SamsungMZ-77E250B
IntelSSDSC2CT120A3

Controller: Samsung MKX. Memory: Samsung 128 layer TLC V-NAND. Release date: Q1 2021.

Controller: LSI SandForce SF2281. NAND Flash: Intel Synchronous 25nm MLC. Release date: Q1 2012.

Real World Speed
Performance profile from 25,270 user samples
14,082 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 128% 0GB free
Worst Bench: 67% 59GB free (System drive)
Poor: 67% Great: 128%
SPEED RANK: 251st / 1072
11,188 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 80% 27GB free
Worst Bench: 53% 29GB free (System drive)
Poor: 53% Great: 80%
SPEED RANK: 701st / 1072
Effective Speed
Effective SSD Speed
101 % Much faster effective speed.
+49%
67.8 %
Read
Avg. Sequential Read Speed
461 MB/s Faster read speed.
+20%
383 MB/s
Write
Avg. Sequential Write Speed
395 MB/s Hugely faster write speed.
+202%
131 MB/s
4K Read
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed
36.4 MB/s Faster random read.
+26%
28.9 MB/s
4K Write
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed
81.9 MB/s Slightly faster random write.
+6%
77.2 MB/s
Mixed
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed
365 MB/s Hugely faster mixed IO speed.
+101%
182 MB/s
4K Mixed
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed
45.9 MB/s Much faster random mixed IO.
+41%
32.6 MB/s
SusWrite
Avg. Sustained Write Speed
322 MB/s Hugely faster sustained write speed.
+188%
112 MB/s
Read
Peak Sequential Read Speed
514 MB/s Faster peak read speed.
+16%
445 MB/s
Write
Peak Sequential Write Speed
486 MB/s Hugely faster peak write speed.
+228%
148 MB/s
4K Read
Peak 4K Random Read Speed
49.1 MB/s Much faster peak random read.
+39%
35.2 MB/s
4K Write
Peak 4K Random Write Speed
123 MB/s Faster peak random write.
+13%
109 MB/s
Mixed
Peak Sequential Mixed IO Speed
457 MB/s Hugely faster peak mixed IO speed.
+131%
198 MB/s
4K Mixed
Peak 4K Random Mixed IO Speed
66.1 MB/s Much faster peak random mixed IO.
+64%
40.2 MB/s
SusWrite
Peak Sequential Sustained Write 60s Average
396 MB/s Hugely faster peak sustained write speed.
+179%
142 MB/s
Market Share
Based on 75,647,178 SSDs tested
Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days)
0.15 % Insanely higher market share.
+1,400%
0.01 %
Value
Value For Money
31.6 % Hugely better value.
+907%
3.14 %
User Rating
UBM User Rating
57 % Slightly more popular.
+10%
52 %
Price
Price (score)
$31 Hugely cheaper.
+84%
$188
Age
Newest
38 Months Much more recent.
+74%
145 Months
DQ Read
Peak 4K-64Thread Read Speed
389 MB/s Hugely faster peak deep queue read.
+94%
200 MB/s
DQ Write
Peak 4K-64Thread Write Speed
362 MB/s Hugely faster peak deep queue write.
+150%
145 MB/s
AS-SSD Total
AS-SSD Total Score
1291 Pts Hugely stronger server IO.
+87%
691 Pts
DQ Mixed
Peak 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed
372 MB/s Hugely faster peak deep queue mixed IO.
+127%
164 MB/s
ADQ Read
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed
349 MB/s Hugely faster deep queue read.
+90%
184 MB/s
ADQ Write
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed
299 MB/s Hugely faster deep queue write.
+130%
130 MB/s
ADQ Mixed
Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed
280 MB/s Hugely faster deep queue mixed IO.
+96%
143 MB/s
Capacity
Capacity
250GB 120GB
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The Intel 330 is just under two years old and sports a Sandforce 2281 controller coupled with Intel's own 25nm MLC NAND. This combination typically produces a performance profile that struggles with incompressible data and favours reading over writing. With peak and average sequential read/write speeds of 514/138 and 414/122 the Intel 330 is unable to compete in today's market and falls over 50% short of the group leaders which manage peak sequential read/write speeds in the 500/300 MB/s region. Small file 4K peak and average speeds are better and clocked in at 32/89 and 24/63 MB/s which is 10% below the group leaders. Overall the 330 has an effective speed of 370 MB/s which makes it one of the slowest 128GB SSDs I have seen to date. [Feb '14 SSDrivePro]

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