primero 128GB

primero 128GB
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Effective Speed -35%Effective Speed -35%Average Score -68%Read 3%, Write -190%, 4K Read -34%, 4K Write -4%, Mixed -87%, 4K Mixed -35%, SusWrite -132%Peak Score -81%Read 1%, Write -213%, 4K Read -50%, 4K Write -14%, Mixed -81%, 4K Mixed -52%, SusWrite -155%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -99%DQ Read -32%, DQ Write -142%, DQ Mixed -115%, ADQ Read -38%, ADQ Write -268%, ADQ Mixed -143%, Age 1%, AS-SSD Total -54%

MX500 250GB

Average Bench: 72.7% (622^nd of 1072)

Based on 16 user benchmarks. Model: primero

Poor: 59%Average: 72.7% Great: 79%

Popular builds with this SSD

Good average bench

The primero 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 Mixed IO Speed 107MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 84.5MB/s

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Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the primero 128GB is just 19.3%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the primero 128GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 128MB/s

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 140MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 16 samples)

Rank 62272.7%

Min	Avg	Max
384	Read 471	510
129	Write 140	155
124	Mixed 192	234
74.5	SusWrite 128	152
51% 233 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
18.3	4K Read 25.7	28.7
42.3	4K Write 84.5	107
12.4	4K Mixed 33.4	38.3
126% 47.9 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
26.8	DQ Read 236	279
6.7	DQ Write 78.4	148
13.6	DQ Mixed 107	154
92.4% 141 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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Sequential

Random 4k

Deep queue 4k

The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%

LKA-User, 2 years ago.

45GB free (System drive)

Firmware: HSMA24B

SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 134 134 135 135 134 MB/s

79.7% Very good

Write 135

Mixed 194

SusWrite 134

53% 242 MB/s

4K Read 28.5

4K Write 95.5

4K Mixed 38.3

143% 54.1 MB/s

DQ Read 255

DQ Write 75.6

DQ Mixed 86

84% 139 MB/s

KOR-User, 3 years ago.

116GB free

Firmware: HSMA24B

SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 129 129 129 129 129 MB/s

78.5% Very good

Write 129

Mixed 187

SusWrite 128

52% 239 MB/s

4K Read 28.7

4K Write 93.2

4K Mixed 38.2

142% 53.4 MB/s

DQ Read 253

DQ Write 43.1

DQ Mixed 146

107% 147 MB/s

KOR-User, 2 years ago.

70GB free (System drive)

Firmware: HSMA24B

SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 129 137 136 135 136 MB/s

78% Very good

Write 136

Mixed 190

SusWrite 133

53% 241 MB/s

4K Read 27.9

4K Write 92.9

4K Mixed 37.9

140% 52.9 MB/s

DQ Read 234

DQ Write 64.4

DQ Mixed 149

110% 149 MB/s

LKA-User, 2 years ago.

45GB free (System drive)

Firmware: HSMA24B

SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 107 136 137 137 137 MB/s

77.8% Very good

Write 137

Mixed 195

SusWrite 131

52% 239 MB/s

4K Read 27.8

4K Write 93.3

4K Mixed 37.7

140% 52.9 MB/s

DQ Read 254

DQ Write 58.3

DQ Mixed 147

110% 153 MB/s

KOR-User, 2 years ago.

85GB free (System drive)

Firmware: HLMM01A

SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 131 135 132 135 135 MB/s

77.6% Very good

Write 134

Mixed 193

SusWrite 133

52% 239 MB/s

4K Read 28.5

4K Write 97.6

4K Mixed 37.8

143% 54.6 MB/s

DQ Read 244

DQ Write 6.7

DQ Mixed 145

100% 132 MB/s

KOR-User, 3 years ago.

59GB free (System drive)

Firmware: HSMA24B

SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 125 134 134 135 137 MB/s

75.8% Very good

Write 136

Mixed 193

SusWrite 130

51% 232 MB/s

4K Read 23.7

4K Write 107

4K Mixed 34.4

136% 54.9 MB/s

DQ Read 253

DQ Write 79.1

DQ Mixed 147

113% 160 MB/s

LKA-User, 2 years ago.

83GB free (System drive)

Firmware: HSMA24B

SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 136 133 136 135 133 MB/s

74.5% Very good

Write 135

Mixed 192

SusWrite 134

50% 229 MB/s

4K Read 26.4

4K Write 95.6

4K Mixed 35.8

136% 52.6 MB/s

DQ Read 254

DQ Write 19.2

DQ Mixed 22.9

46% 98.9 MB/s

KOR-User, 4 years ago.

24GB free (System drive)

Firmware: HLMM01A

SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 82 45 96 50 45 MB/s

59.5% Above average

Write 135

Mixed 124

SusWrite 74.5

42% 190 MB/s

4K Read 22.9

4K Write 48.8

4K Mixed 31

100% 34.2 MB/s

DQ Read 218

DQ Write 68.9

DQ Mixed 82.9

77% 123 MB/s

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Gaming 7%

Tree trunk

Desktop 60%

Gunboat

Workstation 7%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B85M-HD3 - $152

CPU
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	238x
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	146x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	136x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	203x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	95x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	63x

SSD
primero 128GBBench 73%, 16 samples	1x

RAM
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	37x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	35x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	25x

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Value: 67% - Good

Total price: $361

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

primero 128GB

Average Bench: 72.7% (622^nd of 1072)

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Very good consistency

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B85M-HD3 - $152

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Average Bench: 72.7% (622nd of 1072)

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