OCZ ARC100-25SAT3-480G

ARC 100 480GB

▲ ARC 100 480GB
BENCHMARKS (1,655)
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Effective Speed -11%Effective Speed -11%Average Score -12%Read -22%, Write -6%, 4K Read -21%, 4K Write 2%, Mixed -17%, 4K Mixed -22%, SusWrite 2%Peak Score -15%Read -19%, Write -8%, 4K Read -25%, 4K Write 3%, Mixed -18%, 4K Mixed -29%, SusWrite -7%Value & Sentiment User Rating -3%, Market Share -∞%, Price 116%, Value 28%Nice To Haves -10%DQ Read -14%, DQ Write -4%, DQ Mixed -17%, ADQ Read -7%, ADQ Write -7%, ADQ Mixed -9%, Age -8%, AS-SSD Total -9%

Average Bench: 85.2% (385^th of 1058)

Based on 1,655 user benchmarks. Model: OCZ-ARC100

Poor: 60%Average: 85.2% Great: 101%

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Very good average bench

The OCZ ARC 100 480GB averaged just 14.7% 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 200MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 84.6MB/s

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Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the OCZ ARC 100 480GB is 40.5%. 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 275MB/s

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 366MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 1,655 samples)

Rank 38585.2%

Min	Avg	Max
289	Read 366	413
256	Write 386	440
206	Mixed 275	313
203	SusWrite 344	411
77.2% 343 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
18.2	4K Read 24.5	28.7
41.2	4K Write 84.6	121
23.1	4K Mixed 32.4	38.2
123% 47.2 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
131	DQ Read 278	303
98.4	DQ Write 254	329
60.8	DQ Mixed 200	230
168% 244 MB/s

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

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58GB free

Firmware: 1.01

SusWrite @10s intervals: 436 372 415 347 288 209 MB/s

95.7% Outstanding

Write 436

Mixed 315

SusWrite 344

85% 377 MB/s

4K Read 27.7

4K Write 105

4K Mixed 36.9

145% 56.5 MB/s

DQ Read 301

DQ Write 327

DQ Mixed 233

198% 287 MB/s

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Desktop 84%

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Workstation 34%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97P-D3

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Core i5-4690KIntel $155Bench 79%, 215,811 samples	1,249x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 83%, 389,955 samples	815x
Core i5-4460Intel $98Bench 71%, 226,501 samples	723x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $340Bench 51%, 731,766 samples	665x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 34%, 366,961 samples	454x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $290Bench 57%, 1,230,572 samples	402x

SSD
ARC 100 480GBOCZ $70Bench 85%, 1,655 samples	1x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 58%, 94,884 samples	220x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 55%, 74,089 samples	138x
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBG.SKILLBench 52%, 43,742 samples	105x

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Value: 49% - Average

Total price: $565

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OCZ ARC100-25SAT3-480G

ARC 100 480GB

Average Bench: 85.2% (385^th of 1058)

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ARC 100 480GB

Average Bench: 85.2% (385th of 1058)

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