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Release date ≈ Q4 2014.

Average Bench: 65.5% (737th of 1072)

Based on 1,828 user benchmarks.  Model: SSD Smartbuy 120GB
Poor: 37%Average: 65.5% Great: 91%

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Above average average bench

The SSD Smartbuy 120GB averaged 34.4% 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 114MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 25.2MB/s

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the SSD Smartbuy 120GB is 53.5%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the SSD Smartbuy 120GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 119MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 243MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 1,828 samples)
Rank 73765.5%
Min Avg Max
293 Read 420 504
38.7 Write 247 440
40.2 Mixed 243 362
34.2 SusWrite 119 269
57% 257 MB/s
Min Avg Max
8.88 4K Read 25.2 37.6
14.1 4K Write 68.6 98.9
7.34 4K Mixed 25.2 40.6
107% 39.7 MB/s
Min Avg Max
82.9 DQ Read 209 323
34.7 DQ Write 215 357
15 DQ Mixed 114 195
113% 179 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
11GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SAFM01.7
SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 94 114 99 100 97 MB/s
68.3% Good
Read 383
Write 134
Mixed 148
SusWrite 108
42% 193 MB/s
4K Read 30.3
4K Write 31.3
4K Mixed 35.6
108% 32.4 MB/s
DQ Read 325
DQ Write 228
DQ Mixed 150
146% 235 MB/s
46GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SBFM71.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 57 40 45 0.7 119 MB/s
59.2% Above average
Read 347
Write 241
Mixed 275
SusWrite 55
51% 230 MB/s
4K Read 25.3
4K Write 82.2
4K Mixed 21
109% 42.8 MB/s
DQ Read 161
DQ Write 278
DQ Mixed 137
127% 192 MB/s
30GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SBFM71.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 56 122 18 3.8 59 39 MB/s
58.1% Above average
Read 350
Write 114
Mixed 220
SusWrite 49.5
40% 183 MB/s
4K Read 24.3
4K Write 78.3
4K Mixed 21.6
106% 41.4 MB/s
DQ Read 161
DQ Write 271
DQ Mixed 130
123% 187 MB/s
40GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S8FM06.6
SusWrite @10s intervals: 303 300 141 13 16 26 MB/s
56.7% Above average
Read 470
Write 348
Mixed 227
SusWrite 133
65% 294 MB/s
4K Read 17.7
4K Write 42.1
4K Mixed 18
72% 25.9 MB/s
DQ Read 141
DQ Write 213
DQ Mixed 60.1
78% 138 MB/s
22GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S8FM08.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 137 4.8 20 45 2.9 MB/s
54.7% Above average
Read 444
Write 55.3
Mixed 178
SusWrite 41.2
39% 179 MB/s
4K Read 20.1
4K Write 73.2
4K Mixed 20.1
95% 37.8 MB/s
DQ Read 138
DQ Write 133
DQ Mixed 53.8
63% 108 MB/s
28GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SBFM21.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 22 102 11 64 11 MB/s
48.2% Average
Read 400
Write 199
Mixed 190
SusWrite 45
46% 209 MB/s
4K Read 18.7
4K Write 52.8
4K Mixed 12.5
72% 28 MB/s
DQ Read 151
DQ Write 223
DQ Mixed 89
95% 155 MB/s
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Typical Smartbuy 120GB Builds (Compare 5,043 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 23%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 72%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 18%
Surfboard

Motherboard: MSI H81M-P33 (MS-7817) - $73

CPU
Core i5-4460Intel  $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples899x
Core i5-4590Intel  $188Bench 63%, 151,366 samples435x
Core i7-4790Intel  $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples389x
GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples369x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel  $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples297x
GTX 750-TiNvidia  $92Bench 17%, 309,423 samples281x
SSD
Smartbuy 120GBSSDBench 66%, 1,828 samples1x
RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples119x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples90x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 1x8GBKingstonBench 31%, 37,489 samples63x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 80% - Very good Total price: $326

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