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EX3 LP 240GB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2014.

Average Bench: 68% (697th of 1072)

Based on 5 user benchmarks.  Model: OCZ-VERT EX3 LP
Poor: 57%Average: 68% Great: 91%

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Above average average bench

The Ocz-vert EX3 LP 240GB averaged 32.0% 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 155MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 25MB/s

Unknown consistency

There are too few samples to reasonably determine how consistently this SSD perfroms. This result should be interpreted with caution.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 177MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 230MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 5 samples)
Rank 69768%
Min Avg Max
300 Read 370 486
167 Write 230 279
205 Mixed 257 318
154 SusWrite 177 200
57.6% 258 MB/s
Min Avg Max
20.4 4K Read 25 34.2
32.6 4K Write 54.8 106
16.4 4K Mixed 27.6 44.2
102% 35.8 MB/s
Min Avg Max
219 DQ Read 257 290
166 DQ Write 194 242
57.5 DQ Mixed 155 204
135% 202 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
166GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2.25
SusWrite @10s intervals: 213 192 214 189 200 194 MB/s
90.8% Outstanding
Read 401
Write 279
Mixed 294
SusWrite 200
66% 294 MB/s
4K Read 34.2
4K Write 106
4K Mixed 44.2
165% 61.6 MB/s
DQ Read 290
DQ Write 242
DQ Mixed 158
148% 230 MB/s
53GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2.25
SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 147 133 128 131 130 MB/s
65.1% Good
Read 354
Write 224
Mixed 254
SusWrite 139
54% 242 MB/s
4K Read 26.2
4K Write 62.1
4K Mixed 29
110% 39.1 MB/s
DQ Read 202
DQ Write 194
DQ Mixed 133
117% 176 MB/s
62GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2.22
SusWrite @10s intervals: 154 152 137 166 158 155 MB/s
56.6% Above average
Read 300
Write 167
Mixed 206
SusWrite 154
46% 207 MB/s
4K Read 21.9
4K Write 36
4K Mixed 25.3
85% 27.7 MB/s
DQ Read 233
DQ Write 166
DQ Mixed 204
151% 201 MB/s
184GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2.22
SusWrite @10s intervals: 183 170 186 199 188 181 MB/s
56.6% Above average
Read 306
Write 200
Mixed 205
SusWrite 184
50% 224 MB/s
4K Read 23.3
4K Write 32.6
4K Mixed 21.5
80% 25.8 MB/s
DQ Read 219
DQ Write 166
DQ Mixed 197
146% 194 MB/s

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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,763,381 SSDs tested

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Typical EX3 LP 240GB Builds (Compare 1,353 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 23%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 72%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 19%
Surfboard

Motherboard: Asus P6X58D-E

CPU
Core i7-950Intel  $100Bench 66%, 36,389 samples498x
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 samples68x
SSD
EX3 LP 240GBOcz-vertBench 68%, 5 samples1x
RAM
6x4GBUnknownBench 47%, 28,320 samples231x
6x2GBUnknownBench 46%, 38,297 samples222x
3x4GBUnknownBench 42%, 39,448 samples132x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 99% - Outstanding Total price: $159

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