Crucial CT120BX100SSD1

BX100 120GB

▲ BX100 120GB
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Effective Speed -8%Effective Speed -8%Average Score -19%Read 18%, Write -74%, 4K Read -12%, 4K Write -9%, Mixed -15%, 4K Mixed -7%, SusWrite -35%Peak Score -28%Read 10%, Write -96%, 4K Read -15%, 4K Write -5%, Mixed -25%, 4K Mixed -6%, SusWrite -57%Value & Sentiment -65%User Rating -4%, Market Share -294%, Price 34%, Value 6%Nice To Haves -23%DQ Read -19%, DQ Write -57%, DQ Mixed -24%, ADQ Read -10%, ADQ Write -40%, ADQ Mixed -18%, Age 13%, AS-SSD Total -26%

Average Bench: 76.2% (550^th of 1071)

Based on 6,931 user benchmarks. Models: CT120BX100SSD1, CT120BX1 00SSD1

Poor: 56%Average: 76.2% Great: 89%

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Good average bench

The Crucial BX100 120GB averaged 23.8% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Crucial BX100 120GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 154MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 34.3MB/s

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Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Crucial BX100 120GB is 32.8%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Crucial BX100 120GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 158MB/s

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 181MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 6,931 samples)

Rank 55076.2%

Min	Avg	Max
375	Read 475	515
169	Write 181	188
127	Mixed 226	246
99.3	SusWrite 158	185
57.4% 260 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
19.5	4K Read 26.3	31
26.1	4K Write 76.4	110
15.6	4K Mixed 34.3	42.6
124% 45.7 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
166	DQ Read 245	263
85.6	DQ Write 171	188
46.1	DQ Mixed 154	174
130% 190 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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Deep queue 4k

The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%

USA-User, 2 days ago.

112GB free

Firmware: MU02

SusWrite @10s intervals: 177 178 179 183 183 183 MB/s

86.7% Excellent

Write 183

Mixed 244

SusWrite 180

62% 280 MB/s

4K Read 29.4

4K Write 94.9

4K Mixed 40.5

147% 54.9 MB/s

DQ Read 262

DQ Write 182

DQ Mixed 172

142% 206 MB/s

NLD-User, 3 days ago.

17GB free (System drive)

Firmware: MU02

SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 112 91 95 94 96 MB/s

84.9% Excellent

Write 185

Mixed 241

SusWrite 107

57% 260 MB/s

4K Read 30.7

4K Write 104

4K Mixed 42.3

156% 59.1 MB/s

DQ Read 262

DQ Write 184

DQ Mixed 170

142% 206 MB/s

DNK-User, 1 day ago.

45GB free (System drive)

Firmware: MU01

SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 180 154 156 157 134 MB/s

77.7% Very good

Write 180

Mixed 241

SusWrite 154

59% 269 MB/s

4K Read 26.8

4K Write 73.4

4K Mixed 35.1

124% 45.1 MB/s

DQ Read 259

DQ Write 182

DQ Mixed 171

141% 204 MB/s

GBR-User, 2 days ago.

63GB free

Firmware: MU01

SusWrite @10s intervals: 172 177 179 177 176 177 MB/s

73.8% Very good

Write 174

Mixed 236

SusWrite 176

56% 254 MB/s

4K Read 24.5

4K Write 68.8

4K Mixed 35.2

119% 42.8 MB/s

DQ Read 224

DQ Write 172

DQ Mixed 149

125% 182 MB/s

SGP-User, 1 day ago.

31GB free (System drive)

Firmware: MU01

SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 155 128 120 123 131 MB/s

62.8% Good

Write 170

Mixed 73.5

SusWrite 134

43% 196 MB/s

4K Read 24.3

4K Write 60.6

4K Mixed 21.3

96% 35.4 MB/s

DQ Read 248

DQ Write 181

DQ Mixed 170

139% 200 MB/s

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Desktop 72%

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Workstation 27%

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Motherboard: MSI B85-G43 GAMING (MS-7816) - $90

CPU
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	212x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	190x
Core i7-4790Intel $207Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	165x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $340Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	187x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	122x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $130Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	100x

SSD
BX100 120GBCrucial $70Bench 76%, 6,931 samples	1x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	58x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	31x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GBKingstonBench 52%, 19,522 samples	22x

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Value: 42% - Average

Total price: $694

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Intel Core i5-13600K $320	Nvidia RTX 3060 $350	Crucial MX500 250GB $34
Intel Core i5-12600K $194	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $420	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $106
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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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Crucial CT120BX100SSD1

BX100 120GB

Average Bench: 76.2% (550^th of 1071)

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BX100 120GB

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