Intel SSDSA2CW160G3

320 Series 160GB

320 Series 160GB
BENCHMARKS (10,335)
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Effective Speed -133%Effective Speed -133%Average Score -136%Read -103%, Write -169%, 4K Read -106%, 4K Write -182%, Mixed -140%, 4K Mixed -132%, SusWrite -118%Peak Score -140%Read -94%, Write -186%, 4K Read -94%, 4K Write -187%, Mixed -153%, 4K Mixed -133%, SusWrite -136%Value & Sentiment -443%User Rating -13%, Market Share -1,267%, Price -31%, Value -462%Nice To Haves -223%DQ Read -162%, DQ Write -273%, DQ Mixed -339%, ADQ Read -164%, ADQ Write -303%, ADQ Mixed -326%, Age -35%, AS-SSD Total -179%

Average Bench: 41.8% (904^th of 1040)

Based on 10,335 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 58.1% 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-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 58.6MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 16.2MB/s

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Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Intel 320 Series 160GB is 21.3%. 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 70MB/s

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 137MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 10,335 samples)

Rank 90441.8%

Min	Avg	Max
157	Read 225	258
82.7	Write 151	169
120	Mixed 149	164
83.5	SusWrite 137	167
37% 166 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
8.97	4K Read 16.2	21.1
17	4K Write 30.9	41.9
11.5	4K Mixed 19.1	24.1
65.4% 22.1 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
19.3	DQ Read 119	140
41.6	DQ Write 70	95.9
22	DQ Mixed 58.6	72.5
53.3% 82.7 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

USA-User, 1 day ago.

149GB free

Firmware: 4PC10365

SusWrite @10s intervals: 170 169 169 166 164 164 MB/s

51.3% Above average

Write 170

Mixed 164

SusWrite 167

42% 190 MB/s

4K Read 20.8

4K Write 38.7

4K Mixed 23.9

83% 27.8 MB/s

DQ Read 140

DQ Write 91.4

DQ Mixed 73.6

66% 102 MB/s

DEU-User, 1 day ago.

91GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 4PC1LE04

SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 138 141 139 143 148 MB/s

46.2% Average

Write 163

Mixed 156

SusWrite 139

39% 176 MB/s

4K Read 18.9

4K Write 34.5

4K Mixed 21.5

74% 25 MB/s

DQ Read 138

DQ Write 79.9

DQ Mixed 68.9

62% 95.7 MB/s

RUS-User, 1 day ago.

87GB free

Firmware: 4PC10302

SusWrite @10s intervals: 149 150 150 150 150 148 MB/s

39.2% Below average

Write 136

Mixed 139

SusWrite 149

35% 156 MB/s

4K Read 12.5

4K Write 28.1

4K Mixed 17.2

56% 19.3 MB/s

DQ Read 137

DQ Write 66.8

DQ Mixed 62.5

57% 88.9 MB/s

NOR-User, 29 mins ago.

66GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 4PC1LE04

SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 144 155 139 141 144 MB/s

34.7% Below average

Write 151

Mixed 149

SusWrite 144

37% 163 MB/s

4K Read 8.6

4K Write 14.6

4K Mixed 15.2

40% 12.8 MB/s

DQ Read 136

DQ Write 67.2

DQ Mixed 64

58% 88.9 MB/s

MAR-User, 1 day ago.

16GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 4PC10365

SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 125 112 89 95 97 MB/s

34.4% Below average

Write 160

Mixed 152

SusWrite 105

35% 158 MB/s

4K Read 10.1

4K Write 33.4

4K Mixed 12.1

48% 18.5 MB/s

DQ Read 138

DQ Write 69.4

DQ Mixed 64.3

58% 90.5 MB/s

POL-User, 6 hrs ago.

32GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 4PC10365

SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 109 112 108 105 105 MB/s

34.1% Below average

Write 108

Mixed 147

SusWrite 106

32% 145 MB/s

4K Read 12.8

4K Write 20.5

4K Mixed 13.4

47% 15.6 MB/s

DQ Read 124

DQ Write 62.5

DQ Mixed 62.8

55% 83.1 MB/s

USA-User, 19 hrs ago.

122GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 4PC10365

SusWrite @10s intervals: 154 158 158 158 158 157 MB/s

32.9% Below average

Write 159

Mixed 137

SusWrite 157

36% 162 MB/s

4K Read 12

4K Write 19.8

4K Mixed 13.3

46% 15 MB/s

DQ Read 17.9

DQ Write 40.8

DQ Mixed 19.9

18% 26.2 MB/s

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Typical 320 Series 160GB Builds (Compare 1,694 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.

Gaming 5%

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Desktop 51%

Yacht

Workstation 5%

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System: HP EliteBook 8460p

CPU
Core i5-2520MIntel $202Bench 53%, 41,487 samples	876x
Core i5-2540MIntel $315Bench 54%, 14,373 samples	343x
Core i7-2620MIntelBench 55%, 13,429 samples	233x

GPU
HD 3000 (Mobile V2 1.3 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 94,072 samples	1,064x
Radeon HD 6470MAMDBench 2%, 4,310 samples	426x
Radeon HD 7400MAMDBench 2%, 4,135 samples	119x

SSD
320 Series 160GBIntel $160Bench 42%, 10,335 samples	33x

RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 38%, 358,602 samples	671x
1x4GBUnknownBench 25%, 133,174 samples	423x
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 371,426 samples	166x

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Value: 34% - Below average

Total price: $362

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Controller: Intel. Flash Memory: Intel 25nm MLC

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13 months ago.

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

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-10600K $257	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400	Crucial MX500 250GB $47
Intel Core i5-9600K $200	Nvidia RTX 3070 $500	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78
Intel Core i5-10400F $161	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $240	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $40

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $43	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $79	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $38	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $71	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $649	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

Intel SSDSA2CW160G3

320 Series 160GB

Average Bench: 41.8% (904^th of 1040)

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Intel SSDSA2CW160G3

320 Series 160GB

Average Bench: 41.8% (904th of 1040)

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