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Patriot PT120GS25SSDR

Torch 120GB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2015.

Average Bench: 45.3% (916th of 1072)

Based on 147 user benchmarks.  Model: Patriot Torch
Poor: 34%Average: 45.3% Great: 62%

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Below average average bench

The Patriot Torch 120GB averaged 54.6% 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 24MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 389MB/s

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Patriot Torch 120GB is 27.9%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Patriot Torch 120GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 6.87MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 76.2MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 147 samples)
Rank 91645.3%
Min Avg Max
302 Read 389 493
30.3 Write 91.7 162
69.9 Mixed 136 209
34.3 SusWrite 76.2 142
37.7% 173 MB/s
Min Avg Max
14.4 4K Read 24 32.4
20.8 4K Write 47.4 69.7
3.1 4K Mixed 10.2 20.8
74.5% 27.2 MB/s
Min Avg Max
22.4 DQ Read 90.2 143
17.3 DQ Write 66.1 102
1.59 DQ Mixed 6.87 12.3
24.5% 54.4 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
68GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S9FM02.8
SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 119 135 135 136 139 MB/s
62.2% Good
Read 442
Write 156
Mixed 208
SusWrite 126
51% 233 MB/s
4K Read 33.5
4K Write 64
4K Mixed 21.2
112% 39.6 MB/s
DQ Read 89.2
DQ Write 82.3
DQ Mixed 7.5
27% 59.7 MB/s
111GB free
Firmware: S9FM02.3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 143 145 150 145 145 MB/s
58.4% Above average
Read 394
Write 146
Mixed 194
SusWrite 144
48% 219 MB/s
4K Read 28.1
4K Write 54
4K Mixed 20
97% 34 MB/s
DQ Read 138
DQ Write 88.1
DQ Mixed 12.7
36% 79.7 MB/s
100GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S9FM02.3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 120 133 136 140 147 MB/s
50.9% Above average
Read 382
Write 118
Mixed 182
SusWrite 133
45% 204 MB/s
4K Read 22.9
4K Write 41.2
4K Mixed 15
76% 26.4 MB/s
DQ Read 139
DQ Write 88.6
DQ Mixed 15
38% 80.9 MB/s
39GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S9FM02.3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 40 73 68 53 93 MB/s
35.9% Below average
Read 325
Write 31.2
Mixed 46
SusWrite 65.2
25% 117 MB/s
4K Read 15.2
4K Write 30.2
4K Mixed 9.7
51% 18.4 MB/s
DQ Read 115
DQ Write 51.8
DQ Mixed 9.4
27% 58.9 MB/s
47GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S9FM02.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 28 34 43 26 39 59 MB/s
35.8% Below average
Read 345
Write 55.7
Mixed 87.8
SusWrite 38
28% 132 MB/s
4K Read 17.8
4K Write 34.9
4K Mixed 8.5
56% 20.4 MB/s
DQ Read 98
DQ Write 53.3
DQ Mixed 13.3
27% 54.9 MB/s
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Gaming 20%
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Desktop
Desktop 63%
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Workstation 15%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P - $248

CPU
FX-6300AMD  $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples196x
FX-8350AMD  $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples161x
FX-8320AMD  $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples117x
GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples47x
GTX 960Nvidia  $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples41x
RX 570AMD  $130Bench 45%, 473,685 samples29x
SSD
Torch 120GBPatriot  $40Bench 45%, 147 samples1x
RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 43%, 4,751 samples20x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 46%, 10,715 samples17x
F3 DDR3 1866 C9 2x4GBG.SKILLBench 41%, 3,080 samples11x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 78% - Very good Total price: $394

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