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Ocz-vertex2

3.5 115GB

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Release date ≤ Q4 2013.

Average Bench: 38.3% (957th of 1072)

Based on 2,637 user benchmarks.  Models: OCZ-VERTEX2 3.5, OCZ-VERT EX2, OCZ-VERTEX2, OCZ-VERT EX2 3.5
Poor: 23%Average: 38.3% Great: 49%

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Poor average bench

The Ocz-vertex2 3.5 115GB averaged 61.6% 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 66MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 19.1MB/s

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Ocz-vertex2 3.5 115GB is 26.8%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Ocz-vertex2 3.5 115GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 54MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 69.5MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 2,637 samples)
Rank 95738.3%
Min Avg Max
89.2 Read 171 225
54.1 Write 69.5 78.7
66.4 Mixed 94.1 112
37.7 SusWrite 54 72.7
21.5% 97.1 MB/s
Min Avg Max
8.58 4K Read 19.1 25.9
9.6 4K Write 47.8 67.4
9.68 4K Mixed 20.4 27.3
80.4% 29.1 MB/s
Min Avg Max
22.7 DQ Read 101 140
31.8 DQ Write 67.2 77.8
20 DQ Mixed 66 92
54.2% 78.2 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
106GB free
Firmware: 1.37
SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 55 54 55 54 54 MB/s
48% Average
Read 231
Write 72.5
Mixed 109
SusWrite 56.1
26% 117 MB/s
4K Read 24.2
4K Write 60.1
4K Mixed 25.2
101% 36.5 MB/s
DQ Read 132
DQ Write 74.9
DQ Mixed 91.5
71% 99.3 MB/s
42GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.37
SusWrite @10s intervals: 59 56 58 59 53 57 MB/s
45.2% Average
Read 181
Write 77.5
Mixed 107
SusWrite 56.9
23% 106 MB/s
4K Read 22.6
4K Write 59.9
4K Mixed 24.6
98% 35.7 MB/s
DQ Read 140
DQ Write 74.8
DQ Mixed 90.6
72% 102 MB/s
8GB free
Firmware: 1.37
SusWrite @10s intervals: 56 64 75 75 74 35 MB/s
43.7% Average
Read 222
Write 77
Mixed 96.9
SusWrite 63
25% 115 MB/s
4K Read 19.8
4K Write 47.6
4K Mixed 23.7
86% 30.4 MB/s
DQ Read 136
DQ Write 67.5
DQ Mixed 80.2
65% 94.5 MB/s
39GB free
Firmware: 1.35
SusWrite @10s intervals: 57 46 49 53 54 50 MB/s
41.1% Average
Read 168
Write 70.5
Mixed 98.5
SusWrite 51.6
22% 97.3 MB/s
4K Read 21.1
4K Write 53.7
4K Mixed 21.3
88% 32 MB/s
DQ Read 133
DQ Write 74.8
DQ Mixed 84.9
68% 97.7 MB/s
107GB free
Firmware: 1.37
SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 57 54 58 56 57 MB/s
36.4% Below average
Read 183
Write 76.9
Mixed 109
SusWrite 57.6
24% 107 MB/s
4K Read 17.3
4K Write 31.5
4K Mixed 18.9
67% 22.6 MB/s
DQ Read 140
DQ Write 75.9
DQ Mixed 89.3
71% 102 MB/s
107GB free
Firmware: 1.37
SusWrite @10s intervals: 51 50 50 49 51 48 MB/s
32.9% Below average
Read 171
Write 66.6
Mixed 112
SusWrite 49.6
22% 99.8 MB/s
4K Read 14.6
4K Write 29.7
4K Mixed 16.4
59% 20.2 MB/s
DQ Read 140
DQ Write 80.2
DQ Mixed 77.9
67% 99.2 MB/s
15GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.37
SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 31 35 35 31 35 MB/s
30.6% Below average
Read 126
Write 66.8
Mixed 85.2
SusWrite 34.3
17% 78 MB/s
4K Read 13.5
4K Write 33.5
4K Mixed 18.4
62% 21.8 MB/s
DQ Read 121
DQ Write 67.9
DQ Mixed 64.5
56% 84.3 MB/s
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Motherboard: Asrock 880GMH/USB3.

CPU
Athlon II X3 450AMD  $80Bench 44%, 4,468 samples4x
Athlon II X2 250 (2013 D.Ri)AMDBench 40%, 19,471 samples1x
Phenom II X4 965AMD  $144Bench 53%, 43,442 samples1x
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Radeon HD 4250ATIBench 1%, 5,806 samples4x
Radeon HD 5570AMDBench 4%, 12,172 samples1x
Radeon HD 6670AMDBench 6%, 32,193 samples1x
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3.5 115GBOcz-vertex2Bench 38%, 2,637 samples1x
RAM
6GBUnknownBench 25%, 111,301 samples3x
4GBUnknownBench 26%, 42,830 samples2x
8GBUnknownBench 34%, 82,857 samples2x
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