Intel SSDSA2CW160G3

320 Series 160GB

320 Series 160GB
BENCHMARKS (11,326)
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Effective Speed -138%Effective Speed -138%Average Score -139%Read -109%, Write -161%, 4K Read -116%, 4K Write -187%, Mixed -143%, 4K Mixed -142%, SusWrite -113%Peak Score -145%Read -98%, Write -189%, 4K Read -104%, 4K Write -192%, Mixed -160%, 4K Mixed -143%, SusWrite -129%Value & Sentiment -869%User Rating -13%, Market Share -2,978%, Price -25%, Value -459%Nice To Haves -236%DQ Read -163%, DQ Write -287%, DQ Mixed -359%, ADQ Read -179%, ADQ Write -319%, ADQ Mixed -347%, Age -49%, AS-SSD Total -184%

Average Bench: 41.5% (923^rd of 1058)

Based on 11,326 user benchmarks. Models: INTEL SSDSA2CW160G3, INTEL SSDSA2BW160G3L, INTEL SS DSA2BW160G3H, INTEL SSDSA2BW160G3, INTEL SSDSA2BW160G3H, INTEL SSDSA2BW16, INTEL SSDSA2CW16, INTEL SSDSA2BW160G3A, INTEL SS DSA2BW160G3L

Poor: 29%Average: 41.5% Great: 51%

Popular builds with this SSD

Below average average bench

The Intel 320 Series 160GB averaged 58.5% 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 58.2MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 16MB/s

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Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Intel 320 Series 160GB is 21.1%. 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 68.4MB/s

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 139MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 11,326 samples)

Rank 92341.5%

Min	Avg	Max
144	Read 222	256
119	Write 156	168
116	Mixed 149	163
80.7	SusWrite 139	168
37.2% 166 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
8.53	4K Read 16	21
17.5	4K Write 30.5	41.2
11.5	4K Mixed 18.8	23.9
64.5% 21.8 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
18.6	DQ Read 116	140
40.9	DQ Write 68.4	92.6
21.7	DQ Mixed 58.2	72
52.5% 80.9 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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Random 4k

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

MYS-User, 1 day ago.

110GB free

Firmware: 4PC10362

SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 161 156 160 162 159 MB/s

44.3% Average

Write 154

Mixed 153

SusWrite 159

38% 172 MB/s

4K Read 15

4K Write 34.9

4K Mixed 20.5

68% 23.5 MB/s

DQ Read 138

DQ Write 73.7

DQ Mixed 66.5

60% 92.6 MB/s

PAK-User, 2 days ago.

57GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 4PC10365

SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 157 168 167 158 140 MB/s

43.7% Average

Write 153

Mixed 152

SusWrite 158

37% 167 MB/s

4K Read 16.7

4K Write 25.8

4K Mixed 22.5

68% 21.7 MB/s

DQ Read 132

DQ Write 69.2

DQ Mixed 66.1

58% 89 MB/s

IND-User, 1 day ago.

143GB free

Firmware: 4PC10362

SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 146 140 162 167 162 MB/s

38.6% Below average

Write 138

Mixed 127

SusWrite 150

34% 151 MB/s

4K Read 13.6

4K Write 26.2

4K Mixed 16.6

56% 18.8 MB/s

DQ Read 138

DQ Write 67.1

DQ Mixed 63.6

58% 89.6 MB/s

NLD-User, 2 days ago.

91GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 4PC10365

SusWrite @10s intervals: 160 162 156 157 158 159 MB/s

38% Below average

Write 156

Mixed 133

SusWrite 158

36% 161 MB/s

4K Read 15.2

4K Write 26.7

4K Mixed 18.8

61% 20.2 MB/s

DQ Read 18.4

DQ Write 42.5

DQ Mixed 22.5

19% 27.8 MB/s

USA-User, 2 days ago.

100GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 4PC10362

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

36.3% Below average

Write 163

Mixed 153

SusWrite 158

39% 175 MB/s

4K Read 11.3

4K Write 16

4K Mixed 12.8

42% 13.4 MB/s

DQ Read 138

DQ Write 65.2

DQ Mixed 59.6

55% 87.5 MB/s

GBR-User, 2 days ago.

58GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 4PC10302

SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 148 136 131 139 146 MB/s

35% Below average

Write 106

Mixed 132

SusWrite 139

30% 132 MB/s

4K Read 16.5

4K Write 25.5

4K Mixed 18.2

62% 20.1 MB/s

DQ Read 18.4

DQ Write 39.2

DQ Mixed 21.7

18% 26.4 MB/s

USA-User, 22 hrs ago.

38GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 4PC10365

SusWrite @10s intervals: 43 71 101 103 89 91 MB/s

33.2% Below average

Write 143

Mixed 122

SusWrite 83.1

30% 134 MB/s

4K Read 15.3

4K Write 28.9

4K Mixed 18.2

62% 20.8 MB/s

DQ Read 19.9

DQ Write 44.1

DQ Mixed 23.3

20% 29.1 MB/s

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Typical 320 Series 160GB Builds (Compare 2,291 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.

Gaming 5%

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Desktop 51%

Yacht

Workstation 5%

Tree trunk

System: HP EliteBook 8460p

CPU
Core i5-2520MIntel $93Bench 53%, 44,570 samples	1,174x
Core i5-2540MIntel $315Bench 54%, 14,955 samples	466x
Core i7-2620MIntelBench 54%, 14,148 samples	311x

GPU
HD 3000 (Mobile V2 1.3 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 95,431 samples	1,430x
Radeon HD 6470MAMDBench 2%, 4,258 samples	590x
Radeon HD 7400MAMDBench 2%, 4,394 samples	151x

SSD
320 Series 160GBIntel $160Bench 41%, 11,326 samples	43x

RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 38%, 374,556 samples	902x
1x4GBUnknownBench 26%, 149,204 samples	555x
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 405,411 samples	223x

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Value: 28% - Poor

Total price: $253

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Controller: Intel. Flash Memory: Intel 25nm MLC

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20 months ago.

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

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Intel Core i5-11600K $270	Nvidia RTX 3070 $500	Crucial MX500 250GB $45
Intel Core i5-11400F $260	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52
Intel Core i7-11700K $380	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $240	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $183

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $79	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $80	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $80	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $649	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

Intel SSDSA2CW160G3

320 Series 160GB

Average Bench: 41.5% (923^rd of 1058)

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Intel SSDSA2CW160G3

320 Series 160GB

Average Bench: 41.5% (923rd of 1058)

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