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ESA3SMH2PSM5BT120GB 120GB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2020.

Average Bench: 49.8% (887th of 1072)

Based on 22 user benchmarks.  Model: ESA3SMH2PSM5BT120GB
Poor: 36%Average: 49.8% Great: 78%

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Below average average bench

The ESA3SMH2PSM5BT120GB 120GB averaged 50.1% 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 Write Speed 205MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 448MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the ESA3SMH2PSM5BT120GB 120GB is 42.2%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the ESA3SMH2PSM5BT120GB 120GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 113MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 20MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 22 samples)
Rank 88749.8%
Min Avg Max
374 Read 448 500
5.5 Write 355 434
9.2 Mixed 139 393
65.4 SusWrite 113 318
58.4% 264 MB/s
Min Avg Max
8.1 4K Read 20.3 32.3
3.4 4K Write 32.5 119
0.4 4K Mixed 12 28.8
63.5% 21.6 MB/s
Min Avg Max
107 DQ Read 144 188
5.3 DQ Write 205 340
0.3 DQ Mixed 20 42.9
58.4% 123 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
38GB free (System drive)
Firmware: Q1204B0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 219 33 35 42 33 30 MB/s
40.3% Average
Read 416
Write 309
Mixed 329
SusWrite 65.4
62% 280 MB/s
4K Read 28.3
4K Write 13.6
4K Mixed 0.8
51% 14.2 MB/s
DQ Read 107
DQ Write 168
DQ Mixed 38.5
57% 104 MB/s
83GB free (System drive)
Firmware: Q1204B0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 360 48 39 30 36 24 MB/s
39.3% Below average
Read 453
Write 406
Mixed 24.5
SusWrite 89.4
54% 243 MB/s
4K Read 22.6
4K Write 15.2
4K Mixed 1.1
44% 13 MB/s
DQ Read 164
DQ Write 17.8
DQ Mixed 22.1
34% 68 MB/s
39GB free (System drive)
Firmware: Q1204B0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 342 35 24 72 26 62 MB/s
34.7% Below average
Read 374
Write 287
Mixed 25.2
SusWrite 93.6
43% 195 MB/s
4K Read 13.1
4K Write 11.7
4K Mixed 9
38% 11.3 MB/s
DQ Read 115
DQ Write 5.3
DQ Mixed 0.5
15% 40.3 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,813,341 SSDs tested

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Typical ESA3SMH2PSM5BT120GB 120GB Builds (Compare 1,938 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 41%
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Desktop
Desktop 76%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 32%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z77-DS3H - $280

CPU
Core i5-3570KIntel  $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples509x
Core i7-3770Intel  $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples371x
Core i7-3770KIntel  $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples279x
GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples140x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples120x
RX 580AMD  $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples104x
SSD
ESA3SMH2PSM5BT120GB 120GBBench 50%, 22 samples1x
RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples56x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples56x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples41x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 97% - Outstanding Total price: $532

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Intel Core i5-13600K $254Nvidia RTX 4060 $300Crucial MX500 250GB $39
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