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Release date ≈ Q1 2021.

Average Bench: 45.6% (913th of 1072)

Based on 5 user benchmarks.  Model: SPECTRA
Poor: 38%Average: 45.6% Great: 56%

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Below average average bench

The SPECTRA 128GB averaged 54.4% 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-64Thread Write Speed 264MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 435MB/s

Unknown consistency

There are too few samples to reasonably determine how consistently this SSD perfroms. This result should be interpreted with caution.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 72.9MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 90.8MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 5 samples)
Rank 91345.6%
Min Avg Max
343 Read 435 480
244 Write 368 412
9.5 Mixed 72.9 281
53.9 SusWrite 90.8 151
53.4% 242 MB/s
Min Avg Max
8 4K Read 15.8 23.3
13.2 4K Write 18.2 27.3
0.6 4K Mixed 10.2 20.3
46.6% 14.7 MB/s
Min Avg Max
110 DQ Read 129 146
139 DQ Write 264 329
1.1 DQ Mixed 33.6 43.5
71.9% 142 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
33GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S0424A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 188 38 18 42 31 52 MB/s
50.1% Above average
Read 480
Write 389
Mixed 24.4
SusWrite 61.5
52% 239 MB/s
4K Read 16.5
4K Write 13.6
4K Mixed 20.3
58% 16.8 MB/s
DQ Read 119
DQ Write 267
DQ Mixed 41.3
75% 142 MB/s
58GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S0424A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 44 49 45 21 21 MB/s
40.2% Average
Read 450
Write 386
Mixed 24.9
SusWrite 53.9
50% 229 MB/s
4K Read 23.3
4K Write 27.3
4K Mixed 0.6
50% 17.1 MB/s
DQ Read 110
DQ Write 139
DQ Mixed 1.1
35% 83.4 MB/s
33GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S0424A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 73 48 49 44 41 MB/s
38% Below average
Read 435
Write 410
Mixed 9.5
SusWrite 69.9
51% 231 MB/s
4K Read 9.8
4K Write 13.7
4K Mixed 1
23% 8.17 MB/s
DQ Read 146
DQ Write 308
DQ Mixed 43.5
85% 166 MB/s

 Market Share (See Leaders)

The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,770,062 SSDs tested

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Typical SPECTRA 128GB Builds (Compare 313 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 3%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 58%
Gunboat
Workstation
Workstation 3%
Tree trunk

System: Acer Veriton Series

CPU
Core i3-7100Intel  $41Bench 57%, 79,299 samples35x
Core i3-6100Intel  $40Bench 55%, 110,166 samples16x
Core i3-8100Intel  $110Bench 71%, 81,392 samples15x
GPU
HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake)IntelBench 5%, 153,031 samples36x
HD 4400 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 64,721 samples28x
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 150,891 samples27x
SSD
SPECTRA 128GBBench 46%, 5 samples1x
RAM
AM2P24HC4U1-B9QS 1x4GBAdataBench 37%, 409 samples12x
1x4GBUnknownBench 28%, 154,807 samples8x
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples8x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 97% - Outstanding Total price: $41

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