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OCTANE 1TB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2014.

Average Bench: 55.5% (845th of 1072)

Based on 11 user benchmarks.  Model: OCZ-OCTANE
Poor: 49%Average: 55.5% Great: 61%

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Average average bench

The OCZ OCTANE 1TB averaged 44.5% 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 59.7MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 18.7MB/s

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the OCZ OCTANE 1TB is just 11.6%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the OCZ OCTANE 1TB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 88.6MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 74MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 11 samples)
Rank 84555.5%
Min Avg Max
269 Read 366 408
192 Write 283 324
138 Mixed 229 328
216 SusWrite 251 280
63.2% 282 MB/s
Min Avg Max
12.7 4K Read 18.7 23
22.3 4K Write 36.9 45.6
10.4 4K Mixed 18.3 23.9
71.4% 24.6 MB/s
Min Avg Max
58.7 DQ Read 88.6 116
38.3 DQ Write 74 89.2
39.6 DQ Mixed 59.7 77.7
50.6% 74.1 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
954GB free
Firmware: 1.14
SusWrite @10s intervals: 235 236 234 215 230 231 MB/s
58.5% Above average
Read 365
Write 305
Mixed 244
SusWrite 230
64% 286 MB/s
4K Read 21.4
4K Write 41.9
4K Mixed 21.9
83% 28.4 MB/s
DQ Read 115
DQ Write 86.4
DQ Mixed 47.3
50% 82.8 MB/s
370GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.14
SusWrite @10s intervals: 290 264 287 267 287 233 MB/s
57.3% Above average
Read 392
Write 296
Mixed 253
SusWrite 271
68% 303 MB/s
4K Read 18.8
4K Write 35.8
4K Mixed 18.6
71% 24.4 MB/s
DQ Read 58.7
DQ Write 87.2
DQ Mixed 76.9
57% 74.3 MB/s
765GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.14
SusWrite @10s intervals: 207 236 256 289 262 281 MB/s
52.7% Above average
Read 328
Write 192
Mixed 138
SusWrite 255
51% 228 MB/s
4K Read 18.2
4K Write 33.1
4K Mixed 17.7
68% 23 MB/s
DQ Read 59.6
DQ Write 88.4
DQ Mixed 76.3
57% 74.8 MB/s
302GB free
Firmware: 1.14.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 227 238 233 237 224 220 MB/s
47.1% Average
Read 398
Write 257
Mixed 227
SusWrite 230
62% 278 MB/s
4K Read 9.3
4K Write 23.7
4K Mixed 11.2
41% 14.7 MB/s
DQ Read 118
DQ Write 85.5
DQ Mixed 84
68% 95.9 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,667,320 SSDs tested

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Typical OCTANE 1TB Builds (Compare 263 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 77%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 78%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 64%
Destroyer

Motherboard: Asrock X79 Extreme6 - $341

CPU
Core i7-4820KIntel  $110Bench 72%, 23,169 samples65x
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples59x
Core i7-3930KIntel  $280Bench 74%, 33,172 samples57x
GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia  $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples19x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples16x
GTX 970Nvidia  $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples16x
SSD
OCTANE 1TBOCZBench 55%, 11 samples1x
RAM
F3 DDR3 2133 C9 4x4GBG.SKILLBench 89%, 514 samples10x
F3 DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 42%, 1,467 samples8x
F3 DDR3 2400 C10 4x8GBG.SKILLBench 81%, 208 samples7x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 68% - Good Total price: $851

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