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EX2 3.5 120GB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2014.

Average Bench: 36.9% (972nd of 1072)

Based on 51 user benchmarks.  Model: OCZ-VERT EX2 3.5
Poor: 26%Average: 36.9% Great: 49%

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Poor average bench

The Ocz-vert EX2 3.5 120GB averaged 63.1% 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 Random Read Speed 17.3MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 49.8MB/s

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Ocz-vert EX2 3.5 120GB is 22.2%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Ocz-vert EX2 3.5 120GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 67.8MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 92.4MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 51 samples)
Rank 97236.9%
Min Avg Max
87.3 Read 163 212
53.6 Write 92.4 118
60.7 Mixed 113 145
30.9 SusWrite 67.8 108
24.2% 109 MB/s
Min Avg Max
6.44 4K Read 17.3 25.8
19.4 4K Write 44.6 75.2
5.6 4K Mixed 16.6 29.6
71.1% 26.2 MB/s
Min Avg Max
19.8 DQ Read 100 146
36.9 DQ Write 85.3 114
1.64 DQ Mixed 49.8 113
49% 78.4 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
112GB free
Firmware: 1.27
SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 68 70 70 69 70 MB/s
36% Below average
Read 158
Write 104
Mixed 124
SusWrite 68.7
25% 114 MB/s
4K Read 18.5
4K Write 31.3
4K Mixed 22.2
73% 24 MB/s
DQ Read 20.8
DQ Write 96
DQ Mixed 104
66% 73.6 MB/s
112GB free
Firmware: 1.27
SusWrite @10s intervals: 52 40 45 42 45 48 MB/s
30.5% Below average
Read 99.5
Write 83.1
Mixed 91.4
SusWrite 45.2
18% 79.8 MB/s
4K Read 16.6
4K Write 24.2
4K Mixed 19.5
63% 20.1 MB/s
DQ Read 113
DQ Write 69.8
DQ Mixed 80.4
63% 87.8 MB/s
38GB free
Firmware: 0203
SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 69 69 72 66 72 MB/s
29.6% Poor
Read 133
Write 107
Mixed 121
SusWrite 71.4
24% 108 MB/s
4K Read 15.3
4K Write 24.7
4K Mixed 16.7
58% 18.9 MB/s
DQ Read 49.3
DQ Write 40.6
DQ Mixed 45.7
34% 45.2 MB/s
102GB free
Firmware: 0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 41 41 41 42 41 MB/s
16.6% Very poor
Read 50
Write 40.5
Mixed 39.8
SusWrite 41.3
10% 42.9 MB/s
4K Read 11.6
4K Write 10.6
4K Mixed 9.6
36% 10.6 MB/s
DQ Read 24.3
DQ Write 26.7
DQ Mixed 13.9
14% 21.6 MB/s
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Gaming 23%
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Desktop 72%
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Workstation 19%
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Motherboard: Asus P6X58D-E

CPU
Core i7-950Intel  $100Bench 66%, 36,389 samples496x
Core i7 930Intel  $199Bench 64%, 19,497 samples198x
Core i7 960Intel  $220Bench 68%, 16,233 samples145x
GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples74x
GTX 970Nvidia  $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples74x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples67x
SSD
EX2 3.5 120GBOcz-vertBench 37%, 51 samples1x
RAM
6x4GBUnknownBench 47%, 28,320 samples231x
6x2GBUnknownBench 46%, 38,297 samples221x
3x4GBUnknownBench 42%, 39,448 samples132x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 99% - Outstanding Total price: $159

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