Average Bench: 67.7% (703rd of 1072)

Based on 50 user benchmarks.  Model: OSC SSD 480GB

Above average average bench

The OSC 480GB 480GB averaged 32.3% 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 26.8MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 265MB/s

Poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the OSC 480GB 480GB is 64.7%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the OSC 480GB 480GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 229MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 233MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 50 samples)
Min Avg Max
234 Read 396 517
18 Write 349 455
14.7 Mixed 233 442
29.1 SusWrite 229 450
67.5% 302 MB/s
Min Avg Max
7.8 4K Read 26.8 42.5
3.4 4K Write 54.1 116
0.2 4K Mixed 20.4 49.7
95.4% 33.8 MB/s
Min Avg Max
109 DQ Read 193 263
1.7 DQ Write 265 344
0.3 DQ Mixed 40.9 182
83.4% 166 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
351GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S1230A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 276 234 63 40 13 10 MB/s
Read 439
Write 365
Mixed 345
SusWrite 106
70% 314 MB/s
4K Read 28.5
4K Write 87.7
4K Mixed 26.2
123% 47.5 MB/s
DQ Read 179
DQ Write 307
DQ Mixed 1.1
69% 162 MB/s
174GB free (System drive)
Firmware: T0910A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 227 285 301 323 308 8.2 MB/s
Read 349
Write 311
Mixed 297
SusWrite 242
67% 300 MB/s
4K Read 14.3
4K Write 42.3
4K Mixed 15.2
64% 23.9 MB/s
DQ Read 108
DQ Write 148
DQ Mixed 24.8
47% 93.4 MB/s
410GB free
Firmware: S1127B0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 35 32 57 39 31 MB/s
Read 442
Write 394
Mixed 354
SusWrite 39.1
69% 307 MB/s
4K Read 24.9
4K Write 48.3
4K Mixed 23
93% 32.1 MB/s
DQ Read 143
DQ Write 27.1
DQ Mixed 0.8
22% 57 MB/s
224GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S0509A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 259 222 114 106 63 MB/s
Read 372
Write 274
Mixed 328
SusWrite 143
62% 279 MB/s
4K Read 16.9
4K Write 29.6
4K Mixed 18
64% 21.5 MB/s
DQ Read 180
DQ Write 2
DQ Mixed 0
23% 60.6 MB/s
116GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S0509A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 2.4 109 88 2.9 82 88 MB/s
Read 350
Write 278
Mixed 108
SusWrite 62.2
44% 200 MB/s
4K Read 11
4K Write 7
4K Mixed 0.4
21% 6.13 MB/s
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 Market Share (See Leaders)

The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,744,678 SSDs tested

Typical 480GB 480GB Builds (Compare 38 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 2%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 43%
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Workstation
Workstation 2%
Tree trunk

System: Asus X451CAP

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