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June 2011
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The editors liked
IOPS scaling close to that of the faster Vertex 3
Asynchronous flash makes it fasterthan Vertex 3 in some workload scenarios
Lower cost
Price
Availability
Available in 60GB
120GB and 240GB capacities
Excellent sequential read and write speeds
SATA 6Gb/s interface
Supports TRIM
SMART and NCQ
3 year warranty
Reasonably priced
Good performance – MB/s Read and MB/s Write
The OCZ Agility 3 solid-state drive supports SATA 6Gbps and offers fast performance. The drive works in any SATA-based storage application and is relatively affordable
Nearly as fast as other SF2281 drives
Cheaper.
Delivers nearly 71K IOMeter IOPS performance
Outstanding 557/524 MBps read/write speed with ATTO
TCG OPAL security with 256bit AES encryption
SandForce SF2281 processor supports TRIM
SMART
And RAISE
DuraWrite technology extends NAND lifetime
Toplevel enthusiast operational I/O performance
3Year OCZ product warranty support
60/120/240GB highspeed SSD storage capacities
Lightweig
Good performance
SATA 6 Gbps support
Nice looking
Rugged metal case
3.5" adapter included
Great performance
Price compared to the Vertex 3
The editors didn't like
IOPS at lower queue depths outpaced by Intel 320 Series
Asynchronous flash makes it slowerthan vertex 3 in some workload scenarios
Street price likely to be on the high side (see below)
Speed
Compatibility problems with some motherboards
Considerably slower with incompressible data
Does not include a 2.5" to 3.5" adapter bracket
Low results with incompressible data
The OCZ Agility 3
Though fast
Is noticeably slower than other SATA 6Gbps SSDs without being proportionaly cheaper. It's capped at only 240GB
Takes a long time to format
And doesn't come with a drive bay converter to fit in a place of a 3.5-inch hard d
Abstract: SSD prices are dropping so quickly that it makes more and more sense to have one in your PC. 120 or 128 GB versions you can find already for £90, and for less than twice that you can buy an SSD with double the capacity. It will still take a long time be...
Abstract: What makes one SandForce-based SSD different from the others that appear to be just like it? We round up 10 models with 60 GB of capacity to explore the effects of NAND interfaces. We also stumble across some interesting data related to full drives. Ha...
Abstract: Welcome to the sixth iteration of our highest-ranked SSDs at any given price point. We updated our recommendations to reflect the recent price drops on second-gen SandForce hardware. There are several good deals to be found for right about £150. Detail...
Abstract: OCZ have always been a well respected brand in the SSD community and tend to offer up products available to the high-end market. This came in the likes of the Vertex range of drives with the Vertex 2 and Vertex 3 giving lightning fast performance but a bi...
Abstract: The popularity of SandForce's first-gen controller is translating to a lot of traction with its 6 Gb/s offering. Five SSD vendors sent us seven 120 GB models based on the second-gen logic. What makes them different? An extensive benchmark suite tells a...
Great performance, SATAIII 6Gbps, Competitively priced, 3 years warranty
As SSDs being more prevalent due to price drops and the obvious advantage in performance over traditional HDD storage, it’s in the best interest of the enthusiast to get the best ‘bang for buck’. OCZ have launched the Agility 3 series with exactly thi...
The Agility as well as the Agility 3 were very good drives that delivered almost the performance of a Vertex drive for less money, which made them interesting from a price/performance perspective. As our tests show the Agility 3 has some trouble delive...
Abstract: With the Agility 3, OCZ has a Solid State Drive in its portfolio which is based on the latest SandForce SF-2200 series SSD processor. The drive also features SATA-III support and OCZ claims that the drive can reach throughput rates of more than 500 MByte....
When OCZ set out to create the Agility 3 they clearly felt that there was a gap in the market at a price level which the Vertex 3 couldn't currently meet. Thankfully in creating the product to fill that space OCZ haven't gone down the route of cutting ...
