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S12 126GB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2014.

Average Bench: 40.8% (944th of 1072)

Based on 116 user benchmarks.  Model: SanDisk SDSSDP12
Poor: 27%Average: 40.8% Great: 51%

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Below average average bench

The Sandisk S12 126GB averaged 59.1% 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. Sequential Read Speed 419MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 13.5MB/s

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Sandisk S12 126GB is 24.1%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Sandisk S12 126GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 13.5MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 31.5MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 116 samples)
Rank 94440.8%
Min Avg Max
313 Read 419 499
32.6 Write 235 321
41.1 Mixed 173 325
24.2 SusWrite 155 360
54.3% 246 MB/s
Min Avg Max
9.12 4K Read 13.5 17.9
2.64 4K Write 11 16.6
4.19 4K Mixed 8.07 12.4
36.6% 10.8 MB/s
Min Avg Max
14.1 DQ Read 31.5 38.4
5.65 DQ Write 13.5 19
4.7 DQ Mixed 11.3 19.4
11.3% 18.7 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
112GB free
Firmware: 3.2.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 350 338 341 338 339 330 MB/s
59.1% Above average
Read 497
Write 297
Mixed 138
SusWrite 339
71% 318 MB/s
4K Read 19.9
4K Write 18
4K Mixed 13.8
57% 17.2 MB/s
DQ Read 32.2
DQ Write 19.3
DQ Mixed 20
16% 23.8 MB/s
116GB free
Firmware: 3.1.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 345 341 340 317 342 322 MB/s
57.3% Above average
Read 489
Write 344
Mixed 116
SusWrite 334
71% 321 MB/s
4K Read 19.5
4K Write 17.1
4K Mixed 12.1
54% 16.2 MB/s
DQ Read 32.6
DQ Write 18.7
DQ Mixed 18.8
16% 23.4 MB/s
37GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 3.2.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 81 64 60 53 43 MB/s
36.9% Below average
Read 413
Write 288
Mixed 89.6
SusWrite 71.4
48% 216 MB/s
4K Read 17.5
4K Write 12.9
4K Mixed 12.4
49% 14.3 MB/s
DQ Read 32.4
DQ Write 15
DQ Mixed 19.1
15% 22.2 MB/s
6GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 27 47 41 14 MB/s
28.9% Poor
Read 407
Write 102
Mixed 39.7
SusWrite 39.2
32% 147 MB/s
4K Read 8.3
4K Write 12
4K Mixed 8.5
30% 9.6 MB/s
DQ Read 32.9
DQ Write 14
DQ Mixed 18.3
15% 21.7 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,657,231 SSDs tested

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Typical S12 126GB Builds (Compare 1,042 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 44%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 78%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 37%
Jet ski

Motherboard: MSI Z87-G41 PC Mate(MS-7850) - $249

CPU
Core i7-4770KIntel  $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples250x
Core i5-4670KIntel  $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples246x
Core i7-4770Intel  $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples118x
GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples78x
GTX 970Nvidia  $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples74x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel  $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples51x
SSD
S12 126GBSandiskBench 41%, 116 samples1x
RAM
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples19x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples18x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples18x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 103% - Outstanding Total price: $486

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