OCZ Vertex 3 SATA III 2.5" SSD

"The Vertex 3 is the fastest 2.5in SSD we've seen, with sequential read and write speeds that are twice as fast as those of older Indilinx-based SSDs. While the biggest factor in SSD performance is still the ultra-low access times that all drives share, being able to move data at such speeds is still a great bonus. A system with a Vertex 3 will fly through storage-intensive tasks. Nevertheless, the Vertex 3 offers unmatched performance. If you absolutely must have the fastest SSD in the room, the Vertex 3 is it."

“The five devices on this page represent our favorites across categories for their ease of use, smart design, useful feature set, low cost per gigabyte, fast throughput speeds, or some or all of the above. With excellent performance, the OCZ Vertex 3 SSD makes an ideal internal storage drive for laptops and desktop computers, especially those that support the 6Gbps SATA standard.”

"There was a good mix of SSDs and HDDs in the nomination mix for the best disk drive. Like the GPU award, this one went to the most powerful beast among them. Best disk drive goes to the OCZ Vertex 3 SSD."

"Enthusiasts enjoying that luxury should probably take a look at OCZ's Vertex 3 at 240 GB, which sells for $550. It continues to be the fastest SSD we've seen in the lab, and if you want to take advantage of the 6 Gb/s interface, it is the drive you'll want."

"The OCZ Vertex 3 that we tested today is a very good product. In fact it's by far the fastest "non-raided" SSD we've ever tested. With the new SandForce SF-2200 the Vertex 3 delivers an astonishing performance. Furthermore it absolutely doesn't matter what you test on this drive. Sequential speeds are just massive and so are the random IOPS. With 535 MByte/s read and 532 MByte/s write this drive almost hits the limits of SATA-III which means that SSD manufacturers are already screaming for a SATA-IV standard."

“In the random write test, the OCZ Vertex 3 shows that it is the king of the hill.” “The OCZ Vertex 3 wipes the floor with all the other drives.” “The OCZ Vertex 3 is, in most respects, the fastest consumer SSD around today."

"Easily the fastest SSD we have ever tested, and more than worthy of your hard earned cash. With blazing speeds in both sequential and real-world tests the OCZ Vertex 3 sets a new benchmark in solid state performance. Until other manufacturers jump on the SF-2200 controller band wagon, OCZ basically has the high end market sewn up.”

"With the new SandForce controller being released, a complete new power struggle has started for the title of fastest solid state drive. OCZ was kind enough to send over their new Vertex 3 and the results have impressed us all down the line. After we finished testing we did not find it hard to reach a conclusion on the new Vertex 3. Its capabilities have at least doubled at all bench marks which makes it a very good product. With a 285.7 MB/s write speed of highly incompressible data the Vertex 3 is over four times faster than our SATA II SSD. OCZ’s latest drive is an excellent upgrade that we would recommend to everyone."

"With the introduction of the new SATA 6Gb/s we immediately see companies embracing the new interface and today we are happy to be testing OCZ’s latest product: the Vertex 3. Our test results speak for themselves: ATTO confirms the claimed speeds, and AS-SSD displays an incredible increase in how the SandForce controllers deal with compressed data. When putting it through the tests of PC Mark Vantage to test its daily use performance we were pleasantly surprised. It scored on average over two times higher than any other SSD that we have tested before; this includes other SATA III SSD’s. This incredible performance only deserves one prize; our Best Performance Award."

"What we can conclude is that the Vertex 3 is the fastest SSD that we have tested at the time of this publication, and perhaps the best in the SATA III category. We can easily say that the Vertex 3 deserves its name by rightfully falling in the line of superb SSD’s."

"After OCZ’s Vertex 2 series, which was a great hit, they have now returned with its successor; the Vertex 3. Besides distinguishing itself in the theoretical tests it’s also showed its strengths in our real world tests. We measure without a doubt the difference between this SSD and the Vertex 2 and even our former speedking, the Intel 510, was not able to keep up. Even incompressible data seems to be an issue of the past with the Vertex 3 displaying speeds faster than ever before. Because of its incredible speed and virtually no weaknesses it has completely convinced us and therefore it receives our Hardware Top Product Award."

"Right out of the gate OCZ Technology has set the bar very high with the Vertex 3. As it is right now, the OCZ Technology Vertex 3 is the only ultra high performance SSD in town. Sure, there are a few fast Porsche's around, but these are still using a base design built ages ago. At this time the best all around package with a SF-2200 is the Vertex 3."

"With the third generation SATA interface becoming more accepted it is time for another round-up of eight of the most current models. From the company that brought us the popular Vertex 2, OCZ is now back with its Vertex 3. Equipped with the brand new 6 Gb/s Sandforce controller, the Vertex 3 is ready to test our benchmarks to its limits...and it does. The average read performance set a new record and almost reaches the theoretical limit of the SATA 3 interface. It also beats the competition in writing performance regardless of the type of test that we put it through. Moreover, with an access time of only 0.07 milliseconds when reading, the Vertex 3 ensures its first place in this roundup. Bottom line, the Vertex 3 is currently the fastest SATA 3 SSD and thus receives the test winner award."

"OCZ Vertex 3 120GB - Picking a winner for this week’s group test was easy. Even when factoring in its higher than average price, the Vertex 3 is in a league of its own when it comes to performance. Topping the charts in the majority of our benchmarks, sometimes by a huge margin, the Vertex 3 is the drive to beat until other manufacturers gain access to SandForce’s spectacular 6Gbps controller."

"To say that the 240GB Vertex 3 is an impressive drive is to do it a disservice; it is a pretty amazing drive with performance you could only dream about even as recent as last year. In the space of just one generation OCZ has brought out a drive with sequential performance that threatens to overwhelm the SATA 6Gbps interface. Quite simply the SSD that all others will be measured by."

"OCZ has been successful with its Vertex’ series for a long time and as the third generation hits the street we once again want to test the product and see if it is worthy of the name. As usual OCZ puts a lot of effort in its Vertex series by incorporating the latest’s technology. The Vertex 3 is therefore no exception; it’s loaded with the most recent SandForce controller and based on 25nm NAND-technology. The Vertex 3 is specially created for a Sandybridge motherboard. The reason is that these are the only motherboards capable of showing the true potential, and ours surely did. The ATTO results turned out to be just what OCZ promoted and moreover by while using PC Mark Vantage we also found that the SSD is still very fast even when an OS is installed on it. So in the end what is the result? Simple, the market’s fastest drive. That’s right, we said it!"

"Following the success story of the predecessor Vertex 2, OCZ has high expectations to fulfil with the new SandForce controller 2200 series. And yes..., they have kept their promise! In a head to head benchmark test, the Vertex 3 slams the competition on the floor with a technical KO.. Occasionally the other SSD drives hit a strike, but overall the Vertex 3 gives us the best performance. Not only does it have an extremely high maximum throughput but it’s also able to display these speeds in the real world benchmarks. Our tests show excellent performance in copying, PC Mark vantage and in fact it outperforms any other SSD. Thanks to its results the Vertex 3 receives our Performance and Recommendation Award."

"In our previous article we tested SSD’s against HDD’s and saw the amazing difference between the two. With the SSD’s triumphing over the HDD’s we now look at what the new SATA III interface has to offer. We will be doing this by putting OCZ and Intel’s latest products to the test in a head to head review. The expected speeds OCZ’s Vertex 3 have the edge over Intel’s SSD, but is it able to live up to the expectations? Yes, it does and it sometimes even reads faster than the official specifications. The ATTO results exceed the given speed with a maximum read speed of 557.3MB/s and almost saturate the SATA 3 bandwidth! Throughout the other read tests in SiSoft Sandra, the OCZ Vertex 3 stays in the lead against Intel. Moreover, when writing compressible data it is over twice as fast as the Intel 510. The victory in our comparison test goes to the OCZ Vertex 3 as this product simply lets the performance speak for itself."

“The performance of SATA 6Gb/s is incredible.” “It is so far indeed the most powerful SSD ever!” “Cannot find any fault on the amazing performance of Vertex 3”

"Testing on the new SATA 600 platform, OCZ’s Vertex 3 took on Intel’s new 510 series. Leadership of the Vertex 3 in most disciplines is obvious. The disk is much faster than the competition in both synthetic tests as in a real world environment such as PCmark HDD test. And the harder the tests become, the stronger the OCZ drive becomes. As the benchmarks are quite obvious, the clear winner is OCZ Vertex 3, which was ahead of Intel SSD 510 in almost all tests. The SSD 510 is not enough speed for random data access. And although Intel has a good reputation, it can’t compete with the performance of OCZ’s Vertex 3."

"Personally, we are very impressed by the performance that the OCZ once again has been able to deliver with the new Vertex 3. Our tests have show an increase of over 90% compared to its predecessor and that OCZ has really is able to deliver the speeds that it promotes. Even two SATA II SandForce SSD’s put in Raid-0 are having a hard time keeping up with the SATA III Vertex 3. During our PC Mark Vantage test the Vertex 3 gains a score of 55783 while the Raid configuration is lagging behind with a score of 52012. By even outmatching its PCIe rival we can definitely say the Vertex 3 is the new “King of the Hill” in fast storage solutions."

"The OCZ Vertex 3 120GB is a magnificent product no matter how you look at it. OCZ has been making great SSDs for a long time now and the Vertex 3 has allowed the company to standardize perfection. Speaking of performance, really what more can you ask for? SATA III (6Gb/s) is just now hitting its stride with the Intel P67 chipset, but the Vertex 3 is already coming very close to hitting the limits of SATA 6G today. This is unprecedented; at no time before has a product been able to use such a large percentage of its bus so quickly."

"After the success of the Vertex 2 today we got to see whether or not OCZ latest Vertex 3 is worthy of the name. The 240 GB sample is similar to the Vertex 2 in the sense that it has TRIM support but under the hood we see the new SandForce SF-2281 controller. This new controller enables the Vertex 3 to double the speed of its predecessor. We were truly amazed. And for those of you that don’t believe us, the benchmarks speak for themselves. It is a truly amazing product and the best SSD we have tested so far and we totally recommended it. The Vertex 3 receives our Gold Award."

"After OCZ’s Price / Performance leader Vertex 2E, they now have another nr 1 in their ranks. With breaking the barrier of 600 points on our scale for the first time in history, the Vertex 3 is currently the fastest 2.5” SSD in our list and is our pure Performance leader. The 240 GB drive that we tested performed very well in our synthetic as well as our practical tests. With the new 2200 series SandForce controller we were able to reach speeds that we had not been able to measure before. It delivers speeds over four times higher than traditional HDD’s and even outperforms its current SATA III counterparts. We recommend the Vertex 3 with 4.5 of 5 stars and is now the owner of the 'Good’ recommendation."

"There are good solid state drives, there are great solid state drives and then there is the OCZ Vertex 3. It not only raises the bar for what a single SSD can do but this drive may actually breathe some serious excitement into the storage market. No matter what test we threw at – be it synthetic or real world – the OCZ Vertex 3 was simply in a league of its own. All in all, we feel that the OCZ Vertex 3 240GB is a triumph of engineering which is worth every penny of its current asking price. Naturally it caters to a specific market niche but if you are in the market for a high end SSD, the buck stops here."

“OCZ Vertex 3 is indeed the fastest SSD! With 2 Vertex 3, it’s easy to speed over 1000 MB/s in sequential read and write. Its explosively fast speed deserves to earn the Best Performance of all SSD.”

"Without the need of searching for the differences, the OCZ Vertex 3 clearly separates itself in the world of SSD. Some of the figures have a ‘serious’ impact and are a huge slap in the face of the competition. The sequential rates are absolutely huge and pass the 500Mbps without any problems. Access times are ridiculously low as usual, real world performance is the best so far and with the price per GB on par with Intel 510, OCZ have themselves a winner, a Cowcot Gold winner."

"This is one of the best SSD's that you will find in the market today, and it comes equipped with some breakthrough technology to offer you over 500 MB/second speeds for reading and writing. This SSD uses what is known as the SandForce 2nd generation SSD controller to offer less noise, consumer less power and start up faster. The standard OCZ Vertex 3 will cost around $250 for the 100GB model."

“OCZ VERTEX 3 performance is truly the “Ultimatum”. For those who’re looking for something ferociously fast and cutting-edge today, it’s recommended to pick a MacBook Pro Early 2011 and put an OCZ VERTEX 3 in.”

"To say the OCZ Vertex 3 240gb is an impressive drive, is an understatement. We had expected some great results, but it is almost twice the speed of the previous generation of drives – in the world of technology this doesn’t happen very often. When compared to competitor products there really is simply nothing we have tested to challenge the Vertex 3. Even Intel’s latest 510 SSD seems positively lackluster by comparison. Unlike other drives in the market, the all round performance is what really allows this product to stand out. Sequential results are wicked, but when we look at the 4kb performance, it is in a class of its own. If you wanted the quickest boot drive on the market then you need look no further, we can only begin to imagine how two of these in RAID 0 would transform system performance!"

"While we still use a non-native SATA III motherboard we are testing today’s SATA III SSD’s by using an Asus U3S6 controller. And of these products, the Vertex 3 has completely convinced us. OCZ is the first company to adapt to the new firmware of Sandforce and thereby sets the bar for its competitors. AS SSD showed us that it is more than capable of dealing with various loads. When put through a 4K-64K threaded test it was able to outperform all the other SSD’s. Next to the synthetic tests it also showed its strengths in practical tests. Whether it was installing, or loading a program, nothing beats it. We recommend the Vertex 3."

"The read and write capacity is truly amazing! A huge breakthrough in SSD series. The overall performance is really great and ultra fast! Vertex 3, it is indeed powerful.”

"OCZ continues its tradition of blazing-fast random-write performance, both at low- and high-queue depths, serving up more than 85,000 IOPS in our Iometer QD32 4KB random-write test. That’s nearly 80 percent faster than the Vertex 2, the previous SATA champion. The SandForce-powered OCZ Vertex 3 is the clear winner of our little roundup, posting race-winning scores in virtually every benchmark. They’re all powerful performers that really take advantage of the increased bandwidth of the 6Gb/s SATA bus. Depending on your needs...the OCZ Vertex 3 combines the best features of each."

"The Vertex 3 is extremely fast to load Windows 7, clocking 8.8 seconds from an average of three runs. In fact, OCZ's new drive didn't let us see the Windows logo in full on the load screen -- we just saw four dots, what a shame. Although it's still early in the year and we anticipated it was going to get busy with new generation solid state drives, the OCZ Vertex 3 is going to be the one to beat. The Intel SSD 320 series is limited to SATA 3Gb/s and therefore stands no chance in the performance department, while the highly regarded Crucial RealSSD C300 simply looked outdated."

"The OCZ Vertex 3 240GB is the first new generation of SSDs we have looked at. It actually made us think about when the Raptor’s were introduced and considered revolutionary. Well, compared to this beauty, there’s nothing comparable anymore. Benching the drive proved that this is the new 2011 standard! It’s impressive transfer results of 525 [write] and 500 [Read] MB/s make it a worthy upgrade, especially when you own a sandybridge board with SATA III port. In addition, the Vertex 3 is backwards compatible with SATA II and in case you are in for your first SSD, this drive is definitely the right choice. All in all, the OCZ Vertex 3 is a totally excellent product with an incredible performance. And surprisingly, with a price tag that does not immediately intimidates you. The additional cost vs the previous generation is definitely justified as it gives you much more for your money."

"We tested the OCZ Vertex 3 thoroughly with many different applications and it performed excellently with all of them. Using it as the main drive increased our tested machine's overall performance significantly and applications loaded much faster. And the computer was able to wake from sleeping instantly. With excellent performance, the OCZ Vertex 3 SSD makes an ideal internal storage drive for laptops and desktop computers, especially those that support the 6Gbps SATA standard. The OCZ Vertex 3 will help you get the most performance out of your high-end system."

"“Over 500 MB/s read.” We thought that OCZ was being fairly unrealistic when they pronounced the specifications of the Vertex 3... how little did we know... that they would prove us wrong. On average we measured an incredible 511.5 MB/s read, the highest speed ever measured in our Chip Online test lab. With a write speed of 487.65 MB/s it overshadows Intel’s 510 by about 160 MB/s. The speed of the Vertex 3 is astonishing and for any of you that are searching for the fastest drive on the market; don’t pass over the Vertex 3."

"Thanks to the Vertex 3, OCZ has done it again, becoming centre of attention with a product that has exceptional performance. It is really the best SSD out currently on the market. From every angle it is able to compete and prevail over all other current SATA storage solutions. At the same time it is still a very user-friendly product as no extra settings have to be changed in order to get an astonishing performance from this machine. With speeds well over 500 MB/s read and write we were amazed by the potential that OCZ’s latest revelation has shown us today. The Vertex 3 deserves a definite recommendation as a first upgrade for your computer. Regardless of the platform that you are using, it is the best choice and over time you will appreciate it even more. We rate the Vertex 3 from OCZ with 5 out of 5 Stars."

"There aren't too many SATA 6 Gb/s storage solutions on the market that can nearly saturate the bandwidth this interface offers, but only one year into the new storage standard OCZ has proven themselves as market leaders with their Vertex 3 SSD. Demonstrating the absolute best IOPS performance we've seen from any SATA-based storage device, the OCZ Vertex 3 SSD redefines what consumers should expect from high-performance storage solutions. Computer hardware enthusiasts will enjoy the ultra-fast response time, which assures that applications are opened with near-instant reaction when called upon. Considering the performance results we've seen in this review I can comfortably recommend the OCZ Vertex 3 SSD to high-performance computer hardware enthusiasts and hardcore power-users, and because of blazing fast transfer speeds and outstanding operational performance at a fair price the Vertex 3 SSD earns our Golden Tachometer Award."

"Having seen the testing results and experienced the performance increase of the Vertex 3, its obvious that it is much faster than Intel’s 510 series. And you can be sure that in real life this drive is really much faster [fastest] than anything else out there. Even compared on price / Gb the Vertex 3 is the better choice. There is only one drive above the it. OCZ’s own Vertex 2 has the better price / Gb! In every single way, the OCZ Vertex 3 is a great SSD and our verdict can only be the Tweakers 5 star ‘Very Good’"

"To match the new SATA 3 interface, the Vertex 3 also features the new SF-2281 Sandforce controller. To make sure that the high performance can be maintained over time OCZ’s latest product also comes with Garbage Collection and TRIM support. When looking at the results from ATTO we can immediately see that this product takes full advantage of the new SATA 3 connection. Whereas the Intel 510 series struggles to reach write speeds of 330 MB/s the Vertex 3 clocks in at an incredible 530 MB/s. When put through a stress test like AS SSD the Vertex 3 once again finished way at the top of our list. OCZ’s latest product leaves us with a very good first impression and we rate it as Highly Recommended."

“Incredible read and write performance of over 550MB/s and 520MB/s respectively. Using the latest SandForce SF-2200 controller. SATA 6gbps interface...65,000IOPS, amazing!”

"The performance on offer from OCZ's Vertex 3 is simply mind-boggling. In the space of a single generation, the speed of the Vertex SSD has jumped by over 90 per cent, leaving OCZ with a drive that runs circles around most of the competition. Sequential read and write speeds come close to saturating the bandwidth available to the SATA 6Gbps interface, and impressive 4KB performance at high queue depths make the Vertex 3 an excellent all-rounder. There's no ignoring the facts, though: OCZ's Vertex 3 has set a new benchmark for 2.5in SSD performance."

"The Vertex 3 reaches maximum sequential read speed of 509 MB/s and shows an unrivalled write speed of 446 MB/s. Even when put through an everyday mix of reading, writing, and copying files, it shows very impressive results. When compared to other products, the only products that show faster speeds are OCZ’s own PCI Express-based SSD’s. The enterprise model even shows an even higher IOPS rating than the standard Vertex 3 of 75,000 making it the perfect business storage solution. Given that the sequential speeds have almost doubled and performance and overall speeds have boosted up to 80 percent it is a real bargain. Moreover, as the product becomes more widely available we expected the price to drop even further. We highly recommend the Vertex 3 as your next hardware upgrade."

"It does not happen often that a product is already an instant hit before it hit the streets, but OCZ succeeded to do this with its new Vertex 3. The biggest difference between the new Vertex 3 and the earlier models is the type of controller that is used. The new SandForce SF-2281 brings a lot of innovations of which the most important one is without a doubt the SATA III support. This interface support enables the Vertex 3 to achieve a much higher throughput than many SSDs to date. Let it be known: OCZ’s Vertex 3 is beyond any doubt the fastest SSD we've ever tested by Hardware.Info (PCI Express-based units excluded). The difference in performance between the Vertex and Vertex 2 and 3 is considerably and surely offsets the initial price difference of about 25%. We do have to note that a motherboard with SATA III controller is needed to take full advantage of the new SSD but if you have that, then the 3 Vertex the best that you can get."

“SandForce's second-generation controller helps the Vertex 3 really push performance. OCZ tops the chart again. What we see today from OCZ and SandForce is much more aggressive utilization of the storage pipeline."

"While we received a BETA-sample OCZ gave a good insight in what their product will be made off. Right from the start we can see that the Vertex 3 is not just a product improvement but rather a small revolution. Our benchmarks showed that the Vertex 3 is taking full advantage of the new SATA III interface. Also we find it worth mentioning that over time the performance decrease is minimal making it a very good product over time. To conclude; the Vertex 3 revolutionizes the SSD market with more speed and lasting performance which gives us the great pleasure to give it our Excellent Hardware award."

“The OCZ Vertex 3 is truly a unique and exciting SSD. This drive marks the next generation of a family that was already showing speeds that put it at the top of the SATA 3Gb/s heap; and now with a new controller, interface and top-tier NAND it's not even a fair fight. The OCZ Vertex 3 spanks the competition with up to 69% faster speeds in real-world conditions and has firmly established itself as the fastest SATA SSD we've seen.”

“There's simply no dethroning the Vertex 3. The performance of this second generation of SandForce based SSDs is nothing short of astounding.”

"Really fast throughput - saturating SATA 6Gb/sec. Excellent IOPS scaling at higher queue depths. Pricing puts them basically in line with currently available SATA 3.0 Gb/s drive making the decision to migrate in THIS direction, basically a no-brainer."

“The OCZ Vertex 3's performance was impressive throughout our testing…Read performance was consistently at the top of the charts and write performance was equally as good.”

“OCZ has come out of the gate swinging with the Vertex 3 SATA III SSD and watch out because we hit it with every test we had and it sailed through with flying colors. It is a strong SSD with a fierce controller and firmware that can be relied upon. Congrats OCZ…deserving of our coveted Editors Choice Award!!!”

“The OCZ Vertex 3 is an incredible SSD, and by far the fastest SATA SSD we have ever tested here on MyCE.com. 4K random IOP performance is incredible and small file threaded performance is phenomenal.”

“OCZ is leading the way yet again, setting the bar for SSD performance in 2011. Nearly doubling the peak performance of the Vertex 2 line, the Vertex 3 takes full advantage of the SATA 6Gbps interface…”

“So that brings us to performance and in this area the Vertex 3 doesn't disappoint. Whether we are running it through a selection of synthetic tests or using it in real world scenarios the drive performs exceptionally well. It far exceeds the performance of the older SandForce controller and blazes right past Crucial’s SATA 6GB/s based C300 drive. Essentially the Vertex 3 is currently in a class of its own for SATA based SSD performance.”

“The Vertex 3 is the highest performing SSD we've ever tested; this even includes some of the benchmark results obtained while running RAID 0. The drive just takes off and doesn't let up. ”

"It’s clear from our tests that the Vertex 3 offers is a huge step forward in performance."

"So there you have it, the OCZ Vertex 3 offers incredible performance at a more competitive price. This product shocked us positively in terms of performance as that's really raw and unadulterated coming straight at ya.”

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“The bottom line here is that the OCZ has a real winner with the Vertex 3, continuing their success in the SSD market by providing top performance at a very respectable price for consumers who want the best.”

“True to claim, the SandForce 2281-equipped Vertex 3 produced some amazing results in our tests. It is by far the fastest 2.5” SSD that we have ever tested and even managed to outpace the RevoDrive X2 in select benchmarks.”

“If you were expecting this drive to be one of the fastest 2.5-inch solid state drives available then you would be right. The Vertex 3 is the fastest solid state drive we have tested to date.”

"A great leap…Using ATTO, Vertex 3 reached a crazy score of 542.37MB/s & 519.09MB/s on read and write. Outperforms all existing SSDs in the market”

"OCZ has done it again! Breaking its own performance record. 550MB/s in read and 525MB/s in write, this is server level performance. Finally, we used Fastcopy to test the actual performance of file transferring. A 6.7GB capacity MKV movie file only took 1 min to transfer, averaging of 111.73MB/s. This is incredible!”

“550MB/s in read and 525MB/s in write, reaching almost the maximum allowed speed of SATAIII interface. Almost double the performance of its previous predecessor. In random 4KB write, the IOPS was 60,000. A 20% increase” “Standing proudly on the fastest SSD throne” “Using PCMark Vantage to test the HDD performance, the score was 59704, a 50% significant increase compared to first generation SATA 6GB/s SSD models”

"There should be no misunderstanding: OCZ Vertex 3 is far and away the fastest SSD we've ever tested. The 3 Vertex really the best choice of the moment in the house."

"After the success of the Vertex 2 series OCZ is back with its new Vertex 3 series. Will this be OCZ’s next hit? Only our tests can tell. With the help of an Intel P67 we were able to reach the best performance from this sample and the results speak for themselves. In almost every test the Vertex 3 took the lead. This goes for synthetic as well as practical tests. With a sequential speed of 442 MB/s it made small work of 512 KB files. Compared to the competition it was leading the charts with the Intel 510 lagging behind with a speed of 322,2 MB/s. The new Vertex 3 is a great product for a reasonable price. We rate the Vertex 3 as “Excellent”."