4K Mixed 6.2
31% 10.8 MB/s
DQ Read 42.9
DQ Write 17.1
DQ Mixed 9.9
13% 23.3 MB/s
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Typical VERTEX PLUS 120GB Builds (Compare 109 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 4%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 48%
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Workstation
Workstation 4%
Tree trunk

Motherboard: Asus M5A78L-M LE

CPU
FX-4100AMD  $110Bench 51%, 32,471 samples18x
FX-6100AMD  $68Bench 54%, 44,863 samples15x
FX-6300AMD  $57Bench 55%, 261,607 samples15x
GPU
Radeon 3000 GraphicsATIBench 1%, 21,841 samples12x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples6x
GTX 650Nvidia  $112Bench 8%, 69,673 samples5x
SSD
VERTEX PLUS 120GBOCZBench 31%, 765 samples1x
RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples50x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples25x
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples11x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 66% - Good Total price: $110

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