SSD-120M2 120GB

SSD-120M2 120GB
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Effective Speed -95%Effective Speed -95%Average Score -117%Read -28%, Write -141%, 4K Read -69%, 4K Write -79%, Mixed -53%, 4K Mixed -329%, SusWrite -121%Peak Score -79%Read -27%, Write -75%, 4K Read -47%, 4K Write -108%, Mixed -40%, 4K Mixed -224%, SusWrite -32%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -65%DQ Read -124%, DQ Write -14%, DQ Mixed -153%, ADQ Read -112%, ADQ Write -44%, ADQ Mixed -177%, Age 170%, AS-SSD Total -63%

MX500 250GB

Average Bench: 50.6% (885^th of 1071)

Based on 3 user benchmarks. Model: SSD-120M2

Poor: 39%Average: 50.6% Great: 66%

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Average average bench

The SSD-120M2 120GB averaged 49.4% 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 Mixed IO Speed 93.8MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 20.3MB/s

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Unknown consistency

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

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 134MB/s

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 168MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 3 samples)

Rank 88550.6%

Min	Avg	Max
325	Read 358	400
1.5	Write 168	277
163	Mixed 235	302
44.5	SusWrite 134	294
49.7% 224 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
14.8	4K Read 20.3	29.3
33	4K Write 48.9	58.7
0.6	4K Mixed 10.5	18
70% 26.6 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
140	DQ Read 154	164
28.4	DQ Write 201	314
20.9	DQ Mixed 93.8	131
94.1% 149 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

POL-User, 2 years ago.

76GB free (System drive)

Firmware: SBFM71.2

SusWrite @10s intervals: 289 300 289 303 279 302 MB/s

65.9% Good

Write 1.5

Mixed 163

SusWrite 294

45% 202 MB/s

4K Read 16.7

4K Write 55.1

4K Mixed 18

78% 29.9 MB/s

DQ Read 164

DQ Write 314

DQ Mixed 131

130% 203 MB/s

MAR-User, 6 months ago.

18GB free (System drive)

Firmware: SBFM71.2

SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 7.5 58 4.4 13 49 MB/s

39.1% Below average

Write 277

Mixed 302

SusWrite 44.5

57% 256 MB/s

4K Read 29.3

4K Write 33

4K Mixed 0.6

63% 21 MB/s

DQ Read 140

DQ Write 28.4

DQ Mixed 20.9

32% 63.2 MB/s

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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,844,042 SSDs tested

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Gaming 6%

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Desktop 47%

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Workstation 5%

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System: Dell Latitude 7280

CPU
Core i5-7300UIntelBench 45%, 24,421 samples	383x
Core i5-6300UIntelBench 40%, 59,619 samples	364x
Core i7-7600UIntelBench 50%, 13,451 samples	305x

GPU
HD 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake)IntelBench 5%, 387,149 samples	746x
HD 520 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 4%, 362,113 samples	588x
GTX 1070-TiNvidia $299Bench 94%, 412,133 samples	3x

SSD
SSD-120M2 120GBBench 51%, 3 samples	1x

RAM
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 1x8GBUnknownBench 37%, 41,676 samples	282x
HMA82GS6AFR8N-UH 1x16GBUnknownBench 40%, 10,726 samples	119x
8ATF1G64HZ-2G3H1R 1x8GBUnknownBench 36%, 2,497 samples	101x

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Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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

SSD-120M2 120GB

Average Bench: 50.6% (885^th of 1071)

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