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Controller: Intel. Flash Memory: Intel 25nm MLC. Release date: Q1 2011.

Effective Speed 
+32%
Real World Speed
Performance profile from 26,403 user samples
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Best Bench: 76% 442GB free
Worst Bench: 30% 55GB free (System drive)
Poor: 30% Great: 76%
SPEED RANK: 871st / 1074
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Best Bench: 48% 56GB free
Worst Bench: 29% 42GB free (System drive)
Poor: 29% Great: 48%
SPEED RANK: 949th / 1074
Effective Speed
Effective SSD Speed 		53.3 % Much faster effective speed.
+32% 		40.4 %
Average Score 
+49%
Read
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 		349 MB/s Much faster read speed.
+59% 		220 MB/s
Write
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 		302 MB/s Hugely faster write speed.
+138% 		127 MB/s
4K Read
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 		16.1 MB/s 16.7 MB/s +4%
4K Write
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 		72.5 MB/s Hugely faster random write.
+129% 		31.7 MB/s
Mixed
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 		205 MB/s Much faster mixed IO speed.
+53% 		134 MB/s
4K Mixed
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 		12.1 MB/s 18.9 MB/s Much faster random mixed IO.
+56%
SusWrite
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 		139 MB/s Faster sustained write speed.
+23% 		113 MB/s
Peak Score 
+104%
Read
Peak Sequential Read Speed 		460 MB/s Much faster peak read speed.
+79% 		257 MB/s
Write
Peak Sequential Write Speed 		419 MB/s Hugely faster peak write speed.
+210% 		135 MB/s
4K Read
Peak 4K Random Read Speed 		23.6 MB/s Faster peak random read.
+12% 		21 MB/s
4K Write
Peak 4K Random Write Speed 		109 MB/s Hugely faster peak random write.
+162% 		41.6 MB/s
Mixed
Peak Sequential Mixed IO Speed 		381 MB/s Hugely faster peak mixed IO speed.
+165% 		144 MB/s
4K Mixed
Peak 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 		22.8 MB/s 23 MB/s +1%
SusWrite
Peak Sequential Sustained Write 60s Average 		270 MB/s Hugely faster peak sustained write speed.
+100% 		135 MB/s
Value & Sentiment 
+158%
Market Share
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Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days) 		0.01 % 0.01 %
Value
Value For Money 		22.4 % Hugely better value.
+579% 		3.29 %
User Rating
UBM User Rating 		50 % 51 % +2%
Price
Price (score) 		$40 Much cheaper.
+55% 		$89
Nice To Haves 
+48%
Age
Newest 		96+ Months Much more recent.
+40% 		159 Months
DQ Read
Peak 4K-64Thread Read Speed 		209 MB/s Much faster peak deep queue read.
+50% 		139 MB/s
DQ Write
Peak 4K-64Thread Write Speed 		308 MB/s Hugely faster peak deep queue write.
+237% 		91.3 MB/s
AS-SSD Total
AS-SSD Total Score 		887 Pts Hugely stronger server IO.
+106% 		429 Pts
DQ Mixed
Peak 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 		34.6 MB/s 70.1 MB/s Hugely faster peak deep queue mixed IO.
+103%
ADQ Read
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 		163 MB/s Much faster deep queue read.
+37% 		119 MB/s
ADQ Write
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 		218 MB/s Hugely faster deep queue write.
+217% 		68.8 MB/s
ADQ Mixed
Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 		18.9 MB/s 57.2 MB/s Hugely faster deep queue mixed IO.
+203%
Specifications 
Capacity
Capacity 		480GB 120GB
Conclusion 
Average Bench 53.3%
Average Bench 40.4%
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Slower than my SATA disk...no more this drive [Jul '19 jurabike]

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The Intel 320 SSD uses a proprietary Intel controller which predates Intel's adoption of Sandforce controllers for their consumer SSDs. The 320 is nearly three years old and consequently has a particularly poor performance profile. With peak and average sequential read/write speeds of 260/135 and 208/107 MB/s the 120GB Intel 320 is about half as fast as the current group leaders. Peak small file 4K read/write speeds clock in at 19/37 MB/s, again around half as fast as the current group leaders. Overall the 120GB Intel 320 has an effective speed of 214 MB/s. Although these speeds are only around half as fast as current SSDs, they are still twice as fast sequentially and 15x faster than the fastest mechanical drives. [Feb '14 SSDrivePro]

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