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 -10%Read -22%, Write -7%, 4K Read -16%, 4K Write 3%, Mixed -14%, 4K Mixed -19%, SusWrite 6%Peak Lab Bench -13%Read -19%, Write -8%, 4K Read -20%, 4K Write 4%, Mixed -19%, 4K Mixed -24%, SusWrite -6%Value & Sentiment User Rating -22%, Market Share -∞%, Price 5%, Value -18%Nice To Haves -6%DQ Read -11%, DQ Write -3%, DQ Mixed -9%, ADQ Read 0%, ADQ Write -4%, ADQ Mixed -5%, Age -8%, AS-SSD Total -8%

Average Bench: 86.4% (319^th of 1011)

Based on 1,212 user benchmarks. Model: OCZ-ARC100

Poor: 61%Average: 86.4% Great: 102%

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Very good average bench

The OCZ ARC 100 480GB averaged just 13.6% 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 197MB/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 41.4%. 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 363MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 1,212 samples)

Rank 31986.4%

Min	Avg	Max
274	Read 363	411
230	Write 380	440
212	Mixed 278	315
207	SusWrite 348	410
77.1% 342 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
18	4K Read 24.9	29.3
43.5	4K Write 89.2	127
20.1	4K Mixed 32.4	38.9
126% 48.8 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
144	DQ Read 276	303
111	DQ Write 263	329
69.8	DQ Mixed 197	232
168% 245 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

GRC-User, 21 hrs ago.

353GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 1.01

SusWrite @10s intervals: 355 250 388 393 332 390 MB/s

88.8% Excellent

Write 378

Mixed 242

SusWrite 351

76% 338 MB/s

4K Read 24.7

4K Write 98.3

4K Mixed 33.8

133% 52.3 MB/s

DQ Read 297

DQ Write 229

DQ Mixed 200

166% 242 MB/s

GBR-User, 3 days ago.

172GB free

Firmware: 1.01

SusWrite @10s intervals: 196 220 229 197 230 234 MB/s

79.4% Very good

Write 374

Mixed 287

SusWrite 218

70% 311 MB/s

4K Read 27.2

4K Write 92.2

4K Mixed 36.6

137% 52 MB/s

DQ Read 233

DQ Write 186

DQ Mixed 199

152% 206 MB/s

ZAF-User, 11 hrs ago.

222GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 1.01

SusWrite @10s intervals: 253 339 359 422 361 423 MB/s

75.9% Very good

Write 398

Mixed 257

SusWrite 359

79% 350 MB/s

4K Read 23.1

4K Write 55.9

4K Mixed 18.9

89% 32.6 MB/s

DQ Read 304

DQ Write 243

DQ Mixed 214

176% 254 MB/s

FRA-User, 2 days ago.

197GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 1.01

SusWrite @10s intervals: 333 313 349 296 347 364 MB/s

69% Good

Write 332

Mixed 219

SusWrite 334

68% 300 MB/s

4K Read 18.3

4K Write 43.4

4K Mixed 24

82% 28.6 MB/s

DQ Read 302

DQ Write 179

DQ Mixed 191

156% 224 MB/s

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Desktop 64%

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Workstation 55%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME B350-PLUS - $100

CPU
Ryzen 5 1600AMD $95Bench 68%, 199,979 samples	11,456x
Ryzen 7 1700AMD $215Bench 69%, 117,598 samples	4,701x
Ryzen 5 1600XAMD $140Bench 74%, 78,136 samples	4,242x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $230Bench 56%, 706,813 samples	5,366x
GTX 1070Nvidia $359Bench 78%, 613,412 samples	2,918x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $155Bench 31%, 401,466 samples	2,883x

SSD
ARC 100 480GBOCZ $140Bench 86%, 1,212 samples	1x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $65Bench 85%, 245,677 samples	2,849x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $70Bench 86%, 130,179 samples	951x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $70Bench 87%, 80,472 samples	854x

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Value: 58% - Above average

Total price: $630

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $40	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $65	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $88
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $78	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $612	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $48
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OCZ ARC100-25SAT3-480G

ARC 100 480GB

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ARC 100 480GB

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