OCZ Arc 100 240 GB Review
Category : Storage
Published by Marc Büchel on 13.08.14
The Arc 100 Series is OCZs interpretation of what an entry level SSD should be like. Based on their proven Barefoot 3 M10 controller and combined with Toshiba A19nm NAND flash OCZ appears to be capable of offering a higly competitively priced drive, which still features good performance. At this point we're curious to find out whether OCZ succeeded with their plan or not.
Specifications / Delivery
Model |
OCZ Arc 100 120 Gigabyte |
OCZ Arc 100 240 Gigabyte |
OCZ Arc 100 480 Gigabyte |
Capacity |
120 Gigabyte |
240 Gigabyte |
480 Gigabyte |
Form
Factor |
2.5'', 7mm |
2.5'', 7mm |
2.5'', 7mm |
Memory |
Toshiba A19nm MLC |
Toshiba A19nm MLC |
Toshiba A19nm MLC |
Technology |
|
|
|
Throughput |
490 MB/s sequential read
400 MB/s sequential write
70'000 IOPS 4K random read
80'000 IOPS 4K random write |
490 MB/s sequential read
430 MB/s sequential write
70'000 IOPS 4K random read
80'000 IOPS 4K random write |
490 MB/s sequential read
430 MB/s sequential write
80'000 IOPS 4K random read
80'000 IOPS 4K random write |
Accesstime (read) |
< 0.1 ms |
< 0.1 ms |
< 0.1 ms |
MTBF |
2'000'000
hours |
2'000'000
hours |
2'000'000
hours |
Acoustics |
no noise |
no noise |
no noise |
Warranty |
3 Years |
3 Years |
3 Years |
MSRP |
74.90 USD |
119.90 USD |
239.90 USD |
With the Arc 100, OCZ
has a new SSD in its portfolio, which should help the company to become
competitive in the market for entry level solid state drives. By combining their
Barefoot 3 M10 controller with Toshiba A19nm MLC NAND flash memory, OCZ wants to
be able to attack the market via the price, while maintaining decent
performance. Especially when it comes to mixed workloads as well as sustained
performance the Arc 100 should be capable of making life for the competition a
bit tougher.
As you might have spotted in the product description OCZ is using Toshiba NAND
flash memory, which is made using 19nm process technology. When it comes to
endurance OCZ guarantees, that all Arc 100 drives can cope with 20 Gigabyte host
writes per day over a time period of three years. As we've shown in our
endurance test on a Vertex 256 GB, SSD makers are very conservative in the case
of their endurance ratings. This means that in reality the drives are most
certainly capable to dealing with significantly more hostwrites per day.
With the Arc 100 OCZ is also bringing a new support level to the table. The
reason why we're mentioning this point is the fact, that no proof of purchase is
needed in order to qualify for support. Should a customer experience issues with
a drive it's enough to mention the serial number when opening a support ticket.
A customer service representative will then take over the case and find the most
suitable solution. Should the drive be defective the customer will receive a
pre-paid return label as well as a new drive.
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Impressions
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How do we test?
Testenvironment
Models |
|
ADATA S511 60 GB |
|
ADATA S511 SSD 120 GB |
|
ADATA XPG mSATA SSD SX300 128 GB |
|
Corsair Force 3 120 GB |
|
Corsair Force GS 240 GB |
|
Corsair Force
GT 120 GB |
|
Corsair Neutron GTX 240 GB |
|
Crucial M500
480 GB |
|
Extrememory
XLR8 Express 120 GB |
|
Intel SSD 335 Series 240 GB |
|
Intel SSD 520 180 GB |
|
Intel SSD 520 240 GB |
|
Intel X25-M 80 GB |
|
Intel X25-M Gen2 34nm 160
GB |
|
Kingmax SMP35 Client 240 GB |
n/A |
Kingston HyperX SSD 120 GB |
|
Kingston HyperX 3K SSD 120 GB |
|
Kingston HyperX SSD 240 GB |
|
Kingston SSDNow V+ 200 90 GB |
|
OCZ Agility 3 240 GB |
|
OCZ Agility 4 256 GB |
|
OCZ Arc 100
240 GB |
|
OCZ IBIS 240 GB |
|
OCZ Octane 512 GB |
|
OCZ Octane 1 TB |
|
OCZ RevoDrive 3 240 GB |
|
OCZ RevoDrive 3 X2 480 GB PCIe-SSD |
|
OCZ RevoDrive X2 480 GB PCIe-SSD |
|
OCZ RevoDrive Hybrid 120GB SSD, 1TB HDD |
|
OCZ Synapse 64 GB |
|
OCZ Deneva 2
200 GB eMLC |
|
OCZ Vector
150 240 GB |
|
OCZ Vector 256 GB |
|
OCZ Vertex 3
240 GB |
|
OCZ Vertex
3.20 120 GB |
|
OCZ Vertex
3.20 240 GB |
|
OCZ Vertex 4
256 GB |
|
OCZ Vertex 4
512 GB |
|
OCZ Vertex
450 256 GB |
|
OCZ Vertex
460 120 GB |
|
OCZ Vertex
460 240 GB |
|
Plextor M5Pro
256 GB |
|
Samsung PM830 SSD 128 GB |
|
Samsung PM830 SSD 256 GB |
|
Smasung
840Evo 120 GB |
|
Samsung
840Evo 250 GB mSATA |
|
Samsung
840Evo 1 TB |
|
Samsung 840
Pro 256 GB |
|
Samsung 845DC
EVO 960 GB |
|
Samsung 845DC
PRO 800 GB |
|
SanDisk Extreme SSD 120 GB |
|
SanDisk Extreme SSD 240 GB |
|
Toshiba THNSNF512GCSS 512 GB |
n/A |
|
Testenvironment |
Motherboard |
ASUS Maximus VII Gene |
Chipset |
Intel Z97 |
CPU |
Intel Core i7-4700k |
Memory |
G.Skill Ares 2133 MHz |
Graphics
card |
ASUS GeFroce GTX 680 |
Storage
(system) |
Intel SSD 335 Series |
Operating
systems |
Windows 7 64 Bit with caching
drives |
iozone
iozone3 is a benchmark suite for storage solutions which natively runs under
Windows/Linux.
We are testing
the throughput rates/IOPS with different block sizes using the following commands:
KByte/s
- iozone -Rb test4k.xls -i0 -i1 -i2 -+n -r 4k -s4g -t32
- iozone -Rb test256k.xls -i0 -i1 -i2 -+n -r 256k -s4g -t32
iops
- iozone -Rb test4ko.xls -i0 -i1 -i2 -+n -r 4k -s4g -t32 -O
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KByte/s, Sequential
write |
Sequential
write |
Bewertung |
Throughput 256 KByte
Block Size |
OCZ RevoDrive 3 X2 480 GB
PCIe-SSD |
|
1'291'486 |
OCZ RevoDrive 3 240 GB |
No Review |
771'043 |
OCZ RevoDrive Hybrid 120GB
SSD, 1TB HDD |
|
750'096 |
OCZ RevoDrive X2 480 GB
PCIe-SSD |
|
694'586 |
OCZ IBIS 240 GB |
|
680'372 |
Samsung 840 Pro 256 GB |
|
536'082 |
OCZ Vector 150 240 GB |
|
534'262 |
OCZ Vector 256 GB |
|
534'058 |
OCZ Deneva 2
200 GB eMLC |
|
533'969 |
Intel SSD 335 Series 240 GB |
No Review |
533'672 |
OCZ Vertex 450 256 GB |
|
522'897 |
Corsair Force GS 240 GB |
|
522'613 |
OCZ Vertex 3 240 GB |
|
522'212 |
Kingmax SMP35 Client 240 GB |
|
519'430 |
Kingston HyperX SSD 240 GB |
|
519'190 |
Corsair Neutron GTX 240 GB |
|
519'104 |
OCZ Vertex
3.20 240 GB |
|
517'290 |
Intel SSD 520 240 GB |
|
516'603 |
Kingston HyperX SSD 120 GB |
|
515'218 |
OCZ Vertex 4 256 GB |
|
513'309 |
Corsair Force GT 120 GB |
|
512'676 |
Intel SSD 520 180 GB |
No Review |
512'628 |
SanDisk Extreme SSD 240 GB |
No Review |
511'805 |
OCZ Vertex 3.20 120 GB |
|
510'245 |
SanDisk Extreme SSD 120 GB |
|
507'743 |
Kingston HyperX 3K SSD 120
GB |
|
505'669 |
Toshiba THNSNF512GCSS 512 GB |
No Review |
504'589 |
Kingston SSDNow V+ 200 90 GB |
|
502'272 |
Samsung 845DC PRO 800 GB |
|
500'153 |
ADATA XPG mSATA SSD SX300 128 GB |
|
499'239 |
Extrememory XLR8 Express 120
GB |
|
491'205 |
OCZ Synapse 64 GB |
|
469'784 |
Samsung 840 Evo 1 TB |
|
462'097 |
ADATA S511 60 GB |
|
457'001 |
Plextor M5 Pro 256 GB |
No Review |
444'122 |
OCZ Arc 100 240 GB |
|
440'587 |
Crucial M500
480 GB |
No Review |
439'829 |
Samsung 845DC EVO 960 GB |
|
436'531 |
OCZ Vertex 4 512 GB |
|
434'466 |
OCZ Vertex 460 120 GB |
|
421'139 |
OCZ Agility 4 256 GB |
|
405'911 |
ADATA S511 SSD 120 GB |
|
343'488 |
Corsair Force 3 120 GB |
|
328'922 |
Samsung 840 Evo 250 GB mSATA |
No Review |
324'238 |
Samsung PM830 SSD 256 GB |
|
321'474 |
OCZ Octane 1 TB |
|
314'144 |
OCZ Octane 512 GB |
|
307'781 |
Samsung PM830 SSD 128 GB |
|
271'696 |
OCZ Agility 3 240 GB |
|
266'401 |
Samsung 840Evo 120 GB |
No Review |
219'159 |
Intel X25-M Gen2 34nm 160 GB |
|
80'719 |
Intel X25-M 80 GB |
|
77'257 |
[pagebreak]
KByte/s, Sequential
Read |
Sequential
Read |
Bewertung |
Throughput 256 KByte
Block Size |
OCZ RevoDrive 3 X2 480 GB PCIe-SSD |
|
1'460'560 |
OCZ RevoDrive 3 240 GB |
No Review |
857'972 |
OCZ IBIS 240 GB |
|
806'858 |
OCZ RevoDrive Hybrid 120GB SSD, 1TB HDD |
|
729'929 |
OCZ RevoDrive X2 480 GB PCIe-SSD |
|
716'357 |
OCZ Vector 256 GB |
|
553'400 |
OCZ Vector 150 240 GB |
|
547'188 |
Intel SSD 520 240 GB |
|
545'843 |
Intel SSD 520 180 GB |
No Review |
545'656 |
Samsung 840 Pro 256 GB |
|
545'353 |
Samsung 845DC PRO 800 GB |
|
544'499 |
ADATA XPG mSATA SSD SX300 128 GB |
|
543'650 |
ADATA S511 SSD 120 GB |
|
542'606 |
Corsair Neutron GTX 240 GB |
|
542'442 |
OCZ Vertex 4 512 |
|
542'075 |
Samsung 845DC EVO 960 GB |
|
541'626 |
Kingston HyperX SSD 120 GB |
|
541'613 |
Intel SSD 335 Series 240 GB |
No Review |
541'542 |
Corsair Force GS 240 GB |
|
541'086 |
OCZ Deneva 2
200 GB eMLC |
|
540'973 |
Toshiba THNSNF512GCSS 512 GB |
No Review |
539'056 |
Samsung PM830 SSD 128 GB |
|
539'754 |
Corsair Force GT 120 GB |
|
539'648 |
Kingston HyperX SSD 240 GB |
|
537'745 |
ADATA S511 60 GB |
|
537'560 |
OCZ Vertex 4 256 |
|
536'605 |
Samsung 840 Evo 1 TB |
|
536'542 |
OCZ Vertex 3 240 GB |
|
534'988 |
OCZ Vertex
3.20 240 GB |
|
534'392 |
OCZ Vertex 450 256 GB |
|
534'241 |
Samsung PM830 SSD 256 GB |
|
534'154 |
Samsung 840 Evo 250 GB mSATA |
No Review |
532'816 |
Plextor M5 Pro 256 GB |
No Review |
530'606 |
OCZ Vertex 3.20 120 GB |
|
530'584 |
Kingston HyperX 3K SSD 120 GB |
|
529'995 |
SanDisk Extreme SSD 240 GB |
No Review |
529'520 |
OCZ Vertex 460 120 GB |
|
529'462 |
Crucial M500
480 GB |
No Review |
525'278 |
Extrememory XLR8 Express 120 GB |
|
521'930 |
OCZ Agility 3 240 GB |
|
516'479 |
Kingston SSDNow V+ 200 90 GB |
|
510'372 |
SanDisk Extreme SSD 120 GB |
|
507'743 |
Samsung 840Evo 120 GB |
No Review |
504'587 |
Kingmax SMP35 Client 240 GB |
|
498'223 |
Corsair Force 3 120 GB |
|
490'777 |
OCZ Arc 100 240 GB |
|
481'733 |
OCZ Synapse 64 GB |
|
441'396 |
OCZ Octane 1 TB |
|
440'052 |
OCZ Octane 512 GB |
|
438'465 |
Intel X25-M Gen2 34nm 160 GB |
|
247'759 |
Intel X25-M 80 GB |
|
240'404 |
OCZ Agility 4 256 GB |
|
209'723 |
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KByte/s, Random
write |
Random
write |
Bewertung |
Throughput 4 KByte
Block Size |
OCZ RevoDrive 3 X2 480 GB PCIe-SSD |
|
756'658 |
Samsung 840 Pro 256 GB |
|
412'837 |
OCZ RevoDrive 3 240 GB |
No Review |
382'970 |
OCZ Vertex 4 512 GB |
|
362'053 |
OCZ Vector 150 240 GB |
|
356'006 |
OCZ Vertex 4 256 GB |
|
354'573 |
OCZ Vector 256 GB |
|
354'246 |
Samsung 845DC EVO 960 GB |
|
346'184 |
Crucial M500
480 GB |
No Review |
346'003 |
Samsung 840 Evo 1 TB |
|
344'730 |
Samsung 845DC PRO 800 GB |
|
343'726 |
OCZ Agility 4 256 GB |
|
341'478 |
OCZ Octane 1 TB |
|
325'007 |
OCZ Octane 512 GB |
|
324'023 |
Corsair Force GS 240 GB |
|
301'486 |
Samsung 840 Evo 250 GB mSATA |
No Review |
299'848 |
OCZ Vertex 450 256 GB |
|
292'401 |
SanDisk Extreme SSD 240 GB |
No Review |
287'255 |
OCZ Vertex
3.20 240 GB |
|
286'949 |
Corsair Neutron GTX 240 GB |
|
285'558 |
OCZ Vertex 460 120 GB |
|
285'407 |
Intel SSD 520 180 GB |
No Review |
284'858 |
Intel SSD 520 240 GB |
|
283'794 |
OCZ Deneva 2
200 GB eMLC |
|
283'409 |
OCZ Vertex 3.20 120 GB |
|
282'578 |
Kingston HyperX SSD 240 GB |
|
280'556 |
Kingston HyperX 3K SSD 120 GB |
|
279'967 |
Kingston SSDNow V+ 200 90 GB |
|
276'859 |
OCZ Vertex 3 240 GB |
|
275'499 |
OCZ Arc 100 240 GB |
|
272'655 |
ADATA XPG mSATA SSD SX300 128 GB |
|
264'870 |
OCZ IBIS 240 GB |
|
262'687 |
Intel SSD 335 Series 240 GB |
No Review |
262'005 |
Kingston HyperX SSD 120 GB |
|
255'988 |
Plextor M5 Pro 256 GB |
No Review |
254'918 |
Corsair Force GT 120 GB |
|
253'269 |
SanDisk Extreme SSD 120 GB |
|
252'045 |
ADATA S511 SSD 120 GB |
|
244'150 |
ADATA S511 60 GB |
|
226'394 |
OCZ Agility 3 240 GB |
|
242'683 |
Extrememory XLR8 Express 120 GB |
|
237'082 |
Corsair Force 3 120 GB |
|
225'092 |
OCZ RevoDrive Hybrid 120GB SSD, 1TB HDD |
|
213'027 |
OCZ Synapse 64 GB |
|
200'308 |
Samsung PM830 SSD 256 GB |
|
156'814 |
OCZ RevoDrive X2 480 GB PCIe-SSD |
|
156'644 |
Samsung 840Evo 120 GB |
No Review |
148'166 |
Samsung PM830 SSD 128 GB |
|
132'997 |
Toshiba THNSNF512GCSS 512 GB |
No Review |
95'808 |
Kingmax SMP35 Client 240 GB |
|
94'447 |
Intel X25-M Gen2 34nm 160 GB |
|
62'388 |
Intel X25-M 80 GB |
|
48'194 |
[pagebreak]
KByte/s, Random
read |
Random
read |
Bewertung |
Throughput 4 KByte
Block Size |
OCZ RevoDrive 3 X2 480 GB PCIe-SSD |
|
640'327 |
Plextor M5 Pro 256 GB |
No Review |
392'851 |
Samsung 840 Evo 250 GB mSATA |
No Review |
400'192 |
Samsung 840 Evo 1 TB |
|
384'527 |
OCZ Vector 256 GB |
|
381'510 |
Toshiba THNSNF512GCSS 512 GB |
No Review |
373'590 |
OCZ Vertex 4 512 GB |
|
368'728 |
Samsung 845DC PRO 800 GB |
|
368'001 |
OCZ RevoDrive 3 240 GB |
No Review |
364'987 |
Corsair Neutron GTX 240 GB |
|
359'009 |
OCZ IBIS 240 GB |
|
357'112 |
Samsung 840 Pro 256 GB |
|
353'123 |
Samsung 845DC EVO 960 GB |
|
349'781 |
OCZ Vertex 4 256 GB |
|
348'881 |
Samsung 840Evo 120 GB |
No Review |
348'724 |
Crucial M500
480 GB |
No Review |
346'164 |
OCZ Vertex 450 256 GB |
|
337'922 |
OCZ Vector 150 240 GB |
|
328'627 |
OCZ Arc 100 240 GB |
|
326'127 |
Samsung PM830 SSD 256 GB |
|
310'109 |
OCZ Vertex 460 120 GB |
|
309'467 |
Intel SSD 520 240 GB |
|
283'794 |
OCZ Agility 4 256 GB |
|
255'743 |
Kingmax SMP35 Client 240 GB |
|
231'999 |
OCZ Deneva 2
200 GB eMLC |
|
226'958 |
Intel SSD 520 180 GB |
No Review |
212'409 |
OCZ Vertex
3.20 240 GB |
|
171'179 |
Intel SSD 335 Series 240 GB |
No Review |
171'684 |
Kingston HyperX SSD 240 GB |
|
168'648 |
OCZ Vertex 3 240 GB |
|
167'922 |
Corsair Force GS 240 GB |
|
163'408 |
Samsung PM830 SSD 128 GB |
|
151'097 |
Extrememory XLR8 Express 120 GB |
|
149'622 |
OCZ Agility 3 240 GB |
|
142'942 |
SanDisk Extreme SSD 240 GB |
No Review |
141'910 |
OCZ Octane 1 TB |
|
126'603 |
OCZ Octane 512 GB |
|
123'553 |
ADATA XPG mSATA SSD SX300 128 GB |
|
102'038 |
Kingston HyperX 3K SSD 120 GB |
|
102'031 |
Corsair Force GT 120 GB |
|
98'387 |
Kingston HyperX SSD 120 GB |
|
96'042 |
ADATA S511 SSD 120 GB |
|
95'928 |
SanDisk Extreme SSD 120 GB |
|
93'316 |
Kingston SSDNow V+ 200 90 GB |
|
89'121 |
OCZ RevoDrive Hybrid 120GB SSD, 1TB HDD |
|
87'188 |
Corsair Force 3 120 GB |
|
84'113 |
OCZ Vertex 3.20 120 GB |
|
81'160 |
Intel X25-M Gen2 34nm 160 GB |
|
58'647 |
ADATA S511 60 GB |
|
51'187 |
OCZ Synapse 64 GB |
|
47'918 |
OCZ RevoDrive X2 480 GB PCIe-SSD |
|
43'003 |
Intel X25-M 80 GB |
|
30'287 |
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IOPS, Random write
|
Random
write |
Bewertung |
IOPS 4 KByte Block Size |
OCZ RevoDrive 3 X2 480 GB PCIe-SSD |
|
189'164 |
OCZ RevoDrive 3 240 GB |
No Review |
95'782 |
OCZ Vertex 4 512 GB |
|
90'519 |
Crucial M500
480 GB |
No Review |
88'642 |
OCZ Vector 256 GB |
|
88'537 |
OCZ Vertex 4 256 GB |
|
88'460 |
Samsung 845DC EVO 960 GB |
|
86'634 |
Samsung 845DC PRO 800 GB |
|
85'813 |
Samsung 840 Evo 1 TB |
|
85'792 |
OCZ Agility 4 256 GB |
|
85'373 |
OCZ Vector 150 240 GB |
|
81'175 |
Samsung 840 Evo 250 GB mSATA |
No Review |
76'721 |
Corsair Force GS 240 GB |
|
75'577 |
OCZ Vertex 450 256 GB |
|
74'983 |
OCZ Deneva 2
200 GB eMLC |
|
74'389 |
Samsung 840 Pro 256 GB |
|
72'000 |
OCZ Vertex
3.20 240 GB |
|
71'470 |
Intel SSD 520 240 GB |
|
71'338 |
OCZ Vertex 460 120 GB |
|
71'323 |
OCZ Vertex 3.20 120 GB |
|
71'227 |
Corsair Neutron GTX 240 GB |
|
71'180 |
Intel SSD 520 180 GB |
No Review |
70'944 |
OCZ Vertex 3 240 GB |
|
70'031 |
Kingston HyperX SSD 240 GB |
|
70'016 |
OCZ Arc 100 240 GB |
|
69'836 |
Kingston HyperX 3K SSD 120 GB |
|
69'760 |
Corsair Force GT 120 GB |
|
69'108 |
OCZ IBIS 240 GB |
|
67'339 |
ADATA XPG mSATA SSD SX300 128 GB |
|
66'107 |
SanDisk Extreme SSD 240 GB |
No Review |
65'817 |
Intel SSD 335 Series 240 GB |
No Review |
65'714 |
Kingston SSDNow V+ 200 90 GB |
|
64'446 |
Plextor M5 Pro 256 GB |
No Review |
63'620 |
Kingston HyperX SSD 120 GB |
|
63'553 |
ADATA S511 SSD 120 GB |
|
61'302 |
OCZ Agility 3 240 GB |
|
60'579 |
Extrememory XLR8 Express 120 GB |
|
58'604 |
ADATA S511 60 GB |
|
56'749 |
Corsair Force 3 120 GB |
|
56'017 |
SanDisk Extreme SSD 120 GB |
|
53'719 |
OCZ RevoDrive Hybrid 120GB SSD, 1TB HDD |
|
53'618 |
OCZ Synapse 64 GB |
|
52'126 |
OCZ RevoDrive X2 480 GB PCIe-SSD |
|
39'744 |
Samsung PM830 SSD 256 GB |
|
39'192 |
Samsung 840Evo 120 GB |
No Review |
38'077 |
Samsung PM830 SSD 128 GB |
|
32'772 |
Toshiba THNSNF512GCSS 512 GB |
No Review |
23'799 |
Kingmax SMP35 Client 240 GB |
|
23'640 |
OCZ Octane 1 TB |
|
22'192 |
OCZ Octane 512 GB |
|
20'492 |
Intel X25-M Gen2 34nm 160 GB |
|
15'434 |
Intel X25-M 80 GB |
|
6'297 |
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IOPS, Random read
|
Random
read |
Bewertung |
IOPS 4 KByte Block Size |
OCZ RevoDrive 3 X2 480 GB PCIe-SSD |
|
160'832 |
Samsung 840 Pro 256 GB |
|
100'198 |
Samsung 840 Evo 250 GB mSATA |
No Review |
99'476 |
Plextor M5 Pro 256 GB |
No Review |
98'600 |
Samsung 840 Evo 1 TB |
|
96'308 |
OCZ Vector 256 GB |
|
95'614 |
Toshiba THNSNF512GCSS 512 GB |
No Review |
93'251 |
Samsung 845DC PRO 800 GB |
|
92'101 |
OCZ RevoDrive 3 240 GB |
No Review |
91'642 |
OCZ Vertex 4 512 GB |
|
92'288 |
Samsung 840Evo 120 GB |
No Review |
91'598 |
OCZ Vector 150 240 GB |
|
89'692 |
OCZ IBIS 240 GB |
|
89'630 |
Corsair Neutron GTX 240 GB |
|
89'585 |
OCZ Vertex 4 256 GB |
|
87'654 |
Samsung 845DC EVO 960 GB |
|
87'544 |
Crucial M500
480 GB |
No Review |
86'622 |
OCZ Vertex 450 256 GB |
|
84'561 |
OCZ Arc 100 240 GB |
|
82'351 |
Samsung PM830 SSD 256 GB |
|
77'637 |
OCZ Vertex 460 120 GB |
|
77'119 |
OCZ Agility 4 256 GB |
|
63'925 |
Kingmax SMP35 Client 240 GB |
|
57'856 |
OCZ Deneva 2
200 GB eMLC |
|
55'090 |
Intel SSD 520 180 GB |
No Review |
53'477 |
Intel SSD 520 240 GB |
|
51'835 |
Corsair Force GS 240 GB |
|
51'373 |
Intel SSD 335 Series 240 GB |
No Review |
46'647 |
OCZ Vertex 3 240 GB |
|
42'308 |
Kingston HyperX SSD 240 GB |
|
41'917 |
OCZ Vertex
3.20 240 GB |
|
41'813 |
Samsung PM830 SSD 128 GB |
|
37'813 |
Extrememory XLR8 Express 120 GB |
|
37'403 |
SanDisk Extreme SSD 240 GB |
No Review |
36'550 |
OCZ Agility 3 240 GB |
|
35'295 |
OCZ Octane 1 TB |
|
32'403 |
OCZ Octane 512 GB |
|
31'442 |
Kingston HyperX 3K SSD 120 GB |
|
25'822 |
ADATA XPG mSATA SSD SX300 128 GB |
|
25'036 |
Corsair Force GT 120 GB |
|
24'807 |
Kingston HyperX SSD 120 GB |
|
24'473 |
ADATA S511 SSD 120 GB |
|
24'338 |
SanDisk Extreme SSD 120 GB |
|
22'278 |
Kingston SSDNow V+ 200 90 GB |
|
21'443 |
OCZ RevoDrive Hybrid 120GB SSD, 1TB HDD |
|
21'853 |
Corsair Force 3 120 GB |
|
20'718 |
OCZ Vertex 3.20 120 GB |
|
20'438 |
Intel X25-M Gen2 34nm 160 GB |
|
14'606 |
ADATA S511 60 GB |
|
12'963 |
OCZ Synapse 64 GB |
|
11'980 |
OCZ RevoDrive X2 480 GB PCIe-SSD |
|
10'833 |
Intel X25-M 80 GB |
|
5'349 |
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Conclusion
Throughput 1 Thread (QD1)
1T Throughput (KB/s) |
|
4k |
8k |
16k |
32k |
64k |
128k |
256k |
512k |
Seq write |
461'544 |
472'483 |
474'079 |
320'206 |
478'955 |
319'527 |
325'092 |
481'444 |
Seq read |
402'716 |
329'200 |
428'177 |
273'080 |
198'919 |
331'245 |
349'684 |
346'179 |
Rand write |
187'590 |
275'239 |
365'019 |
441'244 |
423'992 |
439'484 |
478'782 |
466'331 |
Rand read |
21'374 |
33'592 |
47'842 |
57'948 |
98'378 |
153'432 |
230'734 |
250'906 |
Throughput 4 Threads (QD4)
4T Throughput (KB/s) |
|
4k |
8k |
16k |
32k |
64k |
128k |
256k |
512k |
Seq write |
480'497 |
481'189 |
482'690 |
483'106 |
481'831 |
317'619 |
484'283 |
485'485 |
Seq read |
435'316 |
249'894 |
464'222 |
474'236 |
460'129 |
464'109 |
467'166 |
470'941 |
Rand write |
323'997 |
419'804 |
476'219 |
492'806 |
479'055 |
473'633 |
475'909 |
473'341 |
Rand read |
61'486 |
100'932 |
149'589 |
233'446 |
304'906 |
420'586 |
473'806 |
497'375 |
Throughput 8 Threads (QD8)
8T Throughput (KB/s) |
|
4k |
8k |
16k |
32k |
64k |
128k |
256k |
512k |
Seq write |
443'280 |
459'628 |
460'754 |
294'967 |
463'778 |
459'589 |
454'256 |
295'071 |
Seq read |
426'897 |
437'975 |
445'204 |
456'009 |
466'543 |
482'163 |
475'369 |
483'878 |
Rand write |
288'741 |
383'567 |
441'932 |
468'206 |
450'475 |
449'197 |
447'865 |
447'283 |
Rand read |
144'985 |
208'997 |
266'249 |
342'948 |
423'071 |
454'696 |
484'940 |
494'722 |
Throughput 16 Threads (QD16)
16T Throughput (KB/s) |
|
4k |
8k |
16k |
32k |
64k |
128k |
256k |
512k |
Seq write |
243'063 |
273'225 |
324'689 |
268'063 |
359'201 |
314'368 |
461'503 |
456'221 |
Seq read |
436'141 |
445'753 |
461'218 |
464'643 |
475'955 |
486'120 |
475'492 |
484'825 |
Rand write |
285'510 |
384'262 |
446'057 |
471'818 |
452'020 |
447'854 |
450'308 |
457'274 |
Rand read |
241'826 |
344'499 |
413'007 |
443'932 |
452'366 |
466'036 |
468'003 |
485'737 |
Throughput 32 Threads (QD32)
32T Throughput (KB/s) |
|
4k |
8k |
16k |
32k |
64k |
128k |
256k |
512k |
Seq write |
435'240 |
453'535 |
456'155 |
482'971 |
442'675 |
444'837 |
437'086 |
440'587 |
Seq read |
443'774 |
459'069 |
473'624 |
479'750 |
483'422 |
484'581 |
477'302 |
481'733 |
Rand write |
272'655 |
328'914 |
429'366 |
454'648 |
449'028 |
436'295 |
437'136 |
464'656 |
Rand read |
326'127 |
328'914 |
467'908 |
473'207 |
469'280 |
478'556 |
481'932 |
487'817 |
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Conclusion
Announcement:
Despite the circumstance that the rating of a product is based on as many
objective facts as possible there are factors which can have an influence on a
rating after publication. Every autor may perceive data differently over time
whereas one possible reason for example is a deeper background knowledge or
understanding of certain processes. Certain unforseen market conditions as well
as changes have the potential to render a descision made at a certain point in
time obsolete.
Judging by the results we've gathered on the previous pages, it looks like
OCZ did a good job with the implementation of Toshiba's A19 nanometer MLC NAND. A
closer look at the performance results reveals that the Arc 100 with 240
Gigabyte capacity is a rather quick drive.
Checking the the performance numbers we measured up to 484 Megabyte per second
for sequential reads and 482 Megabyte per second for sequential writes.
Regarding random throughput the Arc 100 has been able to provide 69'800 IOPS
while performing random write operations and 82'400 IOPS performing random
reads. Since the Arc 100 is based on a OCZ's own Barefoot 3 M10 controller there
will be no performance drops when transferring compressed data. Only in the case
of sequential throughput rates we would love to see higher numbers, but on the
other hand certain compromises need to be made with entry level drives.
A closer look at pricing reveals, that the Arc 100 120GB costs 79.90 USD, the
240GB model accounts for 119.90 USD and the 480GB drive sells for 239.90 USD at
launch. Usually prices drop by 10 to 20 during the first month after release.
Once that happened OCZ definitely has a SSD in its portfolio that sells at a
very reasonable price point and offers solid performance. The Arc 100 is not yet
the cheapest drive but as we mentioned it's a perfectly reasonable product.
Authors: m.buechel@ocaholic.ch