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Nvme-128gb

SSD 128GB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2020.

Average Bench: 134% (173rd of 1072)

Based on 43 user benchmarks.  Model: NVMe-128GB SSD
Poor: 90%Average: 134% Great: 183%

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Outstanding average bench

The Nvme-128gb SSD 128GB averaged 34.5% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Nvme-128gb SSD 128GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 295MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 1,216MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvme-128gb SSD 128GB is 92.6%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Nvme-128gb SSD 128GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 242MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 29.3MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 43 samples)
Rank 173134%
Min Avg Max
381 Read 1,216 1,707
89.3 Write 548 1,047
76.2 Mixed 576 1,006
110 SusWrite 242 600
142% 645 MB/s
Min Avg Max
35.8 4K Read 46.2 56.3
28.3 4K Write 130 199
13.5 4K Mixed 29.3 41.7
176% 68.4 MB/s
Min Avg Max
378 DQ Read 418 504
128 DQ Write 470 978
48.9 DQ Mixed 295 462
264% 395 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
63GB free (System drive)
Firmware: T0901A3 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 199 247 105 166 98 162 MB/s
158% Outstanding
Read 1,510
Write 960
Mixed 831
SusWrite 163
192% 866 MB/s
4K Read 44.7
4K Write 159
4K Mixed 38.7
201% 80.7 MB/s
DQ Read 496
DQ Write 785
DQ Mixed 423
381% 568 MB/s
69GB free (System drive)
Firmware: T0901A3 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 907 410 111 103 109 109 MB/s
154% Outstanding
Read 1,474
Write 1,002
Mixed 942
SusWrite 292
206% 928 MB/s
4K Read 45
4K Write 118
4K Mixed 35.3
176% 65.9 MB/s
DQ Read 498
DQ Write 650
DQ Mixed 447
373% 532 MB/s
95GB free
Firmware: S1111H0L Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 429 87 85 103 88 87 MB/s
152% Outstanding
Read 1,640
Write 508
Mixed 628
SusWrite 147
159% 730 MB/s
4K Read 48.4
4K Write 163
4K Mixed 30
198% 80.6 MB/s
DQ Read 405
DQ Write 502
DQ Mixed 324
280% 410 MB/s
66GB free (System drive)
Firmware: T0901A3 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 329 105 151 76 131 153 MB/s
128% Outstanding
Read 1,301
Write 911
Mixed 837
SusWrite 157
178% 802 MB/s
4K Read 37.9
4K Write 107
4K Mixed 29.7
152% 58.3 MB/s
DQ Read 502
DQ Write 481
DQ Mixed 448
348% 477 MB/s
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RTX 3070Nvidia  $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples651x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia  $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples465x
RTX 3060Nvidia  $250Bench 100%, 447,556 samples458x
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SSD 128GBNvme-128gbBench 134%, 43 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples265x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples169x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBG.SKILLBench 89%, 92,468 samples104x
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