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M2 SSD 120GB

M2 SSD 120GB
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Effective Speed -98%Effective Speed -98%Average Score -152%Read -7%, Write -249%, 4K Read -31%, 4K Write -71%, Mixed -116%, 4K Mixed -393%, SusWrite -199%Peak Score -91%Read -1%, Write -174%, 4K Read -15%, 4K Write -70%, Mixed -62%, 4K Mixed -166%, SusWrite -150%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -949%DQ Read -162%, DQ Write -277%, DQ Mixed -1,392%, ADQ Read -258%, ADQ Write -305%, ADQ Mixed -5,042%, Age -25%, AS-SSD Total -135%

Average Bench: 49.7% (890^th of 1072)

Based on 46 user benchmarks. Model: SB M2 SSD

Poor: 38%Average: 49.7% Great: 62%

Popular builds with this SSD

Gigabyte GA-A320M-S2H-CF (1)

Below average average bench

The SB M2 SSD 120GB averaged 50.3% 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 26.3MB/s

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 427MB/s

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Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the SB M2 SSD 120GB is 24.1%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the SB M2 SSD 120GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 5.06MB/s

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 99.3MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 46 samples)

Rank 89049.7%

Min	Avg	Max
289	Read 427	502
18.6	Write 116	177
5.65	Mixed 166	262
44.9	SusWrite 99.3	155
44.2% 202 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
5.9	4K Read 26.3	37.4
10.9	4K Write 51.1	71.9
3.61	4K Mixed 9.14	21.9
78.6% 28.9 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
19.6	DQ Read 91.2	140
31.4	DQ Write 71.4	94.9
0.7	DQ Mixed 5.06	22.2
24.5% 55.9 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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Random 4k

Deep queue 4k

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

USA-User, 3 years ago.

111GB free

Firmware: S9FM02.8

SusWrite @10s intervals: 149 151 153 153 153 150 MB/s

65.9% Good

Write 164

Mixed 210

SusWrite 152

55% 252 MB/s

4K Read 33.1

4K Write 58.9

4K Mixed 21.9

109% 38 MB/s

DQ Read 133

DQ Write 90.9

DQ Mixed 5.7

33% 76.7 MB/s

USA-User, 3 years ago.

53GB free (System drive)

Firmware: S9FM02.8

SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 120 124 101 86 75 MB/s

64% Good

Write 127

Mixed 174

SusWrite 107

49% 224 MB/s

4K Read 34

4K Write 62.2

4K Mixed 21.6

112% 39.3 MB/s

DQ Read 129

DQ Write 87.9

DQ Mixed 12.3

35% 76.5 MB/s

USA-User, 23 months ago.

18GB free

Firmware: S9FM01.9

SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 127 135 139 138 128 MB/s

62.3% Good

Write 156

Mixed 194

SusWrite 127

52% 238 MB/s

4K Read 30.1

4K Write 53.9

4K Mixed 21.5

102% 35.2 MB/s

DQ Read 134

DQ Write 94.9

DQ Mixed 5.6

34% 78.3 MB/s

USA-User, 23 months ago.

18GB free

Firmware: S9FM01.9

SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 138 131 135 126 126 MB/s

58.5% Above average

Write 157

Mixed 204

SusWrite 127

53% 243 MB/s

4K Read 29.6

4K Write 52.5

4K Mixed 20.3

99% 34.1 MB/s

DQ Read 33

DQ Write 57.9

DQ Mixed 22.2

23% 37.7 MB/s

USA-User, 20 months ago.

87GB free

Firmware: S9FM02.8

SusWrite @10s intervals: 152 149 151 147 154 176 MB/s

58.2% Above average

Write 125

Mixed 215

SusWrite 155

49% 223 MB/s

4K Read 25.3

4K Write 54.4

4K Mixed 20.5

93% 33.4 MB/s

DQ Read 128

DQ Write 91

DQ Mixed 10

34% 76.4 MB/s

USA-User, 3 years ago.

44GB free (System drive)

Firmware: S9FM02.8

SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 80 103 76 77 86 MB/s

55% Above average

Write 105

Mixed 121

SusWrite 85.9

41% 189 MB/s

4K Read 30.4

4K Write 61.3

4K Mixed 15.7

99% 35.8 MB/s

DQ Read 85.5

DQ Write 68.4

DQ Mixed 13.8

28% 55.9 MB/s

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Gaming 39%

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Desktop 79%

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Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-A320M-S2H-CF - $70

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $150Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	817x
Ryzen 3 3200GAMD $75Bench 63%, 104,122 samples	783x
Ryzen 3 2200GAMD $104Bench 60%, 181,631 samples	747x

GPU
RX 570AMD $130Bench 45%, 473,685 samples	773x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	447x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	414x

SSD
M2 SSD 120GBSBBench 50%, 46 samples	1x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	259x
DDR4 3000 2x8GBAdataBench 80%, 77,202 samples	197x
TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GBUnknownBench 85%, 99,207 samples	145x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $390

Popular M2 SSD 120GB compatible motherboards:

Gigabyte GA-A320M-S2H-CF (1)

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Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

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M2 SSD 120GB

Average Bench: 49.7% (890^th of 1072)

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M2 SSD 120GB

Average Bench: 49.7% (890th of 1072)

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Average Bench: 49.7% (890^th of 1072)