We have another SSD here folks! OCZ was kind enough to send an Agility 3 120GB SSD to check out, lets see how it does!
General Specifications
- MLC NAND Flash
- Interface: SATA 6Gbps / Backwards Compatible 3Gbps
- Native TRIM support
- Seek Time: .1ms
- Slim 2.5″ Design
- 99.8 x 69.63 x 9.3mm
- Lightweight: 77g
- Operating Temp: 0°C ~ 70°C
- Ambient Temp: 0°C ~ 55°C
- Storage Temp: -45°C ~ 85°C
- Low Power Consumption: 2.7W Active, 1.5W Idle
- Shock Resistant up to 1500G
- RAID Support
- Compatible with Windows 7, Vista, XP 32-bit/64-bit, Mac OSX, Linux
- MTBF: 2 million hours
- 3-Year Warranty
SSD Performance Specifations
Note : The specifications below are for the SSD connected in SATA3 6.0GB/s port .
- Max Read: up to 525MB/s
- Max Write: up to 500MB/s
- Random Write 4KB: 50,000 IOPS
- Maximum 4K Random Write: 85,000 IOPS
Benchmarking and Testing
The rig we used for benchmarking was based on following parts :- Intel Corei7 2600K CPU
- ASUS p8768 motherboard
- Cooler Master v8 Cooler
- Corsair Vengeance 8GB Ram
- Cooler Master 850w Silent Pro Gold PSU
The result for the benchmark test are below . The programs used for testing are below
- ATTO Disk Benchmark
- AS SSD Benchmark
- CrystalDiskMark
( The results may vary on changing the hardware of computers )
CrystalDiskMark
ATTO Disk Benchmark
AS SSD Benchmark
Wrapping Things Up
In the end , We must say that OCZ Agility 3 120GB SSD is one of the good ssd drives not best we tested at TechTipsnReview . The OCZ Agility 3 120GB SSD is very silent drive and you dont even heard a single vibration . Moreover it consumes less power and provide faster data rate . The booting of windows is amazingly fast . After the post screen of motherboard it takes around 11 seconds to take you to the desktop of WINDOWS 7 . Well we suggest this SSD drive for a budget gaming PC .
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