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Iridium

PRO 120GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2016.

Average Bench: 79.8% (488th of 1072)

Based on 50 user benchmarks.  Model: IRIDIUM PRO
Poor: 54%Average: 79.8% Great: 98%

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Good average bench

The Iridium PRO 120GB averaged 20.1% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Iridium PRO 120GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 28.5MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 89.6MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Iridium PRO 120GB is 44.2%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Iridium PRO 120GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 239MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 271MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 50 samples)
Rank 48879.8%
Min Avg Max
115 Read 436 523
18.9 Write 271 341
150 Mixed 296 392
113 SusWrite 239 326
69.3% 311 MB/s
Min Avg Max
11.5 4K Read 28.5 36.5
16.2 4K Write 76.3 106
7.25 4K Mixed 28.4 43.4
120% 44.4 MB/s
Min Avg Max
28.3 DQ Read 243 333
66.6 DQ Write 245 338
7.94 DQ Mixed 89.6 175
110% 192 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
54GB free
Firmware: SAFM01.7
SusWrite @10s intervals: 325 321 197 224 256 126 MB/s
86.8% Excellent
Read 501
Write 339
Mixed 307
SusWrite 241
77% 347 MB/s
4K Read 30.8
4K Write 59.6
4K Mixed 35.7
124% 42 MB/s
DQ Read 319
DQ Write 291
DQ Mixed 169
164% 260 MB/s
59GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SAFM01.5
SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 255 228 208 198 MB/s
76% Very good
Read 445
Write 300
Mixed 270
SusWrite 217
69% 308 MB/s
4K Read 20.1
4K Write 74.2
4K Mixed 28.6
106% 41 MB/s
DQ Read 234
DQ Write 317
DQ Mixed 55.9
103% 202 MB/s
46GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SAFM01.7
SusWrite @10s intervals: 197 153 160 130 138 126 MB/s
69.8% Good
Read 488
Write 310
Mixed 303
SusWrite 151
70% 313 MB/s
4K Read 27.7
4K Write 65.2
4K Mixed 13.8
94% 35.6 MB/s
DQ Read 321
DQ Write 308
DQ Mixed 146
156% 259 MB/s
38GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SAFM01.7
SusWrite @10s intervals: 142 79 105 121 131 101 MB/s
57.6% Above average
Read 352
Write 118
Mixed 248
SusWrite 113
46% 208 MB/s
4K Read 22
4K Write 57.1
4K Mixed 15.4
83% 31.5 MB/s
DQ Read 298
DQ Write 250
DQ Mixed 169
155% 239 MB/s
69GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SAFM01.7
SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 161 171 111 133 MB/s
54.4% Above average
Read 325
Write 277
Mixed 213
SusWrite 145
54% 240 MB/s
4K Read 19
4K Write 51.7
4K Mixed 29.9
94% 33.5 MB/s
DQ Read 31.4
DQ Write 91.9
DQ Mixed 42
38% 55.1 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,768,159 SSDs tested

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Typical PRO 120GB Builds (Compare 1,757 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 6%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 59%
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Workstation
Workstation 6%
Tree trunk

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H81M-S1

CPU
Core i5-4460Intel  $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples286x
Core i5-4440Intel  $128Bench 61%, 81,111 samples133x
Core i3-4130Intel  $41Bench 52%, 49,509 samples129x
GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel  $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples149x
HD 4400 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 64,721 samples148x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples138x
SSD
PRO 120GBIridiumBench 80%, 50 samples1x
RAM
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples46x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples35x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples32x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 67% - Good Total price: $209

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