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Release date ≈ Q1 2018.

Average Bench: 139% (169th of 1072)

Based on 108 user benchmarks.  Model: NE-120
Poor: 84%Average: 139% Great: 179%

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Outstanding average bench

The NE-120 120GB averaged 38.9% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the NE-120 120GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 1,476MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 48.8MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the NE-120 120GB is 95.3%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the NE-120 120GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 199MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 39MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 108 samples)
Rank 169139%
Min Avg Max
682 Read 1,476 1,739
39.3 Write 462 620
60 Mixed 551 903
58.2 SusWrite 199 335
147% 672 MB/s
Min Avg Max
25.5 4K Read 48.8 58.2
17.1 4K Write 116 227
8.44 4K Mixed 25.8 45.6
169% 63.6 MB/s
Min Avg Max
51.9 DQ Read 275 415
30.8 DQ Write 349 616
8.77 DQ Mixed 39 70
105% 221 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
105GB free
Firmware: Q1205A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 216 372 529 550 549 549 MB/s
150% Outstanding
Read 1,849
Write 17
Mixed 328
SusWrite 461
142% 664 MB/s
4K Read 40.3
4K Write 23.1
4K Mixed 29.2
111% 30.9 MB/s
DQ Read 417
DQ Write 212
DQ Mixed 17.2
92% 215 MB/s
73GB free (System drive)
Firmware: R0222B0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 238 103 195 61 66 131 MB/s
127% Outstanding
Read 1,678
Write 142
Mixed 60.8
SusWrite 132
106% 503 MB/s
4K Read 47.8
4K Write 27.3
4K Mixed 19.7
112% 31.6 MB/s
DQ Read 241
DQ Write 620
DQ Mixed 63.5
154% 308 MB/s
9GB free (System drive)
Firmware: Q1205A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 84 336 275 404 581 MB/s
113% Outstanding
Read 1,468
Write 42.8
Mixed 291
SusWrite 305
113% 526 MB/s
4K Read 34.1
4K Write 73.8
4K Mixed 9.1
102% 39 MB/s
DQ Read 295
DQ Write 31.3
DQ Mixed 12.4
47% 113 MB/s
11GB free (System drive)
Firmware: Q1205A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 116 247 48 60 93 MB/s
108% Outstanding
Read 1,490
Write 99.9
Mixed 252
SusWrite 120
104% 490 MB/s
4K Read 37.3
4K Write 70.4
4K Mixed 10.5
107% 39.4 MB/s
DQ Read 241
DQ Write 252
DQ Mixed 12.7
74% 169 MB/s
54GB free (System drive)
Firmware: Q1205A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 37 48 29 38 12 MB/s
93.6% Outstanding
Read 1,321
Write 518
Mixed 639
SusWrite 33.8
137% 628 MB/s
4K Read 29
4K Write 66.1
4K Mixed 25.4
112% 40.2 MB/s
DQ Read 230
DQ Write 2.5
DQ Mixed 24.5
41% 85.6 MB/s
19GB free (System drive)
Firmware: Q1205A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 48 18 14 2.3 44 MB/s
81.1% Excellent
Read 1065
Write 130
Mixed 181
SusWrite 26.8
75% 351 MB/s
4K Read 46
4K Write 25.2
4K Mixed 11.5
98% 27.6 MB/s
DQ Read 401
DQ Write 14.8
DQ Mixed 16.7
60% 144 MB/s
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Gaming 46%
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Desktop 78%
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Workstation 42%
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Motherboard: MSI B350 TOMAHAWK (MS-7A34) - $90

CPU
Ryzen 5 1600AMD  $110Bench 70%, 392,253 samples817x
Ryzen 7 1700AMD  $195Bench 69%, 144,475 samples339x
Ryzen 5 1600XAMD  $125Bench 74%, 140,440 samples269x
GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples326x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples265x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples200x
SSD
NE-120 120GBBench 139%, 108 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples185x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples170x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples71x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 111% - Outstanding Total price: $360

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