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Spark 128GB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2016.

Average Bench: 61% (793rd of 1072)

Based on 1,967 user benchmarks.  Model: Patriot Spark
Poor: 29%Average: 61% Great: 81%

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Above average average bench

The Patriot Spark 128GB averaged 38.9% 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 Mixed IO Speed 117MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 26.7MB/s

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Patriot Spark 128GB is 52.5%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Patriot Spark 128GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 72MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 258MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 1,967 samples)
Rank 79361%
Min Avg Max
288 Read 386 492
81.9 Write 272 388
60.2 Mixed 258 341
31.7 SusWrite 72 110
54.9% 247 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.4 4K Read 26.7 36.1
6.97 4K Write 65.5 94.3
0.56 4K Mixed 24.6 34.1
107% 38.9 MB/s
Min Avg Max
54 DQ Read 215 318
14.6 DQ Write 215 325
3.99 DQ Mixed 117 190
115% 182 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
94GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SBFM11.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 174 95 80 81 80 73 MB/s
69.3% Good
Read 299
Write 207
Mixed 240
SusWrite 97.1
47% 211 MB/s
4K Read 31.7
4K Write 86.7
4K Mixed 31.1
134% 49.8 MB/s
DQ Read 223
DQ Write 275
DQ Mixed 176
153% 225 MB/s
79GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SBFM11.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 52 36 35 35 34 MB/s
65.3% Good
Read 308
Write 250
Mixed 237
SusWrite 38.1
46% 208 MB/s
4K Read 32.2
4K Write 88.7
4K Mixed 31.6
136% 50.8 MB/s
DQ Read 232
DQ Write 196
DQ Mixed 49.5
82% 159 MB/s
19GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SBFM10.6
SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.3 79 37 3.3 47 43 MB/s
58.4% Above average
Read 472
Write 228
Mixed 79.1
SusWrite 35.4
44% 204 MB/s
4K Read 29.1
4K Write 57.9
4K Mixed 19.9
100% 35.6 MB/s
DQ Read 288
DQ Write 57.7
DQ Mixed 0.3
45% 115 MB/s
6GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SBFM10.5
SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 2.5 75 9.2 17 19 MB/s
43.2% Average
Read 365
Write 90.8
Mixed 136
SusWrite 26.6
34% 155 MB/s
4K Read 22.6
4K Write 25.9
4K Mixed 15.1
67% 21.2 MB/s
DQ Read 262
DQ Write 44.2
DQ Mixed 68.7
72% 125 MB/s
59GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SBFD00.3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 2 78 1 32 0.9 0.9 MB/s
19.8% Very poor
Read 459
Write 338
Mixed 24.2
SusWrite 19.1
46% 210 MB/s
4K Read 0.1
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.1
1% 0.6 MB/s
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Typical Spark 128GB Builds (Compare 12,034 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 29%
Raft
Desktop
Desktop 79%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 27%
Raft

Motherboard: Asus PRIME A320M-K - $70

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD  $125Bench 73%, 179,588 samples1,461x
Ryzen 3 3200GAMD  $75Bench 63%, 104,122 samples1,304x
Ryzen 3 2200GAMD  $104Bench 60%, 181,631 samples1,006x
GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples949x
RX 570AMD  $130Bench 45%, 473,685 samples734x
GTX 1650Nvidia  $155Bench 43%, 259,091 samples653x
SSD
Spark 128GBPatriotBench 61%, 1,967 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples293x
DDR4 3000 2x8GBAdataBench 80%, 77,202 samples226x
Fury 2666 C16 2x8GBHyperX  $75Bench 82%, 134,977 samples204x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 113% - Outstanding Total price: $294

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