Intel SSDSA2CW160G3

320 Series 160GB

320 Series 160GB
BENCHMARKS (13,029)
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Effective Speed -136%Effective Speed -136%Average Score -137%Read -105%, Write -163%, 4K Read -111%, 4K Write -189%, Mixed -139%, 4K Mixed -138%, SusWrite -113%Peak Score -146%Read -96%, Write -187%, 4K Read -106%, 4K Write -198%, Mixed -160%, 4K Mixed -144%, SusWrite -130%Value & Sentiment -582%User Rating -14%, Market Share -1,700%, Price -59%, Value -557%Nice To Haves -232%DQ Read -162%, DQ Write -291%, DQ Mixed -360%, ADQ Read -170%, ADQ Write -317%, ADQ Mixed -337%, Age -32%, AS-SSD Total -185%

Average Bench: 41.8% (936^th of 1072)

Based on 13,029 user benchmarks. Models: INTEL SSDSA2CW160G3, INTEL SSDSA2BW160G3L, INTEL SS DSA2BW160G3H, INTEL SSDSA2BW160G3, INTEL SSDSA2BW160G3H, INTEL SSDSA2BW16, INTEL SSDSA2CW16, INTEL SSDSA2BW160G3A, INTEL SS DSA2BW160G3L

Poor: 30%Average: 41.8% Great: 51%

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Below average average bench

The Intel 320 Series 160GB averaged 58.2% 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-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 59.5MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 16.3MB/s

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Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Intel 320 Series 160GB is 21%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Intel 320 Series 160GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 69.3MB/s

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 139MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 13,029 samples)

Rank 93641.8%

Min	Avg	Max
149	Read 223	258
109	Write 154	169
113	Mixed 150	163
93.2	SusWrite 139	168
37.2% 166 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
8.9	4K Read 16.3	20.9
16.9	4K Write 30.3	41.1
11.3	4K Mixed 18.9	23.9
64.9% 21.8 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
19.4	DQ Read 121	140
42.4	DQ Write 69.3	91.7
22.5	DQ Mixed 59.5	72
53.9% 83.4 MB/s

User Benchmarks

Bench

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Random 4k

Deep queue 4k

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

TTO-User, 5 days ago.

111GB free

Firmware: 4PC10401

SusWrite @10s intervals: 170 170 168 161 160 163 MB/s

50.6% Above average

Write 169

Mixed 164

SusWrite 165

42% 189 MB/s

4K Read 20.4

4K Write 39

4K Mixed 23.5

82% 27.6 MB/s

DQ Read 135

DQ Write 83.6

DQ Mixed 63.2

60% 94.1 MB/s

USA-User, 1 day ago.

111GB free

Firmware: 4PC10362

SusWrite @10s intervals: 160 167 168 168 167 165 MB/s

47.8% Average

Write 164

Mixed 154

SusWrite 166

40% 181 MB/s

4K Read 19

4K Write 34.4

4K Mixed 21.9

75% 25.1 MB/s

DQ Read 138

DQ Write 73.3

DQ Mixed 65.2

59% 92.2 MB/s

USA-User, 1 day ago.

111GB free

Firmware: 4PC10362

SusWrite @10s intervals: 156 157 160 157 157 156 MB/s

47.8% Average

Write 158

Mixed 156

SusWrite 157

40% 178 MB/s

4K Read 19.2

4K Write 35.6

4K Mixed 21.9

76% 25.6 MB/s

DQ Read 138

DQ Write 87.6

DQ Mixed 72.1

65% 99.2 MB/s

DNK-User, 13 days ago.

32GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 4PC1LE04

SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 148 148 146 148 137 MB/s

46.6% Average

Write 161

Mixed 157

SusWrite 140

39% 175 MB/s

4K Read 16.6

4K Write 36.8

4K Mixed 23.6

75% 25.7 MB/s

DQ Read 130

DQ Write 86.8

DQ Mixed 69.6

62% 95.4 MB/s

USA-User, 6 days ago.

11GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 4PC10362

SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 113 94 112 101 95 MB/s

45.7% Average

Write 161

Mixed 160

SusWrite 108

38% 170 MB/s

4K Read 19.4

4K Write 35.4

4K Mixed 23

78% 25.9 MB/s

DQ Read 138

DQ Write 82.3

DQ Mixed 70

63% 96.9 MB/s

CAN-User, 14 days ago.

48GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 4PC1LE04

SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 140 132 124 139 125 MB/s

44.2% Average

Write 140

Mixed 161

SusWrite 134

35% 155 MB/s

4K Read 20.8

4K Write 35.4

4K Mixed 21.5

78% 25.9 MB/s

DQ Read 132

DQ Write 71.1

DQ Mixed 66.8

59% 90 MB/s

USA-User, 6 days ago.

15GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 4PC10362

SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 102 94 80 102 80 MB/s

42.4% Average

Write 158

Mixed 154

SusWrite 93.4

36% 163 MB/s

4K Read 18.3

4K Write 32.1

4K Mixed 21.4

72% 23.9 MB/s

DQ Read 132

DQ Write 65.1

DQ Mixed 58.8

54% 85.5 MB/s

FIN-User, 5 days ago.

50GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 4PC1LE05

SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 109 119 119 93 105 MB/s

37.7% Below average

Write 151

Mixed 156

SusWrite 111

37% 165 MB/s

4K Read 12.4

4K Write 25

4K Mixed 16.7

53% 18 MB/s

DQ Read 132

DQ Write 68.4

DQ Mixed 63.9

57% 88 MB/s

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Gaming 5%

Tree trunk

Desktop 47%

Yacht

Workstation 5%

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System: HP EliteBook 8460p

CPU
Core i5-2520MIntel $34Bench 48%, 45,308 samples	521x
Core i5-2540MIntel $315Bench 52%, 16,964 samples	256x
Core i7-2620MIntelBench 52%, 16,111 samples	112x

GPU
HD 3000 (Mobile V2 1.3 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 110,588 samples	813x
Radeon HD 6470MAMDBench 2%, 4,805 samples	122x
HD 3000 (Mobile V1 1.1/1.2 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 209,058 samples	61x

SSD
320 Series 160GBIntel $149Bench 42%, 13,029 samples	25x

RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	452x
1x4GBUnknownBench 28%, 154,807 samples	212x
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	120x

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Value: 18% - Very poor

Total price: $183

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Controller: Intel. Flash Memory: Intel 25nm MLC

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Really fast SSD for it's time. Still really fast now!

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

Intel SSDSA2CW160G3

320 Series 160GB

Average Bench: 41.8% (936^th of 1072)

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Intel SSDSA2CW160G3

320 Series 160GB

Average Bench: 41.8% (936th of 1072)

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