OCZ Vertex 3 120GB SSD Drive

OCZ Vertex 3 120GB Drive – Test Setup and Benchmarks

We decided to keep our test setup similar to the test system we used when we reviewed the Agility 3 120GB drive apart from increasing the memory from 4GB to 8GB. We keep our test bench as standard as possible without any changes so that test data does not vary on each iteration. No added software is installed apart from the benchmark tools.

We’ll be going through some synthetic benchmarks as well as some real life benchmarks so that you can get an overall feel as to how well this drive will perform in real life.

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ATTO Disk Benchmark

ATTO Disk Benchmark is a disk performance measurement tool which measures your storage systems performance with various transfer sizes and test lengths for reads and writes. It is widely used by storage manufactures to measure the performance of their drives so lets see how well the Vertex 3 stands out.

AS SSD Benchmark

Since we’re looking at synthetic benchmarks in this section we decided to include AS SSD tool as well since many users are now using it which is developed by an independent German developer. 

AS SSD Benchmark – File Copy

In the file copy test, 3 folders are created: ISO (two large files), Program (typical program folder with many small files) and Games (folder with small and large files). These three folders are copied with a simple copy command of the operating system. Cache is turned on for this test.

PCMark Vantage HDD Test

PCMark Vantage HDD test measures your computer’s performance across a variety of common real life tasks such as viewing and editing photos, video, music and other media, gaming, communications, productivity and security. In total there are 6 tests which give us an overall understanding of the drives’ performance capabilities.