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OCZ AGT4-25SAT3-256G

Agility 4 256GB

▲ 51500 ▼

Controller: Indilinx Everest 2 IDX400M00. Flash Memory: Micron Asynchronous 25nm MLC. Release date: Q2 2012.

Average Bench: 72.3% (634th of 1080)

Based on 1,416 user benchmarks.  Models: OCZ-AGILITY4, OCZ-AGIL ITY4, OCZ-AGIL OCZ-AGILITY4

The OCZ Agility 4 is a relatively old SSD and has been included in the group test as a reference. In terms of overall speed the Agility 4 lags the current ten market leaders by an average of around 30%, considering that the Agility 4 is only 16 months old this highlights just how quickly the SSD market has evolved over the last two years. It's probably not worth upgrading for the sake of more speed unless you have a specific use case that demands it but if you are looking for a speed upgrade, you will gain up to around 50% by going for the Samsung 840 Pro or the OCZ Vector. [Sep '13 SSDrivePro]

Poor: 57%Average: 72.3% Great: 87%

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Good average bench

The OCZ Agility 4 256GB averaged 27.6% 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 194MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 94.5MB/s

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the OCZ Agility 4 256GB is 29.6%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the OCZ Agility 4 256GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 193MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 276MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 1,416 samples)
Rank 63472.3%
Min Avg Max
205 Read 276 336
181 Write 304 391
149 Mixed 193 236
105 SusWrite 275 382
59.1% 262 MB/s
Min Avg Max
12.8 4K Read 18.4 21.3
52.4 4K Write 94.5 131
20.1 4K Mixed 27 31.8
112% 46.6 MB/s
Min Avg Max
124 DQ Read 231 255
87.8 DQ Write 235 316
114 DQ Mixed 194 208
157% 220 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
196GB free
Firmware: 1.5.2
SusWrite @10s intervals: 381 380 381 382 381 382 MB/s
76.8% Very good
Read 219
Write 390
Mixed 218
SusWrite 381
69% 302 MB/s
4K Read 18
4K Write 84.7
4K Mixed 26.7
106% 43.1 MB/s
DQ Read 252
DQ Write 305
DQ Mixed 208
176% 255 MB/s
76GB free
Firmware: 1.5.2
SusWrite @10s intervals: 180 183 180 182 179 178 MB/s
64% Good
Read 326
Write 186
Mixed 174
SusWrite 181
48% 217 MB/s
4K Read 18.7
4K Write 72.1
4K Mixed 24.9
98% 38.6 MB/s
DQ Read 252
DQ Write 194
DQ Mixed 202
157% 216 MB/s
25GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.5.2
SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 98 105 105 152 187 MB/s
59.2% Above average
Read 294
Write 186
Mixed 152
SusWrite 136
43% 192 MB/s
4K Read 16.5
4K Write 77.8
4K Mixed 23.3
96% 39.2 MB/s
DQ Read 255
DQ Write 192
DQ Mixed 201
156% 216 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 77,545,727 SSDs tested

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MSRP ≈ $218 @ launch in May '12
EbayUS $355 months
AmazonUS $902 years
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Typical Agility 4 256GB Builds (Compare 1,431 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 34%
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Desktop
Desktop 67%
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Workstation
Workstation 27%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3 - $100

CPU
FX-8350AMD  $85Bench 61%, 313,196 samples579x
FX-8320AMD  $95Bench 59%, 106,454 samples216x
FX-6300AMD  $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples112x
GPU
RX 580AMD  $131Bench 52%, 360,351 samples77x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples67x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples61x
SSD
Agility 4 256GBOCZ  $35Bench 72%, 1,416 samples1x
RAM
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples109x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples85x
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples84x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 80% - Excellent Total price: $350

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Controller: Indilinx Everest 2 IDX400M00. Flash Memory: Micron Asynchronous 25nm MLC

The Agility 4 unleashes ultimate productivity...

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Amazon was selling this for $23.20 with free shipping. It is not the best performing SSD, but for the cost... it is incredible.

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