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OCZVTR150-25SAT3-240G
$246
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$120
▲ 531,735 ▼
 $246 

Controller: OCZ Barefoot 3 M00. Flash: Toshiba 19nm (1st gen) MLC NAND. Release date: Q4 2013.

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▲ 531,950 ▼
 $120 

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

Effective Speed 
+2%
Real World Speed
Performance profile from 13,406 user samples
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1,607 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 110% 172GB free
Worst Bench: 60% 65GB free
Poor: 60% Great: 110%
SPEED RANK: 353rd / 1080
11,799 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 101% 139GB free
Worst Bench: 65% 82GB free
Poor: 65% Great: 101%
SPEED RANK: 378th / 1080
Effective Speed
Effective SSD Speed 		89 % +2% 87 %
Average Score 
+3%
Read
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 		433 MB/s Faster read speed.
+19% 		363 MB/s
Write
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 		414 MB/s +4% 398 MB/s
4K Read
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 		21.7 MB/s 23.3 MB/s Slightly faster random read.
+7%
4K Write
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 		81.6 MB/s 87.4 MB/s Slightly faster random write.
+7%
Mixed
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 		343 MB/s Faster mixed IO speed.
+14% 		301 MB/s
4K Mixed
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 		32.2 MB/s 33.2 MB/s +3%
SusWrite
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 		367 MB/s +4% 354 MB/s
Peak Score 
+11%
Read
Peak Sequential Read Speed 		493 MB/s Faster peak read speed.
+20% 		410 MB/s
Write
Peak Sequential Write Speed 		487 MB/s Faster peak write speed.
+14% 		426 MB/s
4K Read
Peak 4K Random Read Speed 		26.3 MB/s 27.3 MB/s +4%
4K Write
Peak 4K Random Write Speed 		126 MB/s +4% 121 MB/s
Mixed
Peak Sequential Mixed IO Speed 		392 MB/s Faster peak mixed IO speed.
+21% 		323 MB/s
4K Mixed
Peak 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 		40.3 MB/s +3% 39 MB/s
SusWrite
Peak Sequential Sustained Write 60s Average 		477 MB/s Faster peak sustained write speed.
+16% 		410 MB/s
Value & Sentiment 
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Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days) 		0 % 0 %
Value
Value For Money 		5.68 % 9.51 % Much better value.
+67%
User Rating
UBM User Rating 		53 % 53 %
Price
Price (score) 		$246 $120 Much cheaper.
+51%
Nice To Haves 
+8%
Age
Newest 		132 Months 123 Months Slightly more recent.
+7%
DQ Read
Peak 4K-64Thread Read Speed 		365 MB/s Faster peak deep queue read.
+15% 		317 MB/s
DQ Write
Peak 4K-64Thread Write Speed 		367 MB/s +4% 352 MB/s
AS-SSD Total
AS-SSD Total Score 		1,215 Pts Slightly stronger server IO.
+10% 		1,108 Pts
DQ Mixed
Peak 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 		313 MB/s Faster peak deep queue mixed IO.
+21% 		258 MB/s
ADQ Read
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 		307 MB/s Faster deep queue read.
+11% 		277 MB/s
ADQ Write
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 		285 MB/s 294 MB/s +3%
ADQ Mixed
Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 		257 MB/s Faster deep queue mixed IO.
+14% 		226 MB/s
Specifications 
Capacity
Capacity 		240GB 240GB
Conclusion 
Average Bench 89%
Average Bench 87%

Comparing the 150 to the original Vector is disappointing, the newer 150 actually offers marginally worse performance than its predecessor. A strange result but verified (at least partly) by figures on OCZ's own website: 100K 4K read IOPS for the Vector vs 90K 4K read IOPS for the 150. The newer 150 comes with a 5 year warranty which covers 50GB/day vs. the original Vectors 20GB/day but even this should be taken with a pinch of salt considering that the OCZ stock price is currently trading at around seven cents per share, an all time low. Despite the fact that new Vector 150 performs worse than its predecessor it's still a very competent performer and if prices drop, it has the potential to become a decent value proposition. In the meantime however there are far better deals available elsewhere.  [Dec '13 SSDrivePro]

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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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