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Release date ≤ Q4 2013.

Average Bench: 70.8% (639th of 1058)

Based on 22,414 user benchmarks.  Model: SSD
Poor: 39%Average: 70.8% Great: 98%

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Good average bench

The SSD 120GB averaged 29.2% 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 140MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 29.4MB/s

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the SSD 120GB is 58.2%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the SSD 120GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 144MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 282MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 22,414 samples)
Rank 63970.8%
Min Avg Max
298 Read 411 495
99.1 Write 290 437
93.7 Mixed 282 363
49.8 SusWrite 144 412
62.8% 282 MB/s
Min Avg Max
7.66 4K Read 29.4 40.4
20.2 4K Write 68.4 98.3
1.28 4K Mixed 27.9 40.5
117% 41.9 MB/s
Min Avg Max
54.3 DQ Read 223 322
25.7 DQ Write 240 346
20.4 DQ Mixed 140 204
131% 201 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
54GB free
Firmware: SBFM91.2
SusWrite @10s intervals: 198 221 217 224 228 226 MB/s
77.1% Very good
Read 321
Write 344
Mixed 264
SusWrite 219
64% 287 MB/s
4K Read 30.1
4K Write 72.5
4K Mixed 28.8
121% 43.8 MB/s
DQ Read 314
DQ Write 333
DQ Mixed 191
180% 279 MB/s
33GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SBFM61.2
SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 130 31 77 35 42 MB/s
58.7% Above average
Read 441
Write 356
Mixed 320
SusWrite 69.4
66% 297 MB/s
4K Read 19.2
4K Write 46.6
4K Mixed 21.2
81% 29 MB/s
DQ Read 241
DQ Write 304
DQ Mixed 182
162% 242 MB/s
45GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SBFM61.3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 206 63 118 65 101 85 MB/s
40.1% Average
Read 423
Write 144
Mixed 259
SusWrite 106
51% 233 MB/s
4K Read 1.9
4K Write 13.9
4K Mixed 18.3
34% 11.4 MB/s
DQ Read 125
DQ Write 94.7
DQ Mixed 111
83% 110 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 51,464,904 SSDs tested.

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Typical SSD 120GB Builds (Compare 74,726 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.
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Gaming 47%
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Desktop
Desktop 81%
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Workstation
Workstation 44%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte B450M DS3H - $74

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD  $176Bench 76%, 720,757 samples18,307x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $280Bench 82%, 988,805 samples13,432x
Ryzen 5 2600XAMD  $209Bench 79%, 319,365 samples5,848x
GPU
RX 580AMD  $260Bench 54%, 809,717 samples8,093x
RX 570AMD  $150Bench 46%, 398,843 samples6,085x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia  $240Bench 71%, 335,941 samples5,053x
SSD
SSD 120GBBench 71%, 22,414 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $67Bench 84%, 535,912 samples4,728x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $75Bench 83%, 561,752 samples3,380x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $67Bench 84%, 247,343 samples2,336x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 69% - Good Total price: $577

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Intel Core i5-12600K $289Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400Crucial MX500 250GB $48
Intel Core i5-12400F $184Nvidia RTX 3070 $500Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52
Intel Core i5-11600K $250Nvidia RTX 3080 $700Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $200
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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $75SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $71G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $470SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16
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