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OCZ AGT3-25SAT3-120G

Agility 3 120GB

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Controller: LSI SandForce SF2281VB1-SDC. Memory: Micron Asynchronous 25nm MLC. Release date: Q2 2011.

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Average Bench: 47.9% (795th of 976)

Based on 15,570 user benchmarks.  Models: OCZ-AGILITY3, OCZ-AGIL ITY3, OCZ-AGIL OCZ-AGILITY3
Poor: 34%Average: 47.9% Great: 60%

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Below average average bench

The OCZ Agility 3 120GB averaged 52.1% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This isn't a great result which indicates that there are much faster alternatives on the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 90.9MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 68MB/s

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the OCZ Agility 3 120GB is 26.1%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the OCZ Agility 3 120GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 90.7MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 115MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 15,570 samples)
Rank 79547.9%
Min Avg Max
108 Read 148 182
83 Write 115 139
102 Mixed 130 152
66.4 SusWrite 90.7 111
27.1% 121 MB/s
Min Avg Max
14 4K Read 22 28.4
32.3 4K Write 68 108
16.5 4K Mixed 25.9 33.1
102% 38.6 MB/s
Min Avg Max
23 DQ Read 120 183
66.7 DQ Write 110 139
25.4 DQ Mixed 90.9 140
74.7% 107 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
71GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2.22
SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 76 90 90 92 86 MB/s
54.8% Above average
Read 156
Write 118
Mixed 128
SusWrite 88
27% 123 MB/s
4K Read 24.1
4K Write 110
4K Mixed 24.3
126% 52.9 MB/s
DQ Read 143
DQ Write 117
DQ Mixed 107
86% 122 MB/s
20GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2.22
SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 83 92 89 89 85 MB/s
51.9% Above average
Read 144
Write 115
Mixed 122
SusWrite 89.1
26% 118 MB/s
4K Read 26.7
4K Write 76.1
4K Mixed 32.5
122% 45.1 MB/s
DQ Read 29.4
DQ Write 108
DQ Mixed 32.2
35% 56.6 MB/s
70GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2.15
SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 71 81 73 78 75 MB/s
49.1% Average
Read 126
Write 91.3
Mixed 116
SusWrite 76.5
23% 102 MB/s
4K Read 26.1
4K Write 65.7
4K Mixed 29.6
112% 40.5 MB/s
DQ Read 133
DQ Write 89.5
DQ Mixed 89.6
73% 104 MB/s
20GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2.22
SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 91 96 98 96 87 MB/s
48.4% Average
Read 160
Write 118
Mixed 132
SusWrite 93.8
28% 126 MB/s
4K Read 23.6
4K Write 56.8
4K Mixed 26.1
99% 35.5 MB/s
DQ Read 143
DQ Write 116
DQ Mixed 114
90% 124 MB/s
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Typical Agility 3 120GB Builds (Compare 9,264 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.
Gaming
Gaming 59%
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Desktop
Desktop 58%
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Workstation
Workstation 37%
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Motherboard: Asus P8Z77-V LX - $182

CPU
Core i5-3570KIntel  $350Bench 75%, 70,387 samples2,938x
Core i7-3770KIntel  $488Bench 72%, 59,332 samples1,398x
Core i7-3770Intel  $430Bench 69%, 83,578 samples1,372x
GPU
GTX 970Nvidia  $260Bench 64%, 366,291 samples853x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $210Bench 71%, 443,285 samples831x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $330Bench 99%, 414,715 samples556x
SSD
Agility 3 120GBOCZ  $102Bench 48%, 15,570 samples1x
RAM
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 32,635 samples562x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 50%, 34,124 samples396x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 57%, 11,626 samples247x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 67% - Good Total price: $894

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