MGS120GB 120GB

MGS120GB 120GB
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Effective Speed -73%Effective Speed -73%Average Score -76%Read -9%, Write -15%, 4K Read -51%, 4K Write -55%, Mixed -45%, 4K Mixed -288%, SusWrite -70%Peak Score -25%Read -2%, Write -10%, 4K Read -34%, 4K Write -17%, Mixed -2%, 4K Mixed -117%, SusWrite 8%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -266%DQ Read -78%, DQ Write -7%, DQ Mixed -685%, ADQ Read -189%, ADQ Write -39%, ADQ Mixed -1,201%, Age 106%, AS-SSD Total -34%

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Average Bench: 56.9% (832^nd of 1072)

Based on 15 user benchmarks. Model: MGS120GB

Poor: 39%Average: 56.9% Great: 85%

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Average average bench

The MGS120GB 120GB averaged 43.1% 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 22.7MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 208MB/s

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Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the MGS120GB 120GB is 46.2%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the MGS120GB 120GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 20MB/s

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 174MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 15 samples)

Rank 83256.9%

Min	Avg	Max
322	Read 420	497
166	Write 351	440
23.6	Mixed 247	413
55.9	SusWrite 174	418
66.5% 298 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
8.8	4K Read 22.7	32
7.5	4K Write 56.5	105
0.3	4K Mixed 11.6	26.9
79.1% 30.2 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
65.8	DQ Read 113	206
44.4	DQ Write 208	335
1	DQ Mixed 20	42.2
55% 114 MB/s

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

BRA-User, 20 months ago.

112GB free

Firmware: S1022A0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 426 422 422 350 326 341 MB/s

83.1% Excellent

Write 440

Mixed 48.7

SusWrite 381

76% 342 MB/s

4K Read 24.4

4K Write 95.7

4K Mixed 11.9

103% 44 MB/s

DQ Read 155

DQ Write 330

DQ Mixed 1.2

70% 162 MB/s

BRA-User, 8 months ago.

40GB free (System drive)

Firmware: S1022A0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 264 276 328 83 63 50 MB/s

50.4% Above average

Write 313

Mixed 308

SusWrite 177

67% 299 MB/s

4K Read 13.7

4K Write 24.8

4K Mixed 14.2

52% 17.6 MB/s

DQ Read 156

DQ Write 192

DQ Mixed 37.6

66% 128 MB/s

BRA-User, 10 months ago.

37GB free (System drive)

Firmware: S0628A0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 307 79 37 30 32 34 MB/s

38.6% Below average

Write 354

Mixed 325

SusWrite 86.2

66% 298 MB/s

4K Read 22.9

4K Write 19

4K Mixed 0.5

45% 14.1 MB/s

DQ Read 70.7

DQ Write 119

DQ Mixed 1.1

27% 63.6 MB/s

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Gaming 5%

Tree trunk

Desktop 61%

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Workstation 5%

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Motherboard: Asrock H61M-HVS - $64

CPU
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	52x
Core i5-3570IntelBench 65%, 104,858 samples	43x
Core i7-2600Intel $187Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	32x

GPU
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 150,891 samples	72x
HD 2500 (Desktop 1.05 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 146,665 samples	36x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	32x

SSD
MGS120GB 120GBBench 57%, 15 samples	1x

RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	17x
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples	12x
1x4GBUnknownBench 28%, 154,807 samples	11x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $361

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Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
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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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

MGS120GB 120GB

Average Bench: 56.9% (832^nd of 1072)

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