P3-120 120GB

P3-120 120GB
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Effective Speed -53%Effective Speed -53%Average Score -48%Read -11%, Write -40%, 4K Read -44%, 4K Write -39%, Mixed -44%, 4K Mixed -81%, SusWrite -80%Peak Score -17%Read -1%, Write -14%, 4K Read -15%, 4K Write -15%, Mixed -7%, 4K Mixed -59%, SusWrite -10%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -79%DQ Read -65%, DQ Write -19%, DQ Mixed -80%, ADQ Read -208%, ADQ Write -57%, ADQ Mixed -172%, Age -0%, AS-SSD Total -33%

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Average Bench: 64.1% (750^th of 1072)

Based on 172 user benchmarks. Model: P3-120

Poor: 39%Average: 64.1% Great: 93%

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Above average average bench

The P3-120 120GB averaged 35.8% 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-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 95.5MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 23.9MB/s

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Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the P3-120 120GB is 54.2%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the P3-120 120GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 165MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 106MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 172 samples)

Rank 75064.1%

Min	Avg	Max
328	Read 412	502
55.9	Write 289	426
24.4	Mixed 249	397
29.6	SusWrite 165	352
62.1% 279 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
11.1	4K Read 23.9	37.3
11.8	4K Write 63	106
9.3	4K Mixed 24.9	36.7
101% 37.3 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
35.3	DQ Read 106	223
17.5	DQ Write 184	301
1.86	DQ Mixed 95.5	184
86.4% 128 MB/s

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TUR-User, 1 month ago.

37GB free

Firmware: T180910

SusWrite @10s intervals: 29 36 34 36 36 37 MB/s

73.6% Very good

Write 434

Mixed 392

SusWrite 34.8

74% 333 MB/s

4K Read 28.7

4K Write 109

4K Mixed 35.9

147% 57.8 MB/s

DQ Read 93.2

DQ Write 259

DQ Mixed 58.1

78% 137 MB/s

TUR-User, 4 months ago.

99GB free

Firmware: R1024A

SusWrite @10s intervals: 375 58 58 58 48 57 MB/s

47.5% Average

Write 424

Mixed 364

SusWrite 109

77% 344 MB/s

4K Read 22.8

4K Write 14.9

4K Mixed 1.2

44% 13 MB/s

DQ Read 167

DQ Write 277

DQ Mixed 1.1

63% 148 MB/s

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Gaming 37%

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Desktop 73%

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Workstation 29%

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Motherboard: Asus H110M-CS/BR

CPU
Core i5-7400Intel $95Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	251x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	99x
Core i3-7100Intel $70Bench 57%, 79,299 samples	90x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	131x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	96x
HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake)IntelBench 5%, 153,031 samples	46x

SSD
P3-120 120GBBench 64%, 172 samples	1x

RAM
HyperX 2400 C15 1x8GBKingstonBench 40%, 46,352 samples	19x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x4GBHyperX $67Bench 69%, 46,617 samples	16x
9905678-102.A00G 1x8GBKingstonBench 37%, 1,046 samples	16x

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Value: 101% - Outstanding

Total price: $212

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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 $45	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

P3-120 120GB

Average Bench: 64.1% (750^th of 1072)

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