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Zenith A3 120GB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2014.

Average Bench: 67.8% (702nd of 1072)

Based on 102 user benchmarks.  Model: GeIL ZENITH A3-120GB
Poor: 48%Average: 67.8% Great: 83%

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Above average average bench

The Geil Zenith A3 120GB averaged 32.1% 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. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 95MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 74.2MB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Geil Zenith A3 120GB is 34.5%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Geil Zenith A3 120GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 119MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 139MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 102 samples)
Rank 70267.8%
Min Avg Max
390 Read 471 514
102 Write 139 157
55.2 Mixed 187 224
74.5 SusWrite 119 149
50.2% 229 MB/s
Min Avg Max
17 4K Read 24.7 31.4
31.9 4K Write 74.2 107
11.5 4K Mixed 28.1 40.5
113% 42.3 MB/s
Min Avg Max
24.2 DQ Read 199 277
38.1 DQ Write 114 156
13.6 DQ Mixed 95 159
87.2% 136 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
33GB free (System drive)
Firmware: N1114B
SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 136 141 140 131 140 MB/s
75.7% Very good
Read 505
Write 140
Mixed 199
SusWrite 138
54% 246 MB/s
4K Read 27.4
4K Write 87.7
4K Mixed 35.7
134% 50.3 MB/s
DQ Read 248
DQ Write 18.9
DQ Mixed 148
104% 138 MB/s
12GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 100 71 67 68 63 MB/s
71.6% Very good
Read 464
Write 102
Mixed 114
SusWrite 78.4
41% 190 MB/s
4K Read 27.9
4K Write 71.3
4K Mixed 37.4
128% 45.5 MB/s
DQ Read 276
DQ Write 103
DQ Mixed 82.7
89% 154 MB/s
35GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 141 144 145 143 145 MB/s
68.1% Good
Read 454
Write 143
Mixed 199
SusWrite 142
52% 235 MB/s
4K Read 23.6
4K Write 61
4K Mixed 28.7
105% 37.8 MB/s
DQ Read 257
DQ Write 147
DQ Mixed 153
127% 186 MB/s
112GB free
Firmware: 1.00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 143 143 144 143 143 MB/s
54.6% Above average
Read 372
Write 143
Mixed 181
SusWrite 144
46% 210 MB/s
4K Read 16.2
4K Write 31.1
4K Mixed 24.2
72% 23.8 MB/s
DQ Read 219
DQ Write 144
DQ Mixed 134
113% 166 MB/s
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Typical Zenith A3 120GB Builds (Compare 2,206 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 25%
Raft
Desktop
Desktop 72%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 20%
Surfboard

Motherboard: MSI B85M-E45 (MS-7817) - $107

CPU
Core i5-4460Intel  $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples501x
Core i7-4790Intel  $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples298x
Core i7-4790KIntel  $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples202x
GPU
GTX 960Nvidia  $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples224x
GTX 970Nvidia  $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples199x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples139x
SSD
Zenith A3 120GBGeilBench 68%, 102 samples1x
RAM
Ballistix Sport DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCrucialBench 56%, 44,086 samples95x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 27,462 samples61x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples59x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 54% - Above average Total price: $499

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Intel Core i5-13600K $279Nvidia RTX 4060 $300Crucial MX500 250GB $40
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