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Best Bench: 101% 139GB free
Worst Bench: 65% 82GB free

Poor: 65% Great: 101%

SPEED RANK: 370^th / 1072

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Best Bench: 80% 27GB free
Worst Bench: 53% 29GB free (System drive)

Poor: 53% Great: 80%

SPEED RANK: 701^st / 1072


Effective Speed Effective SSD Speed		87 %	Faster effective speed. +28%		67.8 %


Read Avg. Sequential Read Speed	363 MB/s		383 MB/s	Slightly faster read speed. +6%
Write Avg. Sequential Write Speed	398 MB/s	Hugely faster write speed. +204%	131 MB/s
4K Read Avg. 4K Random Read Speed	23.3 MB/s		28.9 MB/s	Faster random read. +24%
4K Write Avg. 4K Random Write Speed	87.4 MB/s	Faster random write. +13%	77.2 MB/s
Mixed Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed	301 MB/s	Much faster mixed IO speed. +65%	182 MB/s
4K Mixed Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed	33.2 MB/s	+2%	32.6 MB/s
SusWrite Avg. Sustained Write Speed	354 MB/s	Hugely faster sustained write speed. +216%	112 MB/s


Read Peak Sequential Read Speed	410 MB/s		445 MB/s	Slightly faster peak read speed. +9%
Write Peak Sequential Write Speed	426 MB/s	Hugely faster peak write speed. +188%	148 MB/s
4K Read Peak 4K Random Read Speed	27.3 MB/s		35.2 MB/s	Faster peak random read. +29%
4K Write Peak 4K Random Write Speed	121 MB/s	Faster peak random write. +11%	109 MB/s
Mixed Peak Sequential Mixed IO Speed	323 MB/s	Much faster peak mixed IO speed. +63%	198 MB/s
4K Mixed Peak 4K Random Mixed IO Speed	39 MB/s		40.2 MB/s	+3%
SusWrite Peak Sequential Sustained Write 60s Average	410 MB/s	Hugely faster peak sustained write speed. +189%	142 MB/s

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Market Share Market Share (trailing 30 days)	0 %		0.01 %	Insanely higher market share. +∞%
Value Value For Money	9.51 %	Hugely better value. +203%	3.14 %
User Rating UBM User Rating	53 %	+2%	52 %
Price Price (score)	$120	Much cheaper. +36%	$188


Age Newest	116 Months	More recent. +20%	145 Months
DQ Read Peak 4K-64Thread Read Speed	317 MB/s	Much faster peak deep queue read. +58%	200 MB/s
DQ Write Peak 4K-64Thread Write Speed	352 MB/s	Hugely faster peak deep queue write. +143%	145 MB/s
AS-SSD Total AS-SSD Total Score	1108 Pts	Much stronger server IO. +60%	691 Pts
DQ Mixed Peak 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed	258 MB/s	Much faster peak deep queue mixed IO. +57%	164 MB/s
ADQ Read Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed	277 MB/s	Much faster deep queue read. +51%	184 MB/s
ADQ Write Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed	294 MB/s	Hugely faster deep queue write. +126%	130 MB/s
ADQ Mixed Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed	226 MB/s	Much faster deep queue mixed IO. +58%	143 MB/s


Capacity Capacity			240GB			120GB

The 240GB OCZ ARC has a solid performance profile with particularly strong 4K speeds. The ARC is positioned below both OCZ's enthusiast Vector 150 and the mainstream Vertex 460 but based on hardware specs there is very little separating the drives (newer NAND on the ARC). Comparing the Vertex 460 and ARC shows that the ARC lags particularly in terms of sequential write speed but the overall difference in effective speed is marginal. The broad performance equivalence coupled with the fact that the Vertex 460 is available at the same price point makes the 240GB ARC somewhat redundant for the time being. Given that the ARC is relatively new, prices are likely to drop significantly over the coming months at which point the ARC may make more sense. ^{[Sep '14 SSDrivePro]}

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The Intel 330 is just under two years old and sports a Sandforce 2281 controller coupled with Intel's own 25nm MLC NAND. This combination typically produces a performance profile that struggles with incompressible data and favours reading over writing. With peak and average sequential read/write speeds of 514/138 and 414/122 the Intel 330 is unable to compete in today's market and falls over 50% short of the group leaders which manage peak sequential read/write speeds in the 500/300 MB/s region. Small file 4K peak and average speeds are better and clocked in at 32/89 and 24/63 MB/s which is 10% below the group leaders. Overall the 330 has an effective speed of 370 MB/s which makes it one of the slowest 128GB SSDs I have seen to date. ^{[Feb '14 SSDrivePro]}

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