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Release date ≈ Q2 2014.

Average Bench: 29.6% (1017th of 1072)

Based on 544 user benchmarks.  Model: SSD
Poor: 20%Average: 29.6% Great: 37%

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Very poor average bench

The SSD 20GB averaged 70.3% 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 12.8MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 224MB/s

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the SSD 20GB is just 17.1%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the SSD 20GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 8.93MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 61.5MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 544 samples)
Rank 101729.6%
Min Avg Max
174 Read 224 253
42.5 Write 122 188
51.5 Mixed 152 210
30.6 SusWrite 61.5 74.2
31.1% 140 MB/s
Min Avg Max
7.53 4K Read 12.8 18.1
12.1 4K Write 26.6 39.8
1.72 4K Mixed 6.98 12.7
42.4% 15.5 MB/s
Min Avg Max
13.6 DQ Read 57.9 72.2
18.4 DQ Write 37.1 48.9
2.33 DQ Mixed 8.93 16.3
17.1% 34.6 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
19GB free
Firmware: S5FAM018
SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 67 71 87 71 66 MB/s
32% Below average
Read 224
Write 140
Mixed 161
SusWrite 71.2
33% 149 MB/s
4K Read 14.7
4K Write 30
4K Mixed 11.8
53% 18.8 MB/s
DQ Read 70.5
DQ Write 48.7
DQ Mixed 16.1
24% 45.1 MB/s
19GB free
Firmware: S5FAM018
SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 63 65 65 67 65 MB/s
28.8% Poor
Read 209
Write 127
Mixed 166
SusWrite 65.7
32% 142 MB/s
4K Read 12.5
4K Write 23.2
4K Mixed 11.1
45% 15.6 MB/s
DQ Read 71.7
DQ Write 48.4
DQ Mixed 16
24% 45.4 MB/s
19GB free
Firmware: S5FAM014
SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 66 67 67 66 66 MB/s
28.7% Poor
Read 226
Write 102
Mixed 149
SusWrite 66.3
30% 136 MB/s
4K Read 12.6
4K Write 22.9
4K Mixed 10.2
44% 15.2 MB/s
DQ Read 70.8
DQ Write 31.4
DQ Mixed 10.5
18% 37.6 MB/s
19GB free
Firmware: S5FA
SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 63 64 63 64 65 MB/s
28.6% Poor
Read 226
Write 84.3
Mixed 146
SusWrite 64.2
29% 130 MB/s
4K Read 14.3
4K Write 29.9
4K Mixed 7.1
47% 17.1 MB/s
DQ Read 70.5
DQ Write 25.8
DQ Mixed 7.9
16% 34.7 MB/s
19GB free
Firmware: S5FAM011
SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 61 62 61 61 61 MB/s
28.1% Poor
Read 238
Write 89.9
Mixed 130
SusWrite 61.3
29% 130 MB/s
4K Read 13.6
4K Write 27.6
4K Mixed 6.7
44% 16 MB/s
DQ Read 68
DQ Write 26.3
DQ Mixed 7.5
16% 33.9 MB/s
19GB free
Firmware: S5FAM014
SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 66 65 65 66 66 MB/s
25.8% Poor
Read 204
Write 102
Mixed 142
SusWrite 64.7
28% 128 MB/s
4K Read 12.1
4K Write 20
4K Mixed 7.6
39% 13.2 MB/s
DQ Read 70.9
DQ Write 31.4
DQ Mixed 13.8
20% 38.7 MB/s
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Gaming 2%
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Desktop 46%
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Workstation 2%
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System: Acer Aspire S3-391

CPU
Core i5-3317UIntel  $225Bench 47%, 26,848 samples29x
Core i3-2377MIntelBench 44%, 962 samples14x
Core i3-3217UIntelBench 43%, 28,188 samples11x
GPU
HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 409,110 samples60x
HD 3000 (Mobile V1 1.1/1.2 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 209,058 samples26x
SSD
SSD 20GBBench 30%, 544 samples6x
RAM
1x4GBUnknownBench 28%, 154,807 samples60x
1x4GBElpidaBench 28%, 3,874 samples26x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 50% - Above average Total price: $225

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