SSD-120 120GB

SSD-120 120GB
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Effective Speed -51%Effective Speed -51%Average Score -50%Read -16%, Write -38%, 4K Read -49%, 4K Write -31%, Mixed -32%, 4K Mixed -112%, SusWrite -75%Peak Score -37%Read -10%, Write -17%, 4K Read -41%, 4K Write -17%, Mixed -16%, 4K Mixed -100%, SusWrite -62%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -41%DQ Read -84%, DQ Write -8%, DQ Mixed -106%, ADQ Read -83%, ADQ Write -7%, ADQ Mixed -113%, Age 110%, AS-SSD Total -37%

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Average Bench: 65.2% (738^th of 1072)

Based on 20 user benchmarks. Model: SSD-120

Poor: 51%Average: 65.2% Great: 78%

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Above average average bench

The SSD-120 120GB averaged 34.8% 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 122MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 269MB/s

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Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the SSD-120 120GB is 27.1%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the SSD-120 120GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 169MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 273MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 20 samples)

Rank 73865.2%

Min	Avg	Max
310	Read 394	459
65.2	Write 293	416
91.7	Mixed 273	366
55.4	SusWrite 169	239
63% 282 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
11.4	4K Read 23.1	30.5
29.2	4K Write 66.9	105
5.2	4K Mixed 21.2	29.1
97.7% 37.1 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
81.2	DQ Read 178	199
37.9	DQ Write 269	331
14.2	DQ Mixed 122	161
121% 190 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

BLR-User, 8 months ago.

112GB free

Firmware: SBFM21.2

SusWrite @10s intervals: 340 174 229 227 232 234 MB/s

85.2% Excellent

Write 340

Mixed 322

SusWrite 239

75% 334 MB/s

4K Read 30.5

4K Write 105

4K Mixed 29.1

139% 55 MB/s

DQ Read 198

DQ Write 324

DQ Mixed 161

150% 228 MB/s

MAR-User, 5 months ago.

68GB free (System drive)

Firmware: SBFM21.2

SusWrite @10s intervals: 201 224 223 223 222 227 MB/s

77.7% Very good

Write 409

Mixed 320

SusWrite 220

77% 344 MB/s

4K Read 28.1

4K Write 78.7

4K Mixed 26.2

118% 44.3 MB/s

DQ Read 198

DQ Write 330

DQ Mixed 148

145% 225 MB/s

MAR-User, 12 months ago.

57GB free (System drive)

Firmware: SBFM21.2

SusWrite @10s intervals: 267 209 215 218 217 267 MB/s

70.6% Very good

Write 183

Mixed 304

SusWrite 232

63% 284 MB/s

4K Read 23.3

4K Write 56.5

4K Mixed 22.1

94% 34 MB/s

DQ Read 198

DQ Write 320

DQ Mixed 145

142% 221 MB/s

BLR-User, 3 months ago.

18GB free (System drive)

Firmware: SBFM21.2

SusWrite @10s intervals: 45 121 116 12 27 13 MB/s

63.3% Good

Write 230

Mixed 315

SusWrite 55.4

56% 253 MB/s

4K Read 25.5

4K Write 66.3

4K Mixed 24.7

105% 38.8 MB/s

DQ Read 195

DQ Write 330

DQ Mixed 147

144% 224 MB/s

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Gaming 7%

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Desktop 60%

Destroyer

Workstation 7%

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System: HP ProDesk 600 G1 TWR

CPU
Core i5-4570Intel $99Bench 62%, 129,272 samples	1,022x
Core i5-4590Intel $188Bench 63%, 151,366 samples	850x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	311x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	986x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	331x
GTX 1650Nvidia $155Bench 43%, 259,091 samples	224x

SSD
SSD-120 120GBBench 65%, 20 samples	1x

RAM
HMT451U6BFR8A-PB 2x4GBHynixBench 51%, 8,612 samples	52x
8JTF51264AZ-1G6E1 2x4GBMicronBench 52%, 17,707 samples	40x
M378B5173QH0-CK0 2x4GBSamsungBench 51%, 13,591 samples	26x

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Value: 78% - Very good

Total price: $114

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Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

SSD-120 120GB

Average Bench: 65.2% (738^th of 1072)

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