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.

120GB 240GB 480GB

Effective Speed -7%Effective Speed -7%Average User Bench -9%Read -22%, Write -6%, 4K Read -16%, 4K Write 6%, Mixed -14%, 4K Mixed -17%, SusWrite 6%Peak Lab Bench -13%Read -19%, Write -9%, 4K Read -19%, 4K Write 5%, Mixed -18%, 4K Mixed -24%, SusWrite -7%Value & Sentiment User Rating -22%, Market Share -∞%, Price -2%, Value -26%Nice To Haves -6%DQ Read -10%, DQ Write -4%, DQ Mixed -9%, ADQ Read 0%, ADQ Write -4%, ADQ Mixed -4%, Age -8%, AS-SSD Total -7%

Market Leaders

Average Bench: 87% (309^th of 1011)

Based on 1,117 user benchmarks. Model: OCZ-ARC100

Poor: 63%Average: 87% Great: 103%

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Very good average bench

The OCZ ARC 100 480GB averaged just 13.0% 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 198MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 91MB/s

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Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the OCZ ARC 100 480GB is 39.7%. 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 278MB/s

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 362MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 1,117 samples)

Rank 30987%

Min	Avg	Max
274	Read 362	410
231	Write 382	440
212	Mixed 278	316
208	SusWrite 351	408
77.4% 343 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
18.3	4K Read 24.9	29.4
49.8	4K Write 91	129
21.8	4K Mixed 32.7	39
128% 49.6 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
120	DQ Read 276	303
113	DQ Write 264	329
61.9	DQ Mixed 198	232
168% 246 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

DEU-User, 3 days ago.

414GB free

Firmware: 1.01

SusWrite @10s intervals: 434 420 392 438 373 437 MB/s

99.6% Outstanding

Write 437

Mixed 313

SusWrite 416

89% 392 MB/s

4K Read 26.5

4K Write 110

4K Mixed 36

144% 57.5 MB/s

DQ Read 302

DQ Write 329

DQ Mixed 223

193% 285 MB/s

USA-User, 2 days ago.

174GB free

Firmware: 1.01

SusWrite @10s intervals: 435 372 435 373 439 370 MB/s

96.5% Outstanding

Write 437

Mixed 304

SusWrite 404

88% 389 MB/s

4K Read 27.2

4K Write 92.2

4K Mixed 35.2

135% 51.5 MB/s

DQ Read 303

DQ Write 327

DQ Mixed 228

196% 286 MB/s

FRA-User, 3 days ago.

84GB free

Firmware: 1.01

SusWrite @10s intervals: 370 294 331 273 327 343 MB/s

73% Very good

Write 372

Mixed 271

SusWrite 323

75% 334 MB/s

4K Read 21.6

4K Write 47.3

4K Mixed 27.4

93% 32.1 MB/s

DQ Read 250

DQ Write 181

DQ Mixed 192

150% 208 MB/s

NLD-User, 10 hrs ago.

109GB free

Firmware: 1.01

SusWrite @10s intervals: 351 293 345 350 300 347 MB/s

69.6% Good

Write 328

Mixed 221

SusWrite 331

70% 311 MB/s

4K Read 23.9

4K Write 50.8

4K Mixed 24.2

94% 33 MB/s

DQ Read 213

DQ Write 58.7

DQ Mixed 72.7

70% 115 MB/s

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Gaming 60%

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Desktop 74%

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Workstation 52%

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Motherboard: Asus Z97-A - $150

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 76%, 235,514 samples	5,342x
Core i5-4690KIntel $250Bench 66%, 126,541 samples	3,525x
Core i7-4790Intel $349Bench 65%, 119,091 samples	769x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $399Bench 63%, 464,715 samples	2,575x
GTX 1070Nvidia $400Bench 97%, 615,798 samples	1,065x
GTX 1080Nvidia $528Bench 124%, 540,220 samples	959x

SSD
ARC 100 480GBOCZ $160Bench 87%, 1,117 samples	1x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 42,435 samples	552x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 36,185 samples	409x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 60%, 22,883 samples	381x

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Value: 46% - Average

Total price: $1,057

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $40	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $78	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $128
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $40	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $695	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $48
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OCZ ARC100-25SAT3-480G

ARC 100 480GB

Average Bench: 87% (309^th of 1011)

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OCZ ARC100-25SAT3-480G

ARC 100 480GB

Average Bench: 87% (309th of 1011)

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