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Ocz-vertex2

3.5 240GB

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Release date ≤ Q1 2014.

Average Bench: 40.6% (946th of 1072)

Based on 127 user benchmarks.  Model: OCZ-VERTEX2 3.5
Poor: 22%Average: 40.6% Great: 56%

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Below average average bench

The Ocz-vertex2 3.5 240GB averaged 59.4% 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 61.6MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 52.4MB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Ocz-vertex2 3.5 240GB is 33.9%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Ocz-vertex2 3.5 240GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 78MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 98.6MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 127 samples)
Rank 94640.6%
Min Avg Max
87.7 Read 184 259
54.7 Write 98.6 129
74.6 Mixed 125 156
38.3 SusWrite 78 111
27% 121 MB/s
Min Avg Max
11.3 4K Read 18.3 26.5
26.3 4K Write 52.4 82.3
5.74 4K Mixed 18.2 31.9
78.7% 29.6 MB/s
Min Avg Max
15 DQ Read 107 182
45.3 DQ Write 92.1 125
6.5 DQ Mixed 61.6 120
56.6% 86.9 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
124GB free
Firmware: 1.37
SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 99 98 99 100 99 MB/s
51.9% Above average
Read 162
Write 120
Mixed 141
SusWrite 99.6
29% 131 MB/s
4K Read 25.6
4K Write 56.3
4K Mixed 31.2
109% 37.7 MB/s
DQ Read 142
DQ Write 113
DQ Mixed 122
93% 126 MB/s
208GB free
Firmware: 1.37
SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 70 72 75 70 64 MB/s
51.1% Above average
Read 178
Write 95.5
Mixed 120
SusWrite 72.4
26% 116 MB/s
4K Read 24.2
4K Write 67.4
4K Mixed 28.1
108% 39.9 MB/s
DQ Read 180
DQ Write 105
DQ Mixed 113
92% 133 MB/s
64GB free
Firmware: 1.37
SusWrite @10s intervals: 65 65 67 59 67 64 MB/s
47.8% Average
Read 164
Write 101
Mixed 142
SusWrite 64.6
26% 118 MB/s
4K Read 22.4
4K Write 60.7
4K Mixed 27.3
101% 36.8 MB/s
DQ Read 180
DQ Write 95.9
DQ Mixed 109
89% 128 MB/s
138GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.37
SusWrite @10s intervals: 51 63 61 58 82 97 MB/s
43.8% Average
Read 155
Write 115
Mixed 139
SusWrite 68.8
27% 119 MB/s
4K Read 20.9
4K Write 43.8
4K Mixed 26.6
89% 30.4 MB/s
DQ Read 139
DQ Write 113
DQ Mixed 133
98% 129 MB/s
170GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.37
SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 72 68 70 72 72 MB/s
26.5% Poor
Read 75.8
Write 99.5
Mixed 123
SusWrite 72.1
21% 92.7 MB/s
4K Read 11.5
4K Write 24.7
4K Mixed 17.9
53% 18 MB/s
DQ Read 21.2
DQ Write 70.5
DQ Mixed 23.4
24% 38.4 MB/s
222GB free
Firmware: 1.37
SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 43 30 36 37 20 MB/s
24.9% Poor
Read 77.2
Write 48.7
Mixed 36.2
SusWrite 39.4
11% 50.4 MB/s
4K Read 6.9
4K Write 36.4
4K Mixed 15.7
50% 19.7 MB/s
DQ Read 113
DQ Write 51.6
DQ Mixed 40.6
41% 68.4 MB/s
91GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.37
SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 66 66 65 65 65 MB/s
23.1% Poor
Read 98.9
Write 79.4
Mixed 66.7
SusWrite 64.5
17% 77.4 MB/s
4K Read 8.5
4K Write 18.4
4K Mixed 10
35% 12.3 MB/s
DQ Read 94.4
DQ Write 99.5
DQ Mixed 102
75% 98.7 MB/s
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4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples7x
8x4GBUnknownBench 90%, 5,222 samples6x
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