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OCZVTR180-25SAT3-480G
$140
AdataASP550SS3-480GM-C
▲ 53235 ▼
 $140 

Controller: OCZ Barefoot 3 M00. Flash: Toshiba 19nm (2nd gen) MLC NAND. Release date: Q1 2015.

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▲ 51281 ▼

Controller: Silicon Motion SM2256. Flash Memory: SK Hynix 16nm TLC. Release date: Q3 2015.

Effective Speed 
+12%
Real World Speed
Performance profile from 9,608 user samples
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1,103 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 110% 169GB free
Worst Bench: 62% 200GB free (System drive)
Poor: 62% Great: 110%
SPEED RANK: 313th / 1072
8,505 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 95% 232GB free (System drive)
Worst Bench: 61% 368GB free (System drive)
Poor: 61% Great: 95%
SPEED RANK: 466th / 1072
Effective Speed
Effective SSD Speed 		91.1 % Faster effective speed.
+12% 		81.6 %
Average Score 
+17%
Read
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 		410 MB/s 461 MB/s Faster read speed.
+12%
Write
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 		405 MB/s Faster write speed.
+11% 		364 MB/s
4K Read
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 		25.2 MB/s 27.8 MB/s Faster random read.
+10%
4K Write
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 		89.3 MB/s Faster random write.
+11% 		80.7 MB/s
Mixed
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 		290 MB/s 331 MB/s Faster mixed IO speed.
+14%
4K Mixed
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 		33.4 MB/s 39.3 MB/s Faster random mixed IO.
+18%
SusWrite
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 		364 MB/s Hugely faster sustained write speed.
+149% 		146 MB/s
Peak Score 
+19%
Read
Peak Sequential Read Speed 		471 MB/s 508 MB/s Slightly faster peak read speed.
+8%
Write
Peak Sequential Write Speed 		485 MB/s Slightly faster peak write speed.
+9% 		446 MB/s
4K Read
Peak 4K Random Read Speed 		30.1 MB/s 33.1 MB/s Slightly faster peak random read.
+10%
4K Write
Peak 4K Random Write Speed 		134 MB/s Faster peak random write.
+18% 		114 MB/s
Mixed
Peak Sequential Mixed IO Speed 		333 MB/s 396 MB/s Faster peak mixed IO speed.
+19%
4K Mixed
Peak 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 		40.2 MB/s 49.3 MB/s Faster peak random mixed IO.
+23%
SusWrite
Peak Sequential Sustained Write 60s Average 		447 MB/s Hugely faster peak sustained write speed.
+166% 		168 MB/s
Value & Sentiment 
+∞%
Market Share
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Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days) 		0 % 0.03 % Insanely higher market share.
+∞%
Value
Value For Money 		14.9 % +5% 14.2 %
User Rating
UBM User Rating 		53 % +4% 51 %
Price
Price (score) 		$140 $129 Slightly cheaper.
+8%
Nice To Haves 
+4%
Age
Newest 		109 Months 103 Months Slightly more recent.
+6%
DQ Read
Peak 4K-64Thread Read Speed 		373 MB/s Slightly faster peak deep queue read.
+9% 		341 MB/s
DQ Write
Peak 4K-64Thread Write Speed 		359 MB/s Slightly faster peak deep queue write.
+7% 		334 MB/s
AS-SSD Total
AS-SSD Total Score 		1,233 Pts Slightly stronger server IO.
+8% 		1,143 Pts
DQ Mixed
Peak 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 		248 MB/s 252 MB/s +2%
ADQ Read
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 		326 MB/s Faster deep queue read.
+15% 		284 MB/s
ADQ Write
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 		269 MB/s 269 MB/s
ADQ Mixed
Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 		214 MB/s 216 MB/s +1%
Specifications 
Capacity
Capacity 		480GB 480GB
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