OCZ ARC100-25SAT3-480G

ARC 100 480GB

▲ ARC 100 480GB
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Controller: Indilinx Barefoot 3. Flash Memory: Toshiba A19nm MLC. Release date: Q3 2014.

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Effective Speed -8%Effective Speed -8%Average User Bench -9%Read -19%, Write -7%, 4K Read -16%, 4K Write 3%, Mixed -7%, 4K Mixed -22%, SusWrite 6%Peak Lab Bench -6%Read -6%, Write -8%, 4K Read -20%, 4K Write 4%, Mixed 18%, 4K Mixed -24%, SusWrite -7%Value & Sentiment -922%User Rating -21%, Market Share -3,656%, Price 6%, Value -16%Nice To Haves -10%DQ Read -11%, DQ Write -4%, DQ Mixed -10%, ADQ Read -8%, ADQ Write -10%, ADQ Mixed -20%, Age -8%, AS-SSD Total -7%

Market Leaders

Average Bench: 86.1% (308^th of 1003)

Based on 1,027 user benchmarks. Model: OCZ-ARC100

Poor: 61%Average: 86.1% Great: 103%

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Very good average bench

The OCZ ARC 100 480GB averaged just 13.8% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the OCZ ARC 100 480GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 173MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 89.2MB/s

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Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the OCZ ARC 100 480GB is 41.9%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the OCZ ARC 100 480GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 297MB/s

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 372MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 1,027 samples)

Rank 30886.1%

Min	Avg	Max
272	Read 372	459
231	Write 382	440
211	Mixed 297	441
210	SusWrite 350	407
79% 351 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
17.4	4K Read 24.7	29.3
44	4K Write 89.2	128
16.9	4K Mixed 31.4	39
125% 48.4 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
23.3	DQ Read 256	303
83.7	DQ Write 253	329
16.8	DQ Mixed 173	231
152% 227 MB/s

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

USA-User, 1 day ago.

372GB free

Firmware: 1.01

SusWrite @10s intervals: 437 385 427 392 420 400 MB/s

96.6% Outstanding

Write 428

Mixed 324

SusWrite 410

88% 391 MB/s

4K Read 26.5

4K Write 92.9

4K Mixed 35.6

135% 51.7 MB/s

DQ Read 303

DQ Write 330

DQ Mixed 218

191% 284 MB/s

USA-User, 1 day ago.

332GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 1.01

SusWrite @10s intervals: 314 331 298 355 310 360 MB/s

71.7% Very good

Write 385

Mixed 271

SusWrite 328

75% 334 MB/s

4K Read 19.3

4K Write 42.4

4K Mixed 25.7

85% 29.1 MB/s

DQ Read 293

DQ Write 214

DQ Mixed 207

167% 238 MB/s

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Workstation 46%

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Motherboard: Asrock Z97 Anniversary - $95

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Core i5-4690KIntel $255Bench 80%, 120,598 samples	882x
Core i7-4790KIntel $365Bench 86%, 215,860 samples	773x
Core i5-4460Intel $190Bench 65%, 116,298 samples	406x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $374Bench 63%, 418,679 samples	578x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $230Bench 70%, 593,162 samples	368x
GTX 1070Nvidia $335Bench 98%, 663,441 samples	305x

SSD
ARC 100 480GBOCZ $160Bench 86%, 1,027 samples	1x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 58%, 48,397 samples	158x
Ballistix Sport DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCrucialBench 56%, 24,440 samples	104x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GBHyperX $35Bench 50%, 23,210 samples	89x

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Value: 76% - Very good

Total price: $884

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Intel Core i7-8700K $350	Nvidia GTX 1070 $335	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $101
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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $44	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $78	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $45
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $75	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $646	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $48
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $43	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $75	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $12

OCZ ARC100-25SAT3-480G

ARC 100 480GB

Average Bench: 86.1% (308^th of 1003)

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OCZ ARC100-25SAT3-480G

ARC 100 480GB

Average Bench: 86.1% (308th of 1003)

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