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SATA SSD 3ME3 128GB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2016.

Average Bench: 35.1% (989th of 1072)

Based on 15 user benchmarks.  Model: 2.5" SATA SSD 3ME3
Poor: 30%Average: 35.1% Great: 42%

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Poor average bench

The 2.5" SATA SSD 3ME3 128GB averaged 64.8% 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. Sequential Read Speed 335MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 11MB/s

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the 2.5" SATA SSD 3ME3 128GB is just 11.3%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the 2.5" SATA SSD 3ME3 128GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 29.8MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 4.05MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 15 samples)
Rank 98935.1%
Min Avg Max
287 Read 335 394
91.5 Write 156 238
110 Mixed 153 215
106 SusWrite 153 243
44.2% 199 MB/s
Min Avg Max
6.5 4K Read 11 14.2
4.1 4K Write 27.5 53.4
1.51 4K Mixed 4.05 6.2
36.4% 14.2 MB/s
Min Avg Max
11.5 DQ Read 29.8 38.3
21.9 DQ Write 69.2 130
1.56 DQ Mixed 18.4 25.8
22.9% 39.1 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
110GB free
Firmware: S17411
SusWrite @10s intervals: 234 227 246 246 256 250 MB/s
43% Average
Read 305
Write 238
Mixed 215
SusWrite 243
56% 251 MB/s
4K Read 11.4
4K Write 33.9
4K Mixed 6.2
43% 17.2 MB/s
DQ Read 30.7
DQ Write 130
DQ Mixed 25.8
36% 62.1 MB/s
33GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S21804
SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 137 145 140 143 147 MB/s
41.6% Average
Read 372
Write 143
Mixed 138
SusWrite 138
44% 198 MB/s
4K Read 14.2
4K Write 46.4
4K Mixed 6.2
54% 22.3 MB/s
DQ Read 35.4
DQ Write 94.3
DQ Mixed 22.9
30% 50.9 MB/s
44GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S21804
SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 84 135 143 133 136 MB/s
32.9% Below average
Read 287
Write 91.5
Mixed 148
SusWrite 119
36% 161 MB/s
4K Read 12.5
4K Write 26.7
4K Mixed 6
41% 15.1 MB/s
DQ Read 15.8
DQ Write 92.1
DQ Mixed 24.3
27% 44.1 MB/s
64GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S20326
SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 131 117 114 121 115 MB/s
30.3% Below average
Read 328
Write 134
Mixed 144
SusWrite 117
40% 181 MB/s
4K Read 13.2
4K Write 13.8
4K Mixed 2.7
31% 9.9 MB/s
DQ Read 35.9
DQ Write 28.1
DQ Mixed 22.7
20% 28.9 MB/s
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Gaming
Gaming 96%
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Desktop
Desktop 94%
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Workstation
Workstation 88%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H510M K V2

CPU
Core i5-11400FIntel  $116Bench 94%, 46,609 samples38x
Core i5-10400FIntel  $98Bench 85%, 153,026 samples32x
Core i9-11900KFIntel  $255Bench 104%, 17,778 samples30x
GPU
RTX 3060Nvidia  $279Bench 100%, 447,556 samples29x
RTX 4060Nvidia  $295Bench 122%, 48,534 samples27x
RTX 4070-TiNvidia  $651Bench 240%, 46,082 samples12x
SSD
SATA SSD 3ME3 128GB2.5"Bench 35%, 15 samples1x
RAM
KF3200C16D4/8GX 2x8GBKingstonBench 88%, 58,684 samples12x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples10x
1x16GBUnknownBench 53%, 15,722 samples8x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 95% - Outstanding Total price: $395

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