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 -8%Read -17%, Write -6%, 4K Read -17%, 4K Write 3%, Mixed -4%, 4K Mixed -23%, SusWrite 6%Peak Lab Bench -6%Read -6%, Write -8%, 4K Read -20%, 4K Write 4%, Mixed 19%, 4K Mixed -24%, SusWrite -7%Value & Sentiment -989%User Rating -21%, Market Share -3,922%, Price 5%, Value -19%Nice To Haves -12%DQ Read -11%, DQ Write -3%, DQ Mixed -9%, ADQ Read -13%, ADQ Write -13%, ADQ Mixed -28%, Age -8%, AS-SSD Total -7%

Market Leaders

Average Bench: 85.5% (311^th of 996)

Based on 948 user benchmarks. Model: OCZ-ARC100

Poor: 61%Average: 85.5% Great: 103%

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Very good average bench

The OCZ ARC 100 480GB averaged just 14.5% 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 160MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 88.4MB/s

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Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the OCZ ARC 100 480GB is 42.2%. 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 307MB/s

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 378MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 948 samples)

Rank 31185.5%

Min	Avg	Max
274	Read 378	460
230	Write 382	440
211	Mixed 307	443
206	SusWrite 349	407
79.8% 354 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
17.2	4K Read 24.5	29.3
43.2	4K Write 88.4	128
15.3	4K Mixed 30.7	39
123% 47.9 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
22.2	DQ Read 243	303
79.3	DQ Write 246	329
14.6	DQ Mixed 160	231
143% 216 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

ITA-User, 6 hrs ago.

190GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 1.01

SusWrite @10s intervals: 424 354 428 361 424 365 MB/s

99.7% Outstanding

Write 426

Mixed 299

SusWrite 392

85% 378 MB/s

4K Read 28.4

4K Write 116

4K Mixed 37.5

152% 60.6 MB/s

DQ Read 298

DQ Write 309

DQ Mixed 224

190% 277 MB/s

CAN-User, 4 days ago.

410GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 1.01

SusWrite @10s intervals: 359 409 364 432 380 419 MB/s

94.2% Outstanding

Write 429

Mixed 294

SusWrite 394

84% 374 MB/s

4K Read 26.2

4K Write 91.7

4K Mixed 35.6

134% 51.2 MB/s

DQ Read 303

DQ Write 323

DQ Mixed 224

193% 283 MB/s

USA-User, 5 days ago.

405GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 1.01

SusWrite @10s intervals: 380 339 390 355 409 343 MB/s

90.9% Outstanding

Write 427

Mixed 299

SusWrite 369

84% 373 MB/s

4K Read 25.7

4K Write 86.6

4K Mixed 33.6

128% 48.6 MB/s

DQ Read 291

DQ Write 308

DQ Mixed 219

187% 273 MB/s

CAN-User, 7 days ago.

210GB free

Firmware: 1.01

SusWrite @10s intervals: 436 371 438 373 438 372 MB/s

90.7% Outstanding

Write 436

Mixed 296

SusWrite 405

86% 382 MB/s

4K Read 23.2

4K Write 86.5

4K Mixed 30

119% 46.6 MB/s

DQ Read 299

DQ Write 329

DQ Mixed 228

195% 285 MB/s

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Desktop 71%

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Workstation 47%

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Motherboard: Asrock Z97 Anniversary - $95

CPU
Core i5-4690KIntel $177Bench 81%, 109,392 samples	812x
Core i7-4790KIntel $365Bench 86%, 201,115 samples	720x
Core i5-4460Intel $137Bench 64%, 107,341 samples	380x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $374Bench 63%, 449,864 samples	542x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $230Bench 70%, 571,625 samples	349x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 40%, 203,215 samples	283x

SSD
ARC 100 480GBOCZ $160Bench 85%, 948 samples	1x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 51,128 samples	148x
Ballistix Sport DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCrucialBench 55%, 27,890 samples	99x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GBHyperX $35Bench 50%, 20,231 samples	79x

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Value: 78% - Very good

Total price: $806

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Intel Core i7-8700K $366	Nvidia GTX 1070 $379	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $100
AMD Ryzen 5 2600 $159	Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB $230	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $80
AMD Ryzen 5 1600 $115	Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti $808	Samsung 850 Pro 256GB $93

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $45	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $95	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $128
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $75	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $711	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $48
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $40	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $100	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $12

OCZ ARC100-25SAT3-480G

ARC 100 480GB

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OCZ ARC100-25SAT3-480G

ARC 100 480GB

Average Bench: 85.5% (311th of 996)

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