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VERTEX3 128GB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2014.

Average Bench: 67.5% (706th of 1072)

Based on 157 user benchmarks.  Model: OCZ-VERTEX3
Poor: 49%Average: 67.5% Great: 83%

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Above average average bench

The OCZ VERTEX3 128GB averaged 32.4% 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 101MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 27.9MB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the OCZ VERTEX3 128GB is 33.5%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the OCZ VERTEX3 128GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 129MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 147MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 157 samples)
Rank 70667.5%
Min Avg Max
317 Read 421 502
115 Write 147 166
158 Mixed 205 228
101 SusWrite 129 144
49.6% 225 MB/s
Min Avg Max
19.5 4K Read 27.9 35.2
41.1 4K Write 79.5 115
10.9 4K Mixed 27.2 42.6
119% 44.9 MB/s
Min Avg Max
29.5 DQ Read 156 200
91.2 DQ Write 143 162
11.2 DQ Mixed 101 173
89.1% 133 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
75GB free
Firmware: 2.25
SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 143 144 144 142 139 MB/s
83.8% Excellent
Read 423
Write 164
Mixed 219
SusWrite 143
52% 237 MB/s
4K Read 34.7
4K Write 107
4K Mixed 42.3
164% 61.4 MB/s
DQ Read 200
DQ Write 160
DQ Mixed 133
112% 165 MB/s
77GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2.22
SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 128 137 139 142 140 MB/s
79.1% Very good
Read 416
Write 152
Mixed 213
SusWrite 138
51% 230 MB/s
4K Read 32.4
4K Write 94
4K Mixed 39.7
150% 55.4 MB/s
DQ Read 199
DQ Write 162
DQ Mixed 159
125% 173 MB/s
56GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2.22
SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 119 124 122 120 122 MB/s
71.4% Very good
Read 441
Write 159
Mixed 199
SusWrite 123
51% 231 MB/s
4K Read 28.8
4K Write 71.5
4K Mixed 34.9
126% 45.1 MB/s
DQ Read 184
DQ Write 143
DQ Mixed 168
124% 165 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,743,422 SSDs tested

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Typical VERTEX3 128GB Builds (Compare 1,874 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 41%
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Desktop
Desktop 76%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 32%
Sail boat

Motherboard: MSI Z77A-G43 (MS-7758)

CPU
Core i5-3570KIntel  $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples480x
Core i7-3770Intel  $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples344x
Core i7-3770KIntel  $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples248x
GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples141x
GTX 970Nvidia  $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples135x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples124x
SSD
VERTEX3 128GBOCZBench 68%, 157 samples1x
RAM
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples48x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples42x
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBG.SKILLBench 53%, 47,852 samples35x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 97% - Outstanding Total price: $252

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Intel Core i5-13600K $269Nvidia RTX 4060 $295Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
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