S3SSDA120 120GB

S3SSDA120 120GB
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Effective Speed -68%Effective Speed -68%Average Score -79%Read -7%, Write -71%, 4K Read -55%, 4K Write -30%, Mixed -76%, 4K Mixed -178%, SusWrite -135%Peak Score -16%Read -2%, Write -16%, 4K Read -19%, 4K Write -14%, Mixed -11%, 4K Mixed -47%, SusWrite -5%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -105%DQ Read -73%, DQ Write -21%, DQ Mixed -81%, ADQ Read -122%, ADQ Write -60%, ADQ Mixed -613%, Age 163%, AS-SSD Total -37%

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Average Bench: 58.7% (817^th of 1074)

Based on 14 user benchmarks. Model: S3SSDA120

Poor: 36%Average: 58.7% Great: 85%

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Average average bench

The S3SSDA120 120GB averaged 41.3% 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 Random Write Speed 67.6MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 22.2MB/s

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Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the S3SSDA120 120GB is 48.5%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the S3SSDA120 120GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 126MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 204MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 14 samples)

Rank 81758.7%

Min	Avg	Max
293	Read 429	497
8.9	Write 237	418
21.8	Mixed 204	381
17.6	SusWrite 126	370
55.1% 249 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
9.1	4K Read 22.2	36
17.4	4K Write 67.6	107
0.4	4K Mixed 16.2	39.7
90.3% 35.4 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
113	DQ Read 147	212
35.9	DQ Write 180	297
0.4	DQ Mixed 36.5	183
62.8% 121 MB/s

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

PRY-User, 9 months ago.

27GB free (System drive)

Firmware: H210324a

SusWrite @10s intervals: 391 349 290 71 89 84 MB/s

87.7% Excellent

Write 382

Mixed 370

SusWrite 212

78% 346 MB/s

4K Read 36

4K Write 107

4K Mixed 39.7

162% 60.8 MB/s

DQ Read 166

DQ Write 227

DQ Mixed 183

142% 192 MB/s

BRA-User, 8 months ago.

112GB free

Firmware: S0411A

SusWrite @10s intervals: 314 49 49 48 52 52 MB/s

73.8% Very good

Write 418

Mixed 381

SusWrite 93.8

77% 344 MB/s

4K Read 28.8

4K Write 105

4K Mixed 23.8

130% 52.6 MB/s

DQ Read 212

DQ Write 259

DQ Mixed 34.8

82% 169 MB/s

USA-User, 20 months ago.

8GB free (System drive)

Firmware: U0330A0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 27 12 14 15 28 9.7 MB/s

35.1% Below average

Write 61

Mixed 21.8

SusWrite 17.6

29% 139 MB/s

4K Read 24.1

4K Write 17.5

4K Mixed 0.4

46% 14 MB/s

DQ Read 122

DQ Write 35.9

DQ Mixed 0.5

21% 52.7 MB/s

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Gaming 6%

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Desktop 53%

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Workstation 6%

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System: Dell Inspiron 5570

CPU
Core i7-8550UIntelBench 53%, 184,356 samples	1,915x
Core i5-8250UIntelBench 53%, 234,942 samples	1,814x
Core i3-8130UIntelBench 48%, 25,471 samples	283x

GPU
UHD Graphics 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake R)IntelBench 5%, 420,154 samples	3,841x
Radeon 530AMDBench 7%, 3,164 samples	168x
HD 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake)IntelBench 5%, 387,149 samples	142x

SSD
S3SSDA120 120GBBench 59%, 14 samples	1x

RAM
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 1x8GBUnknownBench 37%, 41,676 samples	950x
8ATF1G64HZ-2G3H1 1x8GBUnknownBench 37%, 4,259 samples	161x
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 2x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 27,567 samples	148x

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Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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S3SSDA120 120GB

Average Bench: 58.7% (817^th of 1074)

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