SSD 120GB

SSD 120GB
BENCHMARKS (10,673)
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Release date ≤ Q4 2013.

Effective Speed -38%Effective Speed -38%Average User Bench -40%Read -15%, Write -36%, 4K Read -15%, 4K Write -33%, Mixed -25%, 4K Mixed -60%, SusWrite -95%Peak Lab Bench -15%Read -2%, Write -12%, 4K Read -6%, 4K Write -29%, Mixed -17%, 4K Mixed -50%, SusWrite 7%Value & Sentiment -311%User Rating -44%, Market Share -579%Nice To Haves -32%DQ Read -14%, DQ Write -3%, DQ Mixed -55%, ADQ Read -35%, ADQ Write -17%, ADQ Mixed -74%, Age -46%, AS-SSD Total -11%

Average Bench: 71.8% (560^th of 1011)

Based on 10,673 user benchmarks. Model: SSD

Poor: 42%Average: 71.8% Great: 99%

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Good average bench

The SSD 120GB averaged 28.2% 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 147MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 29.4MB/s

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Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the SSD 120GB is 56.8%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the SSD 120GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 154MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 287MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 10,673 samples)

Rank 56071.8%

Min	Avg	Max
243	Read 399	491
111	Write 303	433
106	Mixed 287	353
55.2	SusWrite 154	416
63.8% 286 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
12.3	4K Read 29.4	39.1
21.5	4K Write 68.9	96.9
10.1	4K Mixed 28.4	38.1
117% 42.3 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
57.3	DQ Read 235	321
27.4	DQ Write 251	346
18	DQ Mixed 147	204
137% 211 MB/s

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88GB free (System drive)

Firmware: SBFM61.3

SusWrite @10s intervals: 317 133 83 79 79 80 MB/s

71.5% Very good

Write 393

Mixed 341

SusWrite 128

74% 329 MB/s

4K Read 25.1

4K Write 78

4K Mixed 24.1

110% 42.4 MB/s

DQ Read 238

DQ Write 324

DQ Mixed 189

168% 250 MB/s

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Workstation 53%

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Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX B350-F GAMING - $120

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Ryzen 5 1600AMD $95Bench 70%, 214,194 samples	9,616x
Ryzen 5 1600XAMD $137Bench 74%, 78,754 samples	4,079x
Ryzen 7 1700AMD $180Bench 68%, 121,151 samples	4,078x

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GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $285Bench 56%, 700,687 samples	4,819x
GTX 1070Nvidia $390Bench 78%, 706,612 samples	3,578x
GTX 1080Nvidia $528Bench 101%, 504,565 samples	3,209x

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SSD 120GBBench 72%, 10,673 samples	1x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $65Bench 84%, 269,052 samples	2,914x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $90Bench 87%, 86,592 samples	1,462x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $70Bench 87%, 86,398 samples	1,272x

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Value: 65% - Good

Total price: $565

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Intel Core i5-9400F $148	Nvidia GTX 1660 $210	Crucial MX500 250GB $45
Intel Core i5-9600K $210	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $234	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $150
Intel Core i7-9700K $349	Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti $260	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $49

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $44	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $65	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $88
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $40	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $612	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $48
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $75	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $68	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $14

SSD 120GB

Average Bench: 71.8% (560^th of 1011)

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