Intel

SSDSA2CW60 600GB

SSDSA2CW60 600GB
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Effective Speed -126%Effective Speed -126%Average Score -123%Read -96%, Write -123%, 4K Read -112%, 4K Write -203%, Mixed -97%, 4K Mixed -137%, SusWrite -90%Peak Score -132%Read -90%, Write -131%, 4K Read -130%, 4K Write -243%, Mixed -85%, 4K Mixed -156%, SusWrite -90%Value & Sentiment -14%User Rating -14%Nice To Haves -227%DQ Read -164%, DQ Write -320%, DQ Mixed -294%, ADQ Read -172%, ADQ Write -327%, ADQ Mixed -324%, Age -25%, AS-SSD Total -192%

Average Bench: 43.6% (928^th of 1072)

Based on 19 user benchmarks. Model: INTEL SSDSA2CW60

Poor: 41%Average: 43.6% Great: 46%

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Below average average bench

The Intel SSDSA2CW60 600GB averaged 56.4% 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 61.4MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 16.2MB/s

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Excellent consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Intel SSDSA2CW60 600GB is just 5.31%. This is an extremely narrow range which indicates that the Intel SSDSA2CW60 600GB performs superbly consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 67.7MB/s

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 156MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 19 samples)

Rank 92843.6%

Min	Avg	Max
178	Read 233	266
162	Write 182	210
91.5	Mixed 182	229
109	SusWrite 156	204
42.2% 188 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
8.04	4K Read 16.2	18.7
22.8	4K Write 28.9	35.7
13.2	4K Mixed 19	22.8
64.1% 21.4 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
18	DQ Read 120	139
32.3	DQ Write 67.7	85.3
12.8	DQ Mixed 61.4	84
54.4% 83.2 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

USA-User, 3 years ago.

336GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 0362

SusWrite @10s intervals: 159 152 156 159 164 156 MB/s

45% Average

Write 175

Mixed 180

SusWrite 158

43% 190 MB/s

4K Read 16.8

4K Write 29.5

4K Mixed 20.1

67% 22.1 MB/s

DQ Read 138

DQ Write 69.6

DQ Mixed 74

63% 94 MB/s

USA-User, 3 years ago.

455GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 0362

SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 161 164 164 160 126 MB/s

44.4% Average

Write 175

Mixed 179

SusWrite 156

42% 189 MB/s

4K Read 16.9

4K Write 26.7

4K Mixed 20.1

66% 21.2 MB/s

DQ Read 135

DQ Write 68.6

DQ Mixed 77

64% 93.5 MB/s

USA-User, 2 years ago.

354GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 0362

SusWrite @10s intervals: 159 152 153 140 154 145 MB/s

43.4% Average

Write 168

Mixed 179

SusWrite 151

41% 184 MB/s

4K Read 16.5

4K Write 26.5

4K Mixed 19.9

64% 21 MB/s

DQ Read 133

DQ Write 68.3

DQ Mixed 74.5

62% 91.8 MB/s

USA-User, 3 years ago.

204GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 0362

SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 132 156 142 128 131 MB/s

42.7% Average

Write 172

Mixed 178

SusWrite 139

40% 178 MB/s

4K Read 18.6

4K Write 26.5

4K Mixed 19.8

68% 21.6 MB/s

DQ Read 135

DQ Write 59.1

DQ Mixed 68

58% 87.4 MB/s

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Typical SSDSA2CW60 600GB Builds (Compare 95 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 54%

Yacht

Desktop 69%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 60%

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System: Asus Z9PA-D8 Series

CPU
CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2670 01stBench 65%, 4,306 samples	18x
CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2667 v21stBench 74%, 880 samples	7x
CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2670 01stBench 66%, 741 samples	7x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	8x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	6x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	5x

SSD
SSDSA2CW60 600GBIntelBench 44%, 19 samples	1x

RAM
M393B1G70BH0-CK 4x8GBSamsungBench 59%, 8 samples	3x
M393B1K70CH0-CH 4x8GBSamsungBench 51%, 15 samples	3x
M393B2G70DB0-YK 2x16GBSamsungBench 42%, 4 samples	2x

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Value: 143% - Outstanding

Total price: $132

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Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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

SSDSA2CW60 600GB

Average Bench: 43.6% (928^th of 1072)

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SSDSA2CW60 600GB

Average Bench: 43.6% (928th of 1072)

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