DST6120-SSD-120GB 120GB

DST6120-SSD-120GB 120GB
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Effective Speed -48%Effective Speed -48%Average Score -50%Read -3%, Write -44%, 4K Read -41%, 4K Write -29%, Mixed -31%, 4K Mixed -136%, SusWrite -67%Peak Score -22%Read 1%, Write -14%, 4K Read -16%, 4K Write -12%, Mixed -7%, 4K Mixed -102%, SusWrite -4%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -124%DQ Read -55%, DQ Write -13%, DQ Mixed -249%, ADQ Read -101%, ADQ Write -20%, ADQ Mixed -641%, Age 120%, AS-SSD Total -28%

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Average Bench: 66.4% (726^th of 1072)

Based on 30 user benchmarks. Model: DST6120-SSD-120GB

Poor: 34%Average: 66.4% Great: 91%

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Above average average bench

The DST6120-SSD-120GB 120GB averaged 33.5% 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 24.3MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 240MB/s

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Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the DST6120-SSD-120GB 120GB is 56.6%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the DST6120-SSD-120GB 120GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 178MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 35.1MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 30 samples)

Rank 72666.4%

Min	Avg	Max
326	Read 445	513
36	Write 281	425
17.7	Mixed 275	397
19.8	SusWrite 178	371
65.6% 295 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
0.8	4K Read 24.3	37.2
11.7	4K Write 68.1	109
2	4K Mixed 19.1	28.8
97.3% 37.2 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
65.2	DQ Read 162	237
30.1	DQ Write 240	316
1.9	DQ Mixed 35.1	94.8
73.1% 146 MB/s

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AUS-User, 15 months ago.

23GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 2008XKR

SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 42 45 43 43 30 MB/s

59.9% Above average

Write 355

Mixed 361

SusWrite 56.1

68% 307 MB/s

4K Read 22.3

4K Write 60.7

4K Mixed 20.5

92% 34.5 MB/s

DQ Read 185

DQ Write 294

DQ Mixed 2.1

68% 160 MB/s

IDN-User, 21 months ago.

29GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 2007XKR

SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 35 26 26 26 24 MB/s

57.1% Above average

Write 242

Mixed 287

SusWrite 39.3

57% 259 MB/s

4K Read 22.9

4K Write 67

4K Mixed 20.5

96% 36.8 MB/s

DQ Read 80.2

DQ Write 248

DQ Mixed 34.9

64% 121 MB/s

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Desktop 38%

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Workstation 4%

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Motherboard: Asus P5G41T-M LX3

CPU
Pentium E5700Intel $22Bench 36%, 20,872 samples	44x
Core2 Quad Q6600Intel $100Bench 42%, 59,658 samples	25x
Core2 Duo E7500Intel $109Bench 39%, 39,897 samples	20x

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G41 Express ChipsetIntelBench 0%, 33,874 samples	60x
GeForce GT 730NvidiaBench 5%, 164,888 samples	29x
GeForce GT 710NvidiaBench 3%, 187,161 samples	19x

SSD
DST6120-SSD-120GB 120GBBench 66%, 30 samples	1x

RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	122x
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	67x
6GBUnknownBench 25%, 111,301 samples	49x

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Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $22

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Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

DST6120-SSD-120GB 120GB

Average Bench: 66.4% (726^th of 1072)

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