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OCZVTX450-25SAT3-128G
CorsairCSSD-F480GB3-BK
▲ 51266 ▼

Controller: Indilinx Barefoot 3 M10 IDX500M10-BC. Flash Memory: IMFT Synchronous 20nm MLC. Release date: Q2 2013.

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▲ 501 ▼

Controller: LSI SandForce SF2281VB1-SDC. Memory: Micron Asynchronous 25nm MLC. Release date ≈ Q4 2014.

Effective Speed 
+113%
Real World Speed
Performance profile from 1,213 user samples
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Best Bench: 90% 130GB free
Worst Bench: 57% 72GB free (System drive)
Poor: 57% Great: 90%
SPEED RANK: 569th / 1074
173 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 41% 443GB free
Worst Bench: 29% 395GB free
Poor: 29% Great: 41%
SPEED RANK: 989th / 1074
Effective Speed
Effective SSD Speed 		75.5 % Hugely faster effective speed.
+113% 		35.4 %
Average Score 
+132%
Read
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 		410 MB/s Hugely faster read speed.
+120% 		186 MB/s
Write
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 		268 MB/s Much faster write speed.
+51% 		177 MB/s
4K Read
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 		20.1 MB/s Faster random read.
+18% 		17.1 MB/s
4K Write
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 		87.6 MB/s Hugely faster random write.
+517% 		14.2 MB/s
Mixed
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 		263 MB/s Much faster mixed IO speed.
+60% 		164 MB/s
4K Mixed
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 		28.2 MB/s Hugely faster random mixed IO.
+101% 		14 MB/s
SusWrite
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 		217 MB/s Much faster sustained write speed.
+56% 		139 MB/s
Peak Score 
+134%
Read
Peak Sequential Read Speed 		459 MB/s Hugely faster peak read speed.
+81% 		254 MB/s
Write
Peak Sequential Write Speed 		283 MB/s Faster peak write speed.
+20% 		235 MB/s
4K Read
Peak 4K Random Read Speed 		23.7 MB/s Slightly faster peak random read.
+5% 		22.5 MB/s
4K Write
Peak 4K Random Write Speed 		132 MB/s Hugely faster peak random write.
+659% 		17.4 MB/s
Mixed
Peak Sequential Mixed IO Speed 		286 MB/s Faster peak mixed IO speed.
+25% 		228 MB/s
4K Mixed
Peak 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 		33.7 MB/s Much faster peak random mixed IO.
+72% 		19.6 MB/s
SusWrite
Peak Sequential Sustained Write 60s Average 		274 MB/s Much faster peak sustained write speed.
+75% 		157 MB/s
Value & Sentiment 
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Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days) 		0 % 0 %
Value
Value For Money 		6.96 % Hugely better value.
+85% 		3.77 %
User Rating
UBM User Rating 		51 % +2% 50 %
Price
Price (score) 		$80 Much cheaper.
+68% 		$249
Nice To Haves 
+237%
Age
Newest 		132 Months 114+ Months More recent.
+14%
DQ Read
Peak 4K-64Thread Read Speed 		301 MB/s Hugely faster peak deep queue read.
+155% 		118 MB/s
DQ Write
Peak 4K-64Thread Write Speed 		286 MB/s Hugely faster peak deep queue write.
+372% 		60.6 MB/s
AS-SSD Total
AS-SSD Total Score 		1,005 Pts Hugely stronger server IO.
+179% 		361 Pts
DQ Mixed
Peak 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 		262 MB/s Hugely faster peak deep queue mixed IO.
+252% 		74.4 MB/s
ADQ Read
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 		265 MB/s Hugely faster deep queue read.
+174% 		96.7 MB/s
ADQ Write
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 		249 MB/s Hugely faster deep queue write.
+413% 		48.5 MB/s
ADQ Mixed
Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 		227 MB/s Hugely faster deep queue mixed IO.
+366% 		48.7 MB/s
Specifications 
Capacity
Capacity 		128GB 480GB
Conclusion 
Average Bench 75.5%
Average Bench 35.4%
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