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 -10%Effective Speed -10%Average User Bench -9%Read -14%, Write -6%, 4K Read -18%, 4K Write -1%, Mixed 0%, 4K Mixed -30%, SusWrite 7%Peak Lab Bench -6%Read -5%, Write -8%, 4K Read -20%, 4K Write 4%, Mixed 19%, 4K Mixed -24%, SusWrite -7%Value & Sentiment -1,181%User Rating -21%, Market Share -4,689%, Price 5%, Value -20%Nice To Haves -15%DQ Read -11%, DQ Write -4%, DQ Mixed -9%, ADQ Read -19%, ADQ Write -16%, ADQ Mixed -43%, Age -9%, AS-SSD Total -7%

Market Leaders

Average Bench: 84.6% (318^th of 991)

Based on 892 user benchmarks. Model: OCZ-ARC100

Poor: 61%Average: 84.6% Great: 102%

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Very good average bench

The OCZ ARC 100 480GB averaged just 15.3% 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 141MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 86.3MB/s

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Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the OCZ ARC 100 480GB is 41.7%. 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 322MB/s

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 388MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 892 samples)

Rank 31884.6%

Min	Avg	Max
286	Read 388	462
232	Write 385	440
210	Mixed 322	444
214	SusWrite 351	407
81.5% 362 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
17.2	4K Read 24.2	29.3
42.1	4K Write 86.3	128
13.6	4K Mixed 29.3	38.9
120% 46.6 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
20.6	DQ Read 229	303
77.1	DQ Write 237	328
14.1	DQ Mixed 141	231
131% 202 MB/s

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

DEU-User, 13 hrs ago.

183GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 1.01

SusWrite @10s intervals: 402 357 422 371 435 339 MB/s

105% Outstanding

Write 435

Mixed 303

SusWrite 388

86% 383 MB/s

4K Read 29.1

4K Write 139

4K Mixed 39.4

168% 69.1 MB/s

DQ Read 301

DQ Write 326

DQ Mixed 232

197% 286 MB/s

USA-User, 7 hrs ago.

25GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 1.01

SusWrite @10s intervals: 308 290 312 233 335 330 MB/s

83.3% Excellent

Write 204

Mixed 240

SusWrite 301

61% 271 MB/s

4K Read 26.1

4K Write 94.9

4K Mixed 32.7

132% 51.2 MB/s

DQ Read 302

DQ Write 204

DQ Mixed 170

149% 225 MB/s

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Desktop 71%

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Workstation 46%

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Motherboard: Asrock Z97 Anniversary - $95

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Core i5-4690KIntel $255Bench 81%, 101,219 samples	728x
Core i7-4790KIntel $365Bench 85%, 196,634 samples	653x
Core i5-4460Intel $190Bench 65%, 96,689 samples	352x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $374Bench 63%, 395,234 samples	489x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $230Bench 71%, 492,577 samples	318x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 40%, 197,815 samples	261x

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ARC 100 480GBOCZ $160Bench 85%, 892 samples	1x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 40,362 samples	134x
Ballistix Sport DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCrucialBench 55%, 24,168 samples	89x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GBHyperX $35Bench 50%, 20,487 samples	76x

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Value: 76% - Very good

Total price: $884

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Intel Core i7-8700K $360	Nvidia GTX 1070 $336	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $78
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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $43	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $115	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $43
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $750	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $48
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $41	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $126	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $12

OCZ ARC100-25SAT3-480G

ARC 100 480GB

Average Bench: 84.6% (318^th of 991)

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ARC 100 480GB

Average Bench: 84.6% (318th of 991)

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