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C40 120GB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2014.

Average Bench: 48.1% (895th of 1072)

Based on 873 user benchmarks.  Model: GOODRAM C40
Poor: 33%Average: 48.1% Great: 67%

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Below average average bench

The Goodram C40 120GB averaged 51.8% 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 Random Read Speed 23.3MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 414MB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Goodram C40 120GB is 34.4%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Goodram C40 120GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 76.8MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 12.9MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 873 samples)
Rank 89548.1%
Min Avg Max
308 Read 414 500
29.1 Write 102 343
58.1 Mixed 131 224
23.8 SusWrite 76.8 181
39.3% 181 MB/s
Min Avg Max
13.2 4K Read 23.3 33.5
14.8 4K Write 51.2 77.1
5.17 4K Mixed 12.2 20.9
78% 28.9 MB/s
Min Avg Max
33.2 DQ Read 111 154
17.6 DQ Write 82.3 212
2.57 DQ Mixed 12.9 61.2
32.4% 68.9 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
111GB free
Firmware: S8FM08.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 349 350 347 353 350 351 MB/s
85.8% Excellent
Read 509
Write 354
Mixed 244
SusWrite 350
81% 364 MB/s
4K Read 25.3
4K Write 102
4K Mixed 23.1
122% 50.1 MB/s
DQ Read 141
DQ Write 221
DQ Mixed 61.5
80% 141 MB/s
76GB free
Firmware: S9FM02.3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 132 118 131 122 126 MB/s
63% Good
Read 455
Write 158
Mixed 217
SusWrite 127
53% 239 MB/s
4K Read 32.5
4K Write 60.7
4K Mixed 20.7
108% 38 MB/s
DQ Read 144
DQ Write 89
DQ Mixed 6.7
34% 79.8 MB/s
50GB free
Firmware: S9FM01.8
SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 74 73 73 68 74 MB/s
53.7% Above average
Read 451
Write 74
Mixed 96.6
SusWrite 72.7
38% 174 MB/s
4K Read 25.2
4K Write 54.5
4K Mixed 15.4
87% 31.7 MB/s
DQ Read 146
DQ Write 114
DQ Mixed 10
40% 90 MB/s
70GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S9FM01.9
SusWrite @10s intervals: 54 60 61 61 56 68 MB/s
45.2% Average
Read 423
Write 64
Mixed 130
SusWrite 59.9
37% 169 MB/s
4K Read 19.5
4K Write 52.2
4K Mixed 11
71% 27.6 MB/s
DQ Read 88.7
DQ Write 90.2
DQ Mixed 6.8
28% 61.9 MB/s
16GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S9FM01.9
SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 58 45 46 63 38 MB/s
42.1% Average
Read 370
Write 67.6
Mixed 65.2
SusWrite 48.5
30% 138 MB/s
4K Read 23.2
4K Write 50.7
4K Mixed 8.6
73% 27.5 MB/s
DQ Read 110
DQ Write 53.8
DQ Mixed 6.1
25% 56.5 MB/s
34GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S9FM01.7
SusWrite @10s intervals: 48 26 42 41 34 36 MB/s
31.5% Below average
Read 302
Write 38.1
Mixed 102
SusWrite 37.9
26% 120 MB/s
4K Read 26.7
4K Write 11.1
4K Mixed 1.6
48% 13.1 MB/s
DQ Read 117
DQ Write 67.4
DQ Mixed 10.1
30% 64.8 MB/s
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Gaming
Gaming 64%
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Desktop
Desktop 86%
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Workstation
Workstation 60%
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Motherboard: MSI B450-A PRO MAX (MS-7B86)

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $80Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples1,683x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD  $155Bench 73%, 179,588 samples424x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD  $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples408x
GPU
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia  $233Bench 71%, 428,800 samples337x
RTX 3060Nvidia  $274Bench 100%, 447,556 samples316x
RTX 2060Nvidia  $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples303x
SSD
C40 120GBGoodramBench 48%, 873 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples397x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples272x
Aegis DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 83%, 37,374 samples189x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 94% - Outstanding Total price: $353

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