KINGSTON 120GB

KINGSTON 120GB
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Effective Speed -51%Effective Speed -51%Average Score -66%Read -15%, Write -61%, 4K Read -29%, 4K Write -17%, Mixed -69%, 4K Mixed -56%, SusWrite -214%Peak Score -35%Read -3%, Write -37%, 4K Read -16%, 4K Write -3%, Mixed -26%, 4K Mixed -34%, SusWrite -128%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -55%DQ Read -18%, DQ Write -13%, DQ Mixed -78%, ADQ Read -67%, ADQ Write -74%, ADQ Mixed -155%, Age -15%, AS-SSD Total -15%

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Average Bench: 65.2% (739^th of 1072)

Based on 834 user benchmarks. Model: KINGSTON

Poor: 39%Average: 65.2% Great: 85%

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The KINGSTON 120GB averaged 34.8% 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. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 102MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 26.7MB/s

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Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the KINGSTON 120GB is 45.8%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the KINGSTON 120GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 94.5MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 212MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 834 samples)

Rank 73965.2%

Min	Avg	Max
293	Read 396	493
96.5	Write 251	355
97.3	Mixed 212	335
47.2	SusWrite 94.5	170
52.8% 238 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
10.4	4K Read 26.7	37.1
15.8	4K Write 75	119
8.43	4K Mixed 28.8	43.5
117% 43.5 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
63.3	DQ Read 195	310
43.3	DQ Write 166	317
11.5	DQ Mixed 102	186
98.1% 155 MB/s

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Gaming 21%

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Desktop 73%

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Workstation 17%

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Motherboard: Asus H110M-K

CPU
Core i5-7400Intel $110Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	1,112x
Core i5-6400Intel $79Bench 61%, 171,457 samples	638x
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	554x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	838x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	468x
HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake)IntelBench 5%, 153,031 samples	366x

SSD
KINGSTON 120GBBench 65%, 834 samples	1x

RAM
HyperX 2133 C14 1x8GBKingstonBench 37%, 30,824 samples	112x
HyperX 2400 C15 1x8GBKingstonBench 40%, 46,352 samples	80x
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	66x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $169

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

KINGSTON 120GB

Average Bench: 65.2% (739^th of 1072)

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KINGSTON 120GB

Average Bench: 65.2% (739th of 1072)

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