Average Bench: 63.6% (9th of 639)

Based on 3 user benchmarks.  Device: VID 152d PID 2509 Model: OCZ-VERT EX2
Poor: 27%Average: 63.6% Great: 88%

Above average effective speed

The OCZ-VERT EX2 120GB averaged 36.4% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This isn't a great result which indicates that there are much faster alternatives on the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 28.5MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 10.4MB/s

Unknown consistency

There are too few samples to reasonably determine how consistently this USB perfroms. This result should be interpreted with caution.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 109MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 7.98MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 3 samples)
Min Avg Max
32.5 Read 109 174
25.5 Write 64 93.4
23.4 Mixed 71.1 123
96.3% 81.2 MB/s
Min Avg Max
3.31 4K Read 7.98 14.7
5.12 4K Write 10.4 13.5
3.79 4K Mixed 5.37 7.45
567% 7.92 MB/s
Min Avg Max
11.3 DQ Read 13.8 16.3
27.6 DQ Write 28.5 29.5
6.86 DQ Mixed 7.5 8.14
1,277% 16.6 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest USB (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
19GB free, PID 2509
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
Read 54.3
Write 42.2
Mixed 38.8
55% 45.1 MB/s
4K Read 5.11
4K Write 36.6
4K Mixed 3.15
1,370% 14.9 MB/s
DQ Read 7.32
DQ Write 27.9
DQ Mixed 3.77
1,103% 13 MB/s
28GB free (System drive), PID 2509
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
Read 158
Write 49.7
Mixed 91.4
110% 99.8 MB/s
4K Read 8.45
4K Write 23.6
4K Mixed 6.81
1,065% 12.9 MB/s
DQ Read 15.1
DQ Write 25.1
DQ Mixed 6.89
1,146% 15.7 MB/s
12GB free (System drive), PID 2509
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
Read 174
Write 93.4
Mixed 123
154% 130 MB/s
4K Read 14.7
4K Write 12.6
4K Mixed 7.45
737% 11.6 MB/s
DQ Read 16.3
DQ Write 29.5
DQ Mixed 8.14
1,341% 18 MB/s
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