Intel SSDSC2KW120H6

540s Series 120GB

540s Series 120GB
BENCHMARKS (4,012)
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Effective Speed -43%Effective Speed -43%Average Score -75%Read -5%, Write -65%, 4K Read -32%, 4K Write -27%, Mixed -36%, 4K Mixed -30%, SusWrite -333%Peak Score -76%Read -3%, Write -25%, 4K Read -36%, 4K Write -20%, Mixed -8%, 4K Mixed -23%, SusWrite -415%Value & Sentiment -862%User Rating -14%, Market Share -1,711%Nice To Haves -30%DQ Read -36%, DQ Write -22%, DQ Mixed -37%, ADQ Read -30%, ADQ Write -45%, ADQ Mixed -39%, Age -1%, AS-SSD Total -28%

Average Bench: 68.9% (687^th of 1072)

Based on 4,012 user benchmarks. Models: INTEL SSDSC2KW120H6, INTE SSDSC2KW120H6

Poor: 51%Average: 68.9% Great: 84%

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Above average average bench

The Intel 540s Series 120GB averaged 31.0% 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 187MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 34.7MB/s

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Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Intel 540s Series 120GB is 33.8%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Intel 540s Series 120GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 68.5MB/s

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 245MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 4,012 samples)

Rank 68768.9%

Min	Avg	Max
345	Read 436	490
81.3	Write 245	389
131	Mixed 264	391
58.2	SusWrite 68.5	75.2
56.1% 254 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
17.3	4K Read 26	31.5
36.8	4K Write 68.9	102
22.1	4K Mixed 34.7	47.2
120% 43.2 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
143	DQ Read 251	270
68.6	DQ Write 199	294
64.7	DQ Mixed 187	241
150% 212 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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Random 4k

Deep queue 4k

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

CHN-User, 11 days ago.

102GB free

Firmware: LSF031C

SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 66 66 66 66 66 MB/s

85.6% Excellent

Write 374

Mixed 412

SusWrite 75.9

76% 338 MB/s

4K Read 31.9

4K Write 100

4K Mixed 48.7

164% 60.2 MB/s

DQ Read 264

DQ Write 193

DQ Mixed 209

162% 222 MB/s

GBR-User, 22 days ago.

111GB free

Firmware: LSBG200

SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 62 65 63 63 63 MB/s

77.4% Very good

Write 368

Mixed 367

SusWrite 72.6

72% 323 MB/s

4K Read 27.7

4K Write 74.5

4K Mixed 39

131% 47.1 MB/s

DQ Read 268

DQ Write 301

DQ Mixed 213

180% 261 MB/s

CZE-User, 8 days ago.

51GB free (System drive)

Firmware: LSF043C

SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 62 64 63 63 64 MB/s

73.8% Very good

Write 241

Mixed 388

SusWrite 72.7

66% 297 MB/s

4K Read 27.6

4K Write 62.5

4K Mixed 38

124% 42.7 MB/s

DQ Read 264

DQ Write 244

DQ Mixed 182

156% 230 MB/s

LTU-User, 6 days ago.

55GB free

Firmware: LSF031C

SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 63 64 63 64 63 MB/s

71.9% Very good

Write 378

Mixed 359

SusWrite 73.9

70% 313 MB/s

4K Read 25.6

4K Write 80.6

4K Mixed 36.6

128% 47.6 MB/s

DQ Read 268

DQ Write 178

DQ Mixed 208

160% 218 MB/s

CZE-User, 8 days ago.

44GB free

Firmware: LSF036C

SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 62 62 62 63 64 MB/s

69.8% Good

Write 338

Mixed 378

SusWrite 74.4

68% 307 MB/s

4K Read 23.9

4K Write 60.1

4K Mixed 34.5

112% 39.5 MB/s

DQ Read 265

DQ Write 302

DQ Mixed 187

168% 251 MB/s

AUS-User, 18 days ago.

44GB free (System drive)

Firmware: LSBG200

SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 64 64 64 59 57 MB/s

68.8% Good

Write 243

Mixed 207

SusWrite 68.8

53% 241 MB/s

4K Read 26.4

4K Write 68.7

4K Mixed 30.9

116% 42 MB/s

DQ Read 269

DQ Write 233

DQ Mixed 231

179% 244 MB/s

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Gaming 17%

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Desktop 75%

Battleship

Workstation 15%

Surfboard

System: HP Z440 Workstation

CPU
Xeon E5-1620 v3IntelBench 72%, 10,197 samples	1,239x
Xeon E5-1650 v4IntelBench 83%, 3,842 samples	1,036x
Xeon E5-1650 v3IntelBench 77%, 7,962 samples	861x

GPU
Quadro K2200Nvidia $440Bench 16%, 13,860 samples	740x
Quadro M4000NvidiaBench 32%, 9,043 samples	376x
Quadro K4200Nvidia $820Bench 21%, 7,330 samples	223x

SSD
540s Series 120GBIntelBench 69%, 4,012 samples	1x

RAM
M393A1G40DB0-CPB 2x8GBSamsungBench 60%, 1,030 samples	184x
M393A1G40DB0-CPB 4x8GBSamsungBench 93%, 970 samples	177x
M393A2G40DB0-CPB 2x16GBSamsungBench 59%, 1,132 samples	157x

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Value: 9% - Terrible

Total price: $440

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
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 $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 SSDSC2KW120H6

540s Series 120GB

Average Bench: 68.9% (687^th of 1072)

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Average Bench: 68.9% (687th of 1072)

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