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VERTEX 256GB

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Release date ≤ Q1 2014.

Average Bench: 32.7% (999th of 1072)

Based on 86 user benchmarks.  Model: OCZ-VERTEX
Poor: 19%Average: 32.7% Great: 40%

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Poor average bench

The OCZ VERTEX 256GB averaged 67.2% 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 21.7MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 198MB/s

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the OCZ VERTEX 256GB is 21.1%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the OCZ VERTEX 256GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 10.8MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 11.7MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 86 samples)
Rank 99932.7%
Min Avg Max
70.7 Read 198 225
61.2 Write 144 181
35.5 Mixed 123 158
28.4 SusWrite 132 184
33.4% 149 MB/s
Min Avg Max
9.95 4K Read 21.7 28.7
7.23 4K Write 10.6 12.2
3.43 4K Mixed 10.3 14.5
51.6% 14.2 MB/s
Min Avg Max
21.1 DQ Read 50.7 62.8
8.7 DQ Write 10.8 12.3
5.97 DQ Mixed 11.7 16.1
13.5% 24.4 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
237GB free
Firmware: 1.7
SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 162 162 162 163 154 MB/s
40.2% Average
Read 202
Write 150
Mixed 122
SusWrite 161
36% 158 MB/s
4K Read 28.8
4K Write 11.9
4K Mixed 15.2
69% 18.6 MB/s
DQ Read 61.1
DQ Write 11.8
DQ Mixed 15.8
17% 29.6 MB/s
138GB free
Firmware: 1.7
SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 162 164 164 164 159 MB/s
39.6% Below average
Read 206
Write 156
Mixed 137
SusWrite 162
37% 165 MB/s
4K Read 26.7
4K Write 12.2
4K Mixed 15
66% 18 MB/s
DQ Read 60.9
DQ Write 12.2
DQ Mixed 15.6
17% 29.6 MB/s
108GB free
Firmware: 1.7
SusWrite @10s intervals: 160 160 160 160 161 157 MB/s
38.6% Below average
Read 201
Write 155
Mixed 121
SusWrite 160
36% 159 MB/s
4K Read 26.8
4K Write 11.9
4K Mixed 13.8
65% 17.5 MB/s
DQ Read 60.9
DQ Write 12
DQ Mixed 15.8
17% 29.6 MB/s
84GB free
Firmware: 1.7
SusWrite @10s intervals: 159 162 160 160 163 156 MB/s
35.1% Below average
Read 182
Write 151
Mixed 106
SusWrite 160
34% 150 MB/s
4K Read 21.6
4K Write 12.1
4K Mixed 12.2
55% 15.3 MB/s
DQ Read 60.8
DQ Write 12.4
DQ Mixed 16.1
17% 29.8 MB/s
160GB free
Firmware: 1.7
SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 164 162 161 161 157 MB/s
34.6% Below average
Read 185
Write 154
Mixed 121
SusWrite 161
35% 155 MB/s
4K Read 20.8
4K Write 11.2
4K Mixed 11.7
52% 14.6 MB/s
DQ Read 60.8
DQ Write 12
DQ Mixed 15.8
17% 29.5 MB/s
139GB free
Firmware: 1.7
SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 164 163 162 162 156 MB/s
33.6% Below average
Read 191
Write 154
Mixed 114
SusWrite 162
35% 155 MB/s
4K Read 16.1
4K Write 11.8
4K Mixed 12.9
47% 13.6 MB/s
DQ Read 61
DQ Write 12.3
DQ Mixed 16
17% 29.8 MB/s
170GB free
Firmware: 1.41
SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 131 86 45 26 14 MB/s
30% Below average
Read 197
Write 161
Mixed 125
SusWrite 77.5
31% 140 MB/s
4K Read 21
4K Write 12.5
4K Mixed 11.3
53% 14.9 MB/s
DQ Read 61.8
DQ Write 12.1
DQ Mixed 15.9
17% 29.9 MB/s
56GB free
Firmware: 1.4
SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 55 37 24 23 23 MB/s
23.5% Poor
Read 172
Write 118
Mixed 50
SusWrite 42
21% 95.3 MB/s
4K Read 22.7
4K Write 6.3
4K Mixed 8.3
48% 12.4 MB/s
205GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 19 13 19 22 30 32 MB/s
4.79% Terrible
Read 24.9
Write 33.2
Mixed 8.7
SusWrite 22.5
5% 22.3 MB/s
4K Read 3.4
4K Write 3.3
4K Mixed 1.2
8% 2.63 MB/s
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Gaming 40%
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Desktop
Desktop 77%
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Workstation 34%
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System: Supermicro X8SAX

CPU
Xeon X5675IntelBench 75%, 8,072 samples5x
Core i7 960Intel  $220Bench 68%, 16,233 samples5x
Xeon E5620IntelBench 59%, 3,527 samples5x
GPU
RX 580AMD  $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples5x
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia  $119Bench 52%, 627,793 samples5x
GeForce GT 545NvidiaBench 6%, 2,995 samples4x
SSD
VERTEX 256GBOCZBench 33%, 86 samples1x
RAM
MXIC 25L3205 48GBUnknownBench 42%, 111 samples13x
MXIC 25L3205 52GBUnknownBench 35%, 71 samples12x
MXIC 25L3205 42GBUnknownBench 40%, 50 samples3x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 94% - Outstanding Total price: $130

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