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Effective Speed -35%Effective Speed -35%Average Score -42%Read 1%, Write -53%, 4K Read -16%, 4K Write -22%, Mixed -38%, 4K Mixed -72%, SusWrite -98%Peak Score +26% Read 62%, Write 41%, 4K Read 7%, 4K Write 1%, Mixed 46%, 4K Mixed -3%, SusWrite 29%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -53%DQ Read 38%, DQ Write -6%, DQ Mixed -11%, ADQ Read -109%, ADQ Write -89%, ADQ Mixed -248%, Age -22%, AS-SSD Total 21%

Average Bench: 73.1% (609^th of 1072)

Based on 35 user benchmarks. Model: Disk drive

Poor: 49%Average: 73.1% Great: 102%

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Good average bench

The Disk drive 120GB averaged 26.8% 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 29.6MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 72MB/s

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Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Disk drive 120GB is 53.4%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Disk drive 120GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 150MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 156MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 35 samples)

Rank 60973.1%

Min	Avg	Max
322	Read 462	819
56.8	Write 265	682
10.8	Mixed 261	620
34.8	SusWrite 150	501
63.1% 285 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
9.31	4K Read 29.6	46
7.4	4K Write 72	124
5.78	4K Mixed 26.1	56.6
116% 42.6 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
24.9	DQ Read 156	507
51.9	DQ Write 153	337
1.8	DQ Mixed 74.8	298
78% 128 MB/s

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ARG-User, 2 years ago.

78GB free (System drive)

Firmware: E7FM

SusWrite @10s intervals: 773 769 740 482 209 33 MB/s

140% Outstanding

Write 682

Mixed 620

SusWrite 501

147% 656 MB/s

4K Read 36.6

4K Write 121

4K Mixed 56.6

192% 71.4 MB/s

DQ Read 507

DQ Write 259

DQ Mixed 298

244% 355 MB/s

USA-User, 22 months ago.

37GB free (System drive)

Firmware: O080

SusWrite @10s intervals: 252 76 64 65 64 61 MB/s

68.2% Good

Write 316

Mixed 195

SusWrite 96.9

54% 245 MB/s

4K Read 30.8

4K Write 55.5

4K Mixed 33.6

119% 40 MB/s

DQ Read 266

DQ Write 211

DQ Mixed 129

126% 202 MB/s

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Desktop 52%

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Workstation 9%

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Motherboard: ECS A785GM-AD3

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Phenom II X6 1055TAMD $175Bench 54%, 23,835 samples	2x
Phenom II X4 945AMDBench 51%, 12,746 samples	2x
Phenom II X4 960TAMD $469Bench 54%, 4,461 samples	2x

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R7 240AMDBench 5%, 58,337 samples	2x
GeForce GT 730NvidiaBench 5%, 164,888 samples	2x
Radeon HD 4200ATIBench 1%, 10,090 samples	2x

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drive 120GBDiskBench 73%, 35 samples	1x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x4GBKingstonBench 60%, 17,012 samples	1x
9905402-669.A00LF 4x4GBKingstonBench 36%, 23 samples	1x
16JTF51264AZ-1G6M1 3x4GBMicronBench 42%, 163 samples	1x

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Value: 61% - Good

Total price: $175

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Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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Average Bench: 73.1% (609^th of 1072)

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