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Best Bench: 91% 49GB free
Worst Bench: 55% 16GB free (System drive)

Poor: 55% Great: 91%

SPEED RANK: 572^nd / 1072


Effective Speed Effective SSD Speed		75.2 %			96.3 %	Faster effective speed. +28%


Read Avg. Sequential Read Speed	384 MB/s	453 MB/s	Faster read speed. +18%
Write Avg. Sequential Write Speed	235 MB/s	399 MB/s	Much faster write speed. +70%
4K Read Avg. 4K Random Read Speed	26.6 MB/s	32.1 MB/s	Faster random read. +21%
4K Write Avg. 4K Random Write Speed	73.2 MB/s	85.6 MB/s	Faster random write. +17%
Mixed Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed	267 MB/s	340 MB/s	Faster mixed IO speed. +27%
4K Mixed Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed	33.5 MB/s	41.8 MB/s	Faster random mixed IO. +25%
SusWrite Avg. Sustained Write Speed	196 MB/s	311 MB/s	Much faster sustained write speed. +59%


Read Peak Sequential Read Speed	442 MB/s	503 MB/s	Faster peak read speed. +14%
Write Peak Sequential Write Speed	279 MB/s	483 MB/s	Much faster peak write speed. +73%
4K Read Peak 4K Random Read Speed	33.3 MB/s	40.1 MB/s	Faster peak random read. +21%
4K Write Peak 4K Random Write Speed	114 MB/s	120 MB/s	Slightly faster peak random write. +6%
Mixed Peak Sequential Mixed IO Speed	303 MB/s	403 MB/s	Much faster peak mixed IO speed. +33%
4K Mixed Peak 4K Random Mixed IO Speed	43.2 MB/s	54 MB/s	Faster peak random mixed IO. +25%
SusWrite Peak Sequential Sustained Write 60s Average	249 MB/s	416 MB/s	Much faster peak sustained write speed. +67%

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User Rating UBM User Rating	51 %	56.1 %	More popular. +10%
Market Share Market Share (trailing 30 days)	0.01 %	0.16 %	Insanely higher market share. +1,489%
Price Price (score)	$160	85.6 USD	Hugely cheaper. +87%
Value Value For Money	6.62 %	16.6 %	Hugely better value. +150%


DQ Read Peak 4K-64Thread Read Speed	310 MB/s	365 MB/s	Faster peak deep queue read. +18%
DQ Write Peak 4K-64Thread Write Speed	241 MB/s	357 MB/s	Much faster peak deep queue write. +48%
DQ Mixed Peak 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed	291 MB/s	295 MB/s	+2%
ADQ Read Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed	264 MB/s	324 MB/s	Faster deep queue read. +23%
ADQ Write Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed	200 MB/s	286 MB/s	Much faster deep queue write. +43%
ADQ Mixed Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed	195 MB/s	233 MB/s	Faster deep queue mixed IO. +20%
Age Newest	156 Months	94.3 Months	Much more recent. +65%
AS-SSD Total AS-SSD Total Score	973 Pts	1,228 Pts	Stronger server IO. +26%


Capacity Capacity			240GB			—

This drive is another victim to the Sandforce 2281 controller's relative inability to handle incompressible data. The performance profile shows superb sequential read ability but relatively very poor sequential write and 4k read scores. With a real world speed of 371.4 MB/s and an AS SSD total score of 779 the MAX IOPS version of the Vertex 3 is below average by today's standards and there are significantly better deals available elsewhere. ^{[Feb '12 SSDrivePro]}

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