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Best Bench: 79% 60GB free (System drive)
Worst Bench: 51% 82GB free

Poor: 51% Great: 79%

SPEED RANK: 709^th / 1072

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Best Bench: 74% 14GB free
Worst Bench: 46% 11GB free (System drive)

Poor: 46% Great: 74%

SPEED RANK: 778^th / 1072


Effective Speed Effective SSD Speed		67.4 %	Slightly faster effective speed. +9%		62 %


Read Avg. Sequential Read Speed	376 MB/s		386 MB/s	+3%
Write Avg. Sequential Write Speed	130 MB/s	Much faster write speed. +64%	79.1 MB/s
4K Read Avg. 4K Random Read Speed	29.7 MB/s		29.8 MB/s	+0%
4K Write Avg. 4K Random Write Speed	75.2 MB/s	Faster random write. +14%	65.7 MB/s
Mixed Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed	178 MB/s	Much faster mixed IO speed. +41%	126 MB/s
4K Mixed Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed	32.4 MB/s		33.1 MB/s	+2%
SusWrite Avg. Sustained Write Speed	113 MB/s	Much faster sustained write speed. +53%	73.9 MB/s


Read Peak Sequential Read Speed	424 MB/s		439 MB/s	+4%
Write Peak Sequential Write Speed	145 MB/s	Much faster peak write speed. +59%	91.2 MB/s
4K Read Peak 4K Random Read Speed	36.3 MB/s		38.3 MB/s	Slightly faster peak random read. +6%
4K Write Peak 4K Random Write Speed	104 MB/s	Faster peak random write. +25%	83.2 MB/s
Mixed Peak Sequential Mixed IO Speed	196 MB/s	Much faster peak mixed IO speed. +39%	141 MB/s
4K Mixed Peak 4K Random Mixed IO Speed	40.6 MB/s		42 MB/s	+3%
SusWrite Peak Sequential Sustained Write 60s Average	127 MB/s	Much faster peak sustained write speed. +45%	87.7 MB/s

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Market Share Market Share (trailing 30 days)		0.02 %	Insanely higher market share. +∞%		0 %
User Rating UBM User Rating		53 %	Slightly more popular. +6%		50 %


Age Newest	128 Months		121+ Months	Slightly more recent. +5%
DQ Read Peak 4K-64Thread Read Speed	205 MB/s	Much faster peak deep queue read. +59%	129 MB/s
DQ Write Peak 4K-64Thread Write Speed	143 MB/s	Much faster peak deep queue write. +65%	86.6 MB/s
AS-SSD Total AS-SSD Total Score	691 Pts	Much stronger server IO. +39%	497 Pts
DQ Mixed Peak 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed	128 MB/s	Faster peak deep queue mixed IO. +23%	104 MB/s
ADQ Read Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed	187 MB/s	Much faster deep queue read. +58%	118 MB/s
ADQ Write Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed	124 MB/s	Much faster deep queue write. +58%	78.7 MB/s
ADQ Mixed Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed	107 MB/s	Faster deep queue mixed IO. +14%	93.7 MB/s


Capacity Capacity			120GB			60GB

At just 5 months old the Intel 530 Series SSD is the newest SSD in the group test. Unfortunately the 530 uses the same basic formula we have seen going back two and a half years. Sporting a Sandforce 2281 controller coupled with 20nm NAND flash the performance profile struggles with incompressible data and predictably favours reads over writes as with all the other Sandforce 2281 drives we have seen. With peak and average sequential read/write speeds of 498/154 and 454/131 MB/s the 120GB Intel 530 lags the group leaders by 50%. Small file 4K peak and average performance clocked in at 34/101 and 26/76 MB/s which is slightly above average for a leading 120GB SSD. There are faster and cheaper alternatives available in the group test. ^{[Feb '14 SSDrivePro]}

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