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Release date ≈ Q4 2014.

Average Bench: 70.2% (663rd of 1071)

Based on 145 user benchmarks.  Model: SMI DISK
Poor: 55%Average: 70.2% Great: 82%

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Good average bench

The SMI DISK 127GB averaged 29.7% 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 132MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 30.7MB/s

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the SMI DISK 127GB is 27%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the SMI DISK 127GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 134MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 144MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 145 samples)
Rank 66370.2%
Min Avg Max
367 Read 474 511
130 Write 144 172
182 Mixed 202 236
96.7 SusWrite 134 146
52.4% 239 MB/s
Min Avg Max
16.5 4K Read 24.2 29
38.9 4K Write 71 105
19.7 4K Mixed 30.7 38.9
114% 42 MB/s
Min Avg Max
28.3 DQ Read 232 260
50.9 DQ Write 128 146
41.2 DQ Mixed 132 153
111% 164 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
66GB free (System drive)
Firmware: O1026A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 261 283 283 281 281 281 MB/s
86.5% Excellent
Read 484
Write 285
Mixed 281
SusWrite 278
74% 332 MB/s
4K Read 29.8
4K Write 70.4
4K Mixed 39
132% 46.4 MB/s
DQ Read 211
DQ Write 188
DQ Mixed 162
132% 187 MB/s
23GB free (System drive)
Firmware: Q0303B
SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 147 125 120 112 115 MB/s
74.8% Very good
Read 502
Write 148
Mixed 206
SusWrite 127
54% 246 MB/s
4K Read 26
4K Write 84
4K Mixed 34.9
129% 48.3 MB/s
DQ Read 242
DQ Write 88.9
DQ Mixed 152
116% 161 MB/s
52GB free (System drive)
Firmware: Q0303B
SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 114 144 145 111 114 MB/s
67% Good
Read 470
Write 144
Mixed 195
SusWrite 128
51% 234 MB/s
4K Read 22.9
4K Write 56.8
4K Mixed 28.9
102% 36.2 MB/s
DQ Read 251
DQ Write 144
DQ Mixed 148
123% 181 MB/s
23GB free (System drive)
Firmware: Q030
SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 98 95 82 78 80 MB/s
63.7% Good
Read 477
Write 140
Mixed 196
SusWrite 91.6
50% 226 MB/s
4K Read 21.5
4K Write 53.9
4K Mixed 28.2
97% 34.5 MB/s
DQ Read 255
DQ Write 141
DQ Mixed 147
123% 181 MB/s
13GB free (System drive)
Firmware: Q0303B
SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 94 67 63 74 64 MB/s
57.5% Above average
Read 433
Write 142
Mixed 195
SusWrite 81.3
47% 213 MB/s
4K Read 19.7
4K Write 43.2
4K Mixed 25.3
85% 29.4 MB/s
DQ Read 252
DQ Write 139
DQ Mixed 146
122% 179 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,748,161 SSDs tested

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Typical DISK 127GB Builds (Compare 12,059 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 29%
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Desktop
Desktop 80%
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Workstation
Workstation 27%
Raft

Motherboard: Asus PRIME A320M-K - $70

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD  $155Bench 73%, 179,588 samples1,464x
Ryzen 3 3200GAMD  $75Bench 63%, 104,122 samples1,308x
Ryzen 3 2200GAMD  $104Bench 60%, 181,631 samples1,008x
GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples949x
RX 570AMD  $130Bench 45%, 473,685 samples736x
GTX 1650Nvidia  $155Bench 43%, 259,091 samples654x
SSD
DISK 127GBSMIBench 70%, 145 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples293x
DDR4 3000 2x8GBAdataBench 80%, 77,202 samples226x
Fury 2666 C16 2x8GBHyperX  $75Bench 82%, 134,977 samples204x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 105% - Outstanding Total price: $329

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