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128GB S300 128GB

128GB S300 128GB
BENCHMARKS (11)
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Effective Speed -113%Effective Speed -113%Average Score -125%Read -9%, Write -39%, 4K Read -63%, 4K Write -155%, Mixed -94%, 4K Mixed -385%, SusWrite -133%Peak Score -46%Read -7%, Write -18%, 4K Read -47%, 4K Write -64%, Mixed -18%, 4K Mixed -138%, SusWrite -32%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -461%DQ Read -389%, DQ Write -17%, DQ Mixed -1,155%, ADQ Read -567%, ADQ Write -112%, ADQ Mixed -1,477%, Age 118%, AS-SSD Total -88%

Average Bench: 46.2% (907^th of 1072)

Based on 11 user benchmarks. Model: LS 128GB S300

Poor: 27%Average: 46.2% Great: 64%

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Below average average bench

The LS 128GB S300 128GB averaged 53.7% 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 Random Read Speed 21.1MB/s

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 421MB/s

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Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the LS 128GB S300 128GB is 36.6%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the LS 128GB S300 128GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 48.9MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 16.5MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 11 samples)

Rank 90746.2%

Min	Avg	Max
343	Read 421	473
37.7	Write 292	411
15.7	Mixed 185	360
14.8	SusWrite 127	293
56.8% 256 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
9.9	4K Read 21.1	29.3
0.8	4K Write 34.4	74.6
0.4	4K Mixed 9.29	24.5
62% 21.6 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
20.5	DQ Read 48.9	75.1
10.9	DQ Write 136	306
0.4	DQ Mixed 16.5	26.4
34.4% 67 MB/s

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CHE-User, 10 months ago.

5GB free (System drive)

Firmware: S1224A0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 15 3.8 29 19 19 3.6 MB/s

28.3% Poor

Write 37.7

Mixed 17.4

SusWrite 14.8

26% 122 MB/s

4K Read 16.6

4K Write 0.8

4K Mixed 7.9

36% 8.43 MB/s

CHE-User, 10 months ago.

11GB free (System drive)

Firmware: S1224A0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 22 21 17 19 23 16 MB/s

26.3% Poor

Write 52.5

Mixed 17

SusWrite 19.7

23% 108 MB/s

4K Read 19.4

4K Write 10.2

4K Mixed 0.5

35% 10 MB/s

DQ Read 22.4

DQ Write 66

DQ Mixed 0.4

13% 29.6 MB/s

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Desktop 75%

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Workstation 21%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H77-DS3H

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Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	288x
Core i5-3470Intel $59Bench 63%, 223,595 samples	141x
Core i5-3570IntelBench 65%, 104,858 samples	97x

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GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	87x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	57x
GTX 660Nvidia $170Bench 20%, 123,956 samples	33x

SSD
128GB S300 128GBLSBench 46%, 11 samples	1x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	29x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	27x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	18x

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Value: 76% - Very good

Total price: $356

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128GB S300 128GB

Average Bench: 46.2% (907^th of 1072)

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