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OCZ ARC100-25SAT3-120G

ARC 100 120GB

▲ ARC 100 120GB
BENCHMARKS (4,735)
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BUY • $82

Effective Speed +2% Effective Speed 2%Average Score +3% Read -7%, Write 17%, 4K Read -22%, 4K Write 4%, Mixed 5%, 4K Mixed -16%, SusWrite 40%Peak Score -4%Read -13%, Write 6%, 4K Read -28%, 4K Write 2%, Mixed -3%, 4K Mixed -22%, SusWrite 34%Value & Sentiment User Rating -0%, Market Share -∞%, Price 7%, Value -4%Nice To Haves +14% DQ Read 2%, DQ Write 21%, DQ Mixed 13%, ADQ Read 11%, ADQ Write 27%, ADQ Mixed 23%, Age 8%, AS-SSD Total 5%

ARC 100 120GB

Average Bench: 83.8% (435^th of 1080)

Based on 4,735 user benchmarks. Models: OCZ-ARC100, OCZ-ARC1 00, OCZ-ARC1 OCZ-ARC100

Poor: 63%Average: 83.8% Great: 98%

Popular builds with this SSD

Very good average bench

The OCZ ARC 100 120GB averaged just 16.2% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the OCZ ARC 100 120GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 231MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 87.7MB/s

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Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the OCZ ARC 100 120GB is 34.5%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the OCZ ARC 100 120GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 279MB/s

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 287MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 4,735 samples)

Rank 43583.8%

Min	Avg	Max
304	Read 370	410
274	Write 361	383
226	Mixed 279	302
164	SusWrite 287	370
72.9% 324 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
18.3	4K Read 24.5	28.4
43.3	4K Write 87.7	119
22.2	4K Mixed 32.5	38
125% 48.3 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
216	DQ Read 287	310
146	DQ Write 305	359
140	DQ Mixed 231	254
192% 275 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%

USA-User, 1 month ago.

24GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 1.00

SusWrite @10s intervals: 300 135 114 92 86 88 MB/s

67.8% Good

Write 380

Mixed 286

SusWrite 136

66% 295 MB/s

4K Read 22.9

4K Write 60.9

4K Mixed 29.6

105% 37.8 MB/s

DQ Read 291

DQ Write 246

DQ Mixed 232

184% 256 MB/s

DEU-User, 25 days ago.

35GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 1.01

SusWrite @10s intervals: 308 192 127 140 148 158 MB/s

67% Good

Write 361

Mixed 281

SusWrite 179

66% 294 MB/s

4K Read 20.9

4K Write 51.6

4K Mixed 26.4

93% 33 MB/s

DQ Read 286

DQ Write 309

DQ Mixed 229

191% 275 MB/s

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Gaming 44%

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Desktop 80%

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Workstation 41%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte B450M DS3H - $96

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $120Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	3,711x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $88Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	2,809x
Ryzen 5 2600XAMD $175Bench 74%, 142,983 samples	1,124x

GPU
RX 580AMD $120Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	1,325x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $201Bench 71%, 428,800 samples	1,024x
RX 570AMD $170Bench 45%, 473,685 samples	1,008x

SSD
ARC 100 120GBOCZ $82Bench 84%, 4,735 samples	1x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	963x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	621x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $33Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	437x

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Value: 85% - Excellent

Total price: $458

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Controller: Indilinx Barefoot 3. Flash Memory: Toshiba A19nm MLC

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Great cheap SSD and does what it needs to. I love mine.

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OCZ ARC100-25SAT3-120G

ARC 100 120GB

Average Bench: 83.8% (435^th of 1080)

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ARC 100 120GB

Average Bench: 83.8% (435th of 1080)

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