OCZ ARC100-25SAT3-120G

ARC 100 120GB

▲ ARC 100 120GB
BENCHMARKS (4,735)
MKT (0%)
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BUY • $82

Effective Speed +2% Effective Speed 2%Average Score +3% Read -9%, Write 15%, 4K Read -20%, 4K Write 5%, Mixed 7%, 4K Mixed -13%, SusWrite 35%Peak Score -4%Read -14%, Write 4%, 4K Read -26%, 4K Write 3%, Mixed -2%, 4K Mixed -19%, SusWrite 27%Value & Sentiment User Rating -0%, Market Share -∞%, Price 8%, Value -0%Nice To Haves +14% DQ Read -1%, DQ Write 22%, DQ Mixed 18%, ADQ Read 7%, ADQ Write 27%, ADQ Mixed 27%, Age 8%, AS-SSD Total 4%

ARC 100 120GB

Average Bench: 83.8% (426^th of 1071)

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 42683.8%

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%

GBR-User, 7 days ago.

103GB free

Firmware: 1.00

SusWrite @10s intervals: 375 370 355 374 354 375 MB/s

97.3% Outstanding

Write 376

Mixed 303

SusWrite 367

81% 361 MB/s

4K Read 27.1

4K Write 106

4K Mixed 36.8

145% 56.8 MB/s

DQ Read 306

DQ Write 361

DQ Mixed 249

211% 305 MB/s

UKR-User, 4 days ago.

34GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 1.01

SusWrite @10s intervals: 353 374 356 333 176 135 MB/s

95.8% Outstanding

Write 378

Mixed 299

SusWrite 288

77% 343 MB/s

4K Read 28.4

4K Write 121

4K Mixed 38.6

157% 62.8 MB/s

DQ Read 306

DQ Write 331

DQ Mixed 249

207% 295 MB/s

GBR-User, 8 hrs ago.

70GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 1.01

SusWrite @10s intervals: 285 217 196 190 179 185 MB/s

70.1% Very good

Write 355

Mixed 261

SusWrite 208

63% 281 MB/s

4K Read 20.9

4K Write 77.9

4K Mixed 29.4

111% 42.7 MB/s

DQ Read 285

DQ Write 232

DQ Mixed 231

180% 249 MB/s

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Gaming 44%

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Desktop 79%

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Workstation 40%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte B450M DS3H - $85

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $165Bench 73%, 446,215 samples	3,097x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $89Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	2,301x
Ryzen 5 2600XAMD $140Bench 74%, 142,983 samples	923x

GPU
RX 580AMD $179Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	1,120x
RX 570AMD $170Bench 45%, 473,685 samples	843x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 71%, 428,800 samples	815x

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

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	790x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	522x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $41Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	361x

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Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $551

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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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Intel Core i5-13600K $315	Nvidia RTX 3060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $30
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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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OCZ ARC100-25SAT3-120G

ARC 100 120GB

Average Bench: 83.8% (426^th of 1071)

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Motherboard: Gigabyte B450M DS3H - $85

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ARC 100 120GB

Average Bench: 83.8% (426th of 1071)

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