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Vc-500

120G 128GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2021.

Average Bench: 72.6% (622nd of 1072)

Based on 19 user benchmarks.  Model: VC-500 120G
Poor: 38%Average: 72.6% Great: 94%

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Good average bench

The Vc-500 120G 128GB averaged 27.3% 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 275MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 78.4MB/s

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Vc-500 120G 128GB is 56.3%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Vc-500 120G 128GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 128MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 35.5MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 19 samples)
Rank 62272.6%
Min Avg Max
307 Read 424 460
55.5 Write 370 425
30.8 Mixed 287 384
35.5 SusWrite 239 440
74% 330 MB/s
Min Avg Max
15.9 4K Read 27 35.8
30.2 4K Write 78.4 113
0.9 4K Mixed 20.5 30.4
109% 42 MB/s
Min Avg Max
27.5 DQ Read 128 185
77.1 DQ Write 275 330
0.9 DQ Mixed 35.5 47
74.4% 146 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
75GB free (System drive)
Firmware: T0703A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 400 424 436 431 208 73 MB/s
85.4% Excellent
Read 460
Write 413
Mixed 379
SusWrite 328
89% 395 MB/s
4K Read 35.8
4K Write 109
4K Mixed 29.7
150% 58.2 MB/s
DQ Read 27.5
DQ Write 77.1
DQ Mixed 40.2
34% 48.3 MB/s
61GB free
Firmware: T0703A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 428 123 48 49 48 49 MB/s
78% Very good
Read 456
Write 419
Mixed 382
SusWrite 124
77% 345 MB/s
4K Read 31.8
4K Write 105
4K Mixed 30.4
143% 55.7 MB/s
DQ Read 127
DQ Write 300
DQ Mixed 47
83% 158 MB/s
65GB free (System drive)
Firmware: T0703A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 72 63 57 60 63 MB/s
69.4% Good
Read 434
Write 408
Mixed 370
SusWrite 72.9
72% 321 MB/s
4K Read 29.9
4K Write 93.3
4K Mixed 27.8
130% 50.3 MB/s
DQ Read 93.6
DQ Write 294
DQ Mixed 40.5
75% 143 MB/s
66GB free (System drive)
Firmware: T0703A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 23 24 35 46 42 MB/s
65.1% Good
Read 453
Write 394
Mixed 93.4
SusWrite 51.7
55% 248 MB/s
4K Read 29.1
4K Write 87.6
4K Mixed 19.7
116% 45.5 MB/s
DQ Read 134
DQ Write 316
DQ Mixed 1.5
65% 151 MB/s
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Workstation 5%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H61M-S2P REV 3.0

CPU
Core i5-3570IntelBench 65%, 104,858 samples15x
Core i5-3470Intel  $59Bench 63%, 223,595 samples14x
Core i7-3770Intel  $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples14x
GPU
HD 2500 (Desktop 1.05 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 146,665 samples21x
GeForce GT 630NvidiaBench 4%, 60,212 samples12x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples11x
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120G 128GBVc-500Bench 73%, 19 samples1x
RAM
8502 PSD38G13332 12GBUnknownBench 38%, 6 samples5x
1x4GBUnknownBench 28%, 154,807 samples4x
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples3x
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