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OCZARC100-25SAT3-120G
KingstonSH103S3/480G
▲ 54448 ▼

Controller: Indilinx Barefoot 3. Flash Memory: Toshiba A19nm MLC. Release date: Q3 2014.

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▲ 500 ▼

Controller: LSI SandForce SF2281VB1-SDC. NAND Memory: Intel Synchronous 25nm MLC. Release date ≈ Q2 2014.

Effective Speed 
+40%
Real World Speed
Performance profile from 6,562 user samples
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4,735 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 98% 223GB free
Worst Bench: 63% 20GB free (System drive)
Poor: 63% Great: 98%
SPEED RANK: 435th / 1080
1,827 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 69% 103GB free
Worst Bench: 48% 88GB free (System drive)
Poor: 48% Great: 69%
SPEED RANK: 813th / 1080
Effective Speed
Effective SSD Speed 		83.8 % Much faster effective speed.
+40% 		59.7 %
Average Score 
+64%
Read
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 		370 MB/s 390 MB/s Slightly faster read speed.
+5%
Write
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 		361 MB/s Much faster write speed.
+43% 		252 MB/s
4K Read
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 		24.5 MB/s 25.8 MB/s Slightly faster random read.
+5%
4K Write
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 		87.7 MB/s Hugely faster random write.
+334% 		20.2 MB/s
Mixed
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 		279 MB/s 283 MB/s +1%
4K Mixed
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 		32.5 MB/s Much faster random mixed IO.
+40% 		23.2 MB/s
SusWrite
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 		287 MB/s Much faster sustained write speed.
+40% 		205 MB/s
Peak Score 
+62%
Read
Peak Sequential Read Speed 		410 MB/s 460 MB/s Faster peak read speed.
+12%
Write
Peak Sequential Write Speed 		383 MB/s Faster peak write speed.
+24% 		308 MB/s
4K Read
Peak 4K Random Read Speed 		28.4 MB/s 32.5 MB/s Faster peak random read.
+14%
4K Write
Peak 4K Random Write Speed 		119 MB/s Hugely faster peak random write.
+378% 		24.9 MB/s
Mixed
Peak Sequential Mixed IO Speed 		302 MB/s 347 MB/s Faster peak mixed IO speed.
+15%
4K Mixed
Peak 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 		38 MB/s Much faster peak random mixed IO.
+35% 		28.2 MB/s
SusWrite
Peak Sequential Sustained Write 60s Average 		370 MB/s Much faster peak sustained write speed.
+38% 		269 MB/s
Value & Sentiment 
+23%
Market Share
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Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days) 		0.01 % 0.01 %
Value
Value For Money 		7.21 % Better value.
+16% 		6.21 %
User Rating
UBM User Rating 		54 % Slightly more popular.
+8% 		50 %
Price
Price (score) 		$82 Much cheaper.
+68% 		$256
Nice To Haves 
+90%
Age
Newest 		123 Months +2% 126+ Months
DQ Read
Peak 4K-64Thread Read Speed 		310 MB/s Much faster peak deep queue read.
+35% 		230 MB/s
DQ Write
Peak 4K-64Thread Write Speed 		359 MB/s Hugely faster peak deep queue write.
+209% 		116 MB/s
AS-SSD Total
AS-SSD Total Score 		1,098 Pts Much stronger server IO.
+71% 		643 Pts
DQ Mixed
Peak 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 		254 MB/s Much faster peak deep queue mixed IO.
+72% 		148 MB/s
ADQ Read
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 		287 MB/s Much faster deep queue read.
+33% 		215 MB/s
ADQ Write
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 		305 MB/s Hugely faster deep queue write.
+213% 		97.4 MB/s
ADQ Mixed
Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 		231 MB/s Hugely faster deep queue mixed IO.
+88% 		123 MB/s
Specifications 
Capacity
Capacity 		120GB 480GB
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