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TS128C 121GB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2014.

Average Bench: 36.6% (973rd of 1072)

Based on 532 user benchmarks.  Model: APPLE SSD TS128C
Poor: 22%Average: 36.6% Great: 49%

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Poor average bench

The Apple TS128C 121GB averaged 63.4% 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 Mixed IO Speed 16.9MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 37.9MB/s

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Apple TS128C 121GB is 27.2%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Apple TS128C 121GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 18MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 57.7MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 532 samples)
Rank 97336.6%
Min Avg Max
118 Read 177 213
84.6 Write 151 188
74.5 Mixed 120 185
64.4 SusWrite 141 184
33% 147 MB/s
Min Avg Max
6.26 4K Read 12.8 18.3
12.8 4K Write 37.9 63.2
4.46 4K Mixed 16.9 27.7
61.2% 22.5 MB/s
Min Avg Max
10.3 DQ Read 18 21.9
16.5 DQ Write 57.7 79.7
7.29 DQ Mixed 21.3 33.3
21.1% 32.3 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
85GB free
Firmware: CJAA0201
SusWrite @10s intervals: 179 174 178 173 178 173 MB/s
50.1% Above average
Read 200
Write 165
Mixed 106
SusWrite 176
36% 162 MB/s
4K Read 17.7
4K Write 60.5
4K Mixed 27.1
94% 35.1 MB/s
DQ Read 21.2
DQ Write 77.3
DQ Mixed 31.2
29% 43.2 MB/s
113GB free
Firmware: CJAA0201
SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 161 180 180 180 181 MB/s
46.7% Average
Read 167
Write 140
Mixed 108
SusWrite 171
33% 147 MB/s
4K Read 17.8
4K Write 52.8
4K Mixed 26.1
88% 32.2 MB/s
DQ Read 20.4
DQ Write 68.1
DQ Mixed 23.7
24% 37.4 MB/s
14GB free
Firmware: CJAA0201
SusWrite @10s intervals: 172 183 177 168 180 178 MB/s
43.9% Average
Read 209
Write 124
Mixed 120
SusWrite 176
35% 157 MB/s
4K Read 13
4K Write 50.7
4K Mixed 20.7
73% 28.1 MB/s
DQ Read 20.4
DQ Write 75.3
DQ Mixed 19.7
23% 38.5 MB/s
60GB free
Firmware: CJAA0201
SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 157 175 158 167 167 MB/s
32.9% Below average
Read 168
Write 135
Mixed 121
SusWrite 161
33% 146 MB/s
4K Read 7.1
4K Write 29
4K Mixed 15
45% 17 MB/s
DQ Read 19.7
DQ Write 69.7
DQ Mixed 31.6
28% 40.3 MB/s
85GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CJAA0201
SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 82 107 79 82 116 MB/s
16.2% Very poor
Read 86.8
Write 84.3
Mixed 63.8
SusWrite 92.5
18% 81.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 11.7
4K Mixed 8.3
18% 6.93 MB/s
DQ Read 16
DQ Write 27.6
DQ Mixed 22.2
17% 21.9 MB/s
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Gaming 2%
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Desktop 47%
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Workstation 2%
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System: Apple MacBookAir4,2

CPU
Core i5-2557MIntelBench 50%, 714 samples19x
Core i7-2677MIntelBench 51%, 694 samples4x
GPU
HD 3000 (Mobile V1 1.1/1.2 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 209,058 samples23x
SSD
TS128C 121GBAppleBench 37%, 532 samples6x
RAM
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples23x
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