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SMSM151S3128GD 128GB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2015.

Average Bench: 45.3% (916th of 1072)

Based on 1,082 user benchmarks.  Model: KINGSTON SMSM151S3128GD
Poor: 31%Average: 45.3% Great: 59%

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Below average average bench

The Kingston SMSM151S3128GD 128GB averaged 54.7% 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 Random Read Speed 23MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 414MB/s

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Kingston SMSM151S3128GD 128GB is 27.7%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Kingston SMSM151S3128GD 128GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 7.87MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 70.5MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 1,082 samples)
Rank 91645.3%
Min Avg Max
306 Read 414 468
47.8 Write 95.1 143
60.5 Mixed 133 197
27.1 SusWrite 70.5 128
38.7% 178 MB/s
Min Avg Max
6.28 4K Read 23 30.4
18.2 4K Write 42.3 55
5.47 4K Mixed 11.6 19.8
72.1% 25.6 MB/s
Min Avg Max
34.1 DQ Read 100 129
7.9 DQ Write 56.9 89.2
2.8 DQ Mixed 7.87 13.7
24.8% 55 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
74GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S9FM01.8
SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 125 127 120 114 107 MB/s
58.1% Above average
Read 472
Write 153
Mixed 223
SusWrite 119
53% 242 MB/s
4K Read 27.2
4K Write 46.8
4K Mixed 19.7
91% 31.2 MB/s
DQ Read 124
DQ Write 88.6
DQ Mixed 7.5
32% 73.2 MB/s
45GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S9FM01.8
SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 99 107 100 90 89 MB/s
49.8% Average
Read 455
Write 105
Mixed 138
SusWrite 98
43% 199 MB/s
4K Read 23
4K Write 43
4K Mixed 12.8
74% 26.3 MB/s
DQ Read 119
DQ Write 60.5
DQ Mixed 10.5
29% 63.3 MB/s
94GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S9FM01.8
SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 103 111 88 102 117 MB/s
47.6% Average
Read 438
Write 119
Mixed 137
SusWrite 103
44% 199 MB/s
4K Read 20.7
4K Write 32.8
4K Mixed 15.9
69% 23.1 MB/s
DQ Read 52.8
DQ Write 82.2
DQ Mixed 8
23% 47.7 MB/s
18GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S9FM01.8
SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 53 29 41 29 40 MB/s
34.2% Below average
Read 380
Write 49.5
Mixed 67.6
SusWrite 44.4
29% 135 MB/s
4K Read 9.4
4K Write 35.1
4K Mixed 6.8
42% 17.1 MB/s
DQ Read 100
DQ Write 87.3
DQ Mixed 10.3
30% 65.9 MB/s
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Gaming 7%
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Desktop 55%
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Workstation 7%
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System: Asus G551JW

CPU
Core i7-4720HQIntelBench 58%, 80,960 samples537x
Core i7-4750HQIntelBench 63%, 5,497 samples75x
Core i5-4200HIntelBench 57%, 11,882 samples32x
GPU
HD 4600 (Mobile 1.15 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 258,091 samples363x
GTX 960MNvidiaBench 16%, 73,363 samples236x
Iris Pro HD 5200 (V2 Mobile 1.2 GHz)IntelBench 6%, 5,483 samples47x
SSD
SMSM151S3128GD 128GBKingstonBench 45%, 1,082 samples63x
RAM
M471B1G73DB0-YK0 2x8GBSamsungBench 53%, 30,591 samples177x
HMT41GS6BFR8A-PB 2x8GBHynixBench 52%, 34,976 samples123x
HMT41GS6BFR8A-PB 1x8GBHynixBench 28%, 77,702 samples90x
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