OCZ Vector 180 Review (240GB, 480GB & 960GB)

Written by Matthew Lambert

March 24, 2015 | 19:55

Tags: #barefoot-3 #best-ssd #ssd

Companies: #indilinx #ocz #ocz-storage-solutions #toshiba

CrystalDiskMark Benchmark Results

Website: CrystalDiskMark

CrystalDiskMark is similar to AS SSD in its use of incompressible data files, although it does use a different data pattern. We report the read and write results of the sequential and 4KB random tests

Sequential Performance


CrystalDiskMark 1,000MB

Incompressible Data, 1,000MB Sequential Read

  • Samsung SSD 850 PRO 256GB
  • SanDisk Extreme PRO 480GB
  • Toshiba HG6 SSD 512GB
  • Samsung SSD 850 EVO 1TB
  • Samsung SSD 850 EVO 120GB
  • Samsung SSD 850 EVO 500GB
  • Plextor M6 PRO 256GB
  • Samsung SSD 850 EVO 250GB
  • SK Hynix SH910A SSD 256GB
  • Corsair Neutron GTX 240GB
  • OCZ Vector 180 960GB
  • OCZ Vector 150 240GB
  • OCZ Vector 180 480GB
  • Crucial M550 512GB
  • SanDisk Ultra Plus 256GB
  • Crucial MX100 512GB
  • OCZ Vertex 450 256GB
  • OCZ Vector 180 240GB
  • AMD Radeon R7 SSD 240GB
  • Intel SSD 730 240GB
  • OCZ Arc 100 240GB
    • 551
    • 544
    • 541
    • 540
    • 538
    • 537
    • 537
    • 537
    • 534
    • 530
    • 527
    • 526
    • 524
    • 524
    • 523
    • 517
    • 513
    • 490
    • 487
    • 478
    • 454
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
MB/sec, Higher Is Better
  • Average Read Speed

CrystalDiskMark 1,000MB

Incompressible Data, 1,000MB Sequential Write

  • Samsung SSD 850 PRO 256GB
  • Samsung SSD 850 EVO 1TB
  • OCZ Vector 180 240GB
  • Samsung SSD 850 EVO 500GB
  • AMD Radeon R7 SSD 240GB
  • Samsung SSD 850 EVO 250GB
  • OCZ Vector 180 480GB
  • OCZ Vector 180 960GB
  • OCZ Vertex 450 256GB
  • OCZ Vector 150 240GB
  • Samsung SSD 850 EVO 120GB
  • SanDisk Extreme PRO 480GB
  • Toshiba HG6 SSD 512GB
  • Crucial M550 512GB
  • Crucial MX100 512GB
  • Plextor M6 PRO 256GB
  • Corsair Neutron GTX 240GB
  • SanDisk Ultra Plus 256GB
  • OCZ Arc 100 240GB
  • SK Hynix SH910A SSD 256GB
  • Intel SSD 730 240GB
    • 524
    • 524
    • 523
    • 523
    • 522
    • 521
    • 519
    • 518
    • 518
    • 517
    • 516
    • 513
    • 510
    • 503
    • 502
    • 491
    • 456
    • 448
    • 429
    • 421
    • 288
0
100
200
300
400
500
MB/sec, Higher Is Better
  • Average Write Speed

Random Performance


CrystalDiskMark 1,000MB

Incompressible Data, 4K Random Read, Single QD

  • Samsung SSD 850 EVO 120GB
  • Samsung SSD 850 EVO 250GB
  • Samsung SSD 850 EVO 500GB
  • Samsung SSD 850 EVO 1TB
  • Samsung SSD 850 PRO 256GB
  • SanDisk Extreme PRO 480GB
  • Intel SSD 730 240GB
  • Plextor M6 PRO 256GB
  • SanDisk Ultra Plus 256GB
  • Crucial MX100 512GB
  • Crucial M550 512GB
  • OCZ Vector 180 960GB
  • OCZ Vector 180 480GB
  • Corsair Neutron GTX 240GB
  • AMD Radeon R7 SSD 240GB
  • OCZ Vector 180 240GB
  • OCZ Arc 100 240GB
  • OCZ Vector 150 240GB
  • SK Hynix SH910A SSD 256GB
  • Toshiba HG6 SSD 512GB
  • OCZ Vertex 450 256GB
    • 48.94
    • 47.92
    • 47.89
    • 45.17
    • 39.99
    • 38.34
    • 37.80
    • 36.97
    • 36.56
    • 33.18
    • 32.67
    • 31.70
    • 31.59
    • 30.72
    • 29.70
    • 29.41
    • 29.09
    • 26.83
    • 26.44
    • 24.66
    • 24.64
0
10
20
30
40
50
MB/sec, Higher Is Better
  • Average Random Read Speed

CrystalDiskMark 1,000MB

Incompressible Data, 4K Random Write, Single QD

  • AMD Radeon R7 SSD 240GB
  • OCZ Vector 180 480GB
  • OCZ Vector 180 240GB
  • OCZ Vector 150 240GB
  • OCZ Vector 180 960GB
  • OCZ Vertex 450 256GB
  • Crucial MX100 512GB
  • Crucial M550 512GB
  • OCZ Arc 100 240GB
  • Samsung SSD 850 EVO 500GB
  • Samsung SSD 850 EVO 250GB
  • Samsung SSD 850 PRO 256GB
  • Samsung SSD 850 EVO 120GB
  • Samsung SSD 850 EVO 1TB
  • Intel SSD 730 240GB
  • SanDisk Extreme PRO 480GB
  • Toshiba HG6 SSD 512GB
  • Corsair Neutron 240GB
  • SanDisk Ultra Plus 256GB
  • SK Hynix SH910A SSD 256GB
  • Plextor M6 PRO 256GB
    • 135.10
    • 134.00
    • 132.30
    • 131.90
    • 130.60
    • 129.60
    • 128.70
    • 128.30
    • 126.90
    • 126.90
    • 125.50
    • 124.60
    • 124.20
    • 121.60
    • 118.20
    • 118.00
    • 114.90
    • 110.50
    • 109.80
    • 106.20
    • 101.10
0
25
50
75
100
125
150
MB/sec, Higher Is Better
  • Average Random Write Speed

CrystalDiskMark 1,000MB

Incompressible Data, 4K Random Read, 32 QD

  • Plextor M6 PRO 256GB
  • Samsung SSD 850 EVO 1TB
  • Samsung SSD 850 EVO 250GB
  • Samsung SSD 850 EVO 500GB
  • Samsung SSD 850 PRO 256GB
  • Crucial M550 512GB
  • Samsung SSD 850 EVO 120GB
  • SanDisk Extreme PRO 480GB
  • OCZ Vector 180 960GB
  • Corsair Neutron GTX 240GB
  • SK Hynix SH910A SSD 256GB
  • OCZ Vector 180 480GB
  • Toshiba HG6 SSD 512GB
  • AMD Radeon R7 SSD 240GB
  • Intel SSD 730 240GB
  • OCZ Vector 180 240GB
  • OCZ Vector 150 240GB
  • OCZ Vertex 450 256GB
  • Crucial MX100 512GB
  • SanDisk Ultra Plus 256GB
  • OCZ Arc 100 240GB
    • 410
    • 408
    • 407
    • 407
    • 407
    • 406
    • 406
    • 400
    • 398
    • 391
    • 387
    • 387
    • 387
    • 381
    • 372
    • 368
    • 361
    • 348
    • 339
    • 336
    • 324
0
100
200
300
400
MB/sec, Higher Is Better
  • Average Random Read Speed

CrystalDiskMark 1,000MB

Incompressible Data, 4K Random Write, 32 QD

  • OCZ Vector 180 240GB
  • AMD Radeon R7 SSD 240GB
  • OCZ Vector 150 240GB
  • Samsung SSD 850 EVO 500GB
  • OCZ Vertex 450 256GB
  • Samsung SSD 850 EVO 1TB
  • Samsung SSD 850 EVO 250GB
  • OCZ Vector 180 960GB
  • Samsung SSD 850 PRO 256GB
  • OCZ Vector 180 480GB
  • Crucial M550 512GB
  • SanDisk Extreme PRO 480GB
  • Crucial MX100 512GB
  • Samsung SSD 850 EVO 120GB
  • OCZ Arc 100 240GB
  • Plextor M6 PRO 256GB
  • Corsair Neutron GTX 240GB
  • SK Hynix SH910A SSD 256GB
  • Intel SSD 730 240GB
  • Toshiba HG6 SSD 512GB
  • SanDisk Ultra Plus 256GB
    • 377
    • 377
    • 374
    • 372
    • 372
    • 372
    • 372
    • 371
    • 371
    • 369
    • 367
    • 367
    • 366
    • 364
    • 363
    • 362
    • 346
    • 312
    • 287
    • 262
    • 180
0
100
200
300
400
MB/sec, Higher Is Better
  • Average Random Write Speed

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