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120GB 120GB

120GB 120GB
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Effective Speed -53%Effective Speed -53%Average Score -42%Read -20%, Write -23%, 4K Read -60%, 4K Write -41%, Mixed -25%, 4K Mixed -85%, SusWrite -41%Peak Score -30%Read -9%, Write -19%, 4K Read -43%, 4K Write -25%, Mixed -27%, 4K Mixed -48%, SusWrite -42%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -98%DQ Read -250%, DQ Write -13%, DQ Mixed -125%, ADQ Read -299%, ADQ Write -33%, ADQ Mixed -165%, Age 170%, AS-SSD Total -68%

Average Bench: 64.3% (750^th of 1072)

Based on 12 user benchmarks. Model: MD 120GB

Poor: 50%Average: 64.3% Great: 74%

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Above average average bench

The MD 120GB 120GB averaged 35.7% 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 98.2MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 62.3MB/s

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Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the MD 120GB 120GB is 24.1%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the MD 120GB 120GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 81.7MB/s

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 210MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 12 samples)

Rank 75064.3%

Min	Avg	Max
264	Read 382	464
195	Write 329	407
248	Mixed 288	332
140	SusWrite 210	273
67.7% 302 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
10.3	4K Read 21.5	30.1
18	4K Write 62.3	97.9
12.1	4K Mixed 24.4	39.5
96.7% 36 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
67.6	DQ Read 81.7	105
81.6	DQ Write 218	317
21	DQ Mixed 98.2	147
89.8% 133 MB/s

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

BRA-User, 6 months ago.

112GB free

Firmware: 0706

SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 157 159 116 104 143 MB/s

60.4% Good

Write 195

Mixed 286

SusWrite 140

60% 269 MB/s

4K Read 27.2

4K Write 49.4

4K Mixed 14.9

86% 30.5 MB/s

DQ Read 103

DQ Write 273

DQ Mixed 21

64% 132 MB/s

BRA-User, 1 month ago.

38GB free (System drive)

Firmware: V8302c20

SusWrite @10s intervals: 319 329 239 64 82 38 MB/s

54.3% Above average

Write 294

Mixed 272

SusWrite 179

61% 270 MB/s

4K Read 12.6

4K Write 52.2

4K Mixed 22.5

76% 29.1 MB/s

DQ Read 73.1

DQ Write 208

DQ Mixed 119

97% 133 MB/s

BRA-User, 4 months ago.

99GB free (System drive)

Firmware: V8302c20

SusWrite @10s intervals: 216 222 177 214 185 193 MB/s

48.9% Average

Write 330

Mixed 248

SusWrite 201

65% 292 MB/s

4K Read 14.3

4K Write 18

4K Mixed 19.1

56% 17.1 MB/s

DQ Read 67.6

DQ Write 81.6

DQ Mixed 47.2

43% 65.5 MB/s

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Desktop 60%

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Workstation 7%

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Motherboard: Intel H61

CPU
Core i5-3470Intel $59Bench 63%, 223,595 samples	1,978x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	1,002x
Core i5-2400Intel $250Bench 61%, 166,255 samples	990x

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HD 2500 (Desktop 1.05 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 146,665 samples	2,016x
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 150,891 samples	1,354x
GeForce GT 730NvidiaBench 5%, 164,888 samples	713x

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120GB 120GBMDBench 64%, 12 samples	1x

RAM
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	608x
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples	587x
1x4GBUnknownBench 28%, 154,807 samples	242x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $59

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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) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

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Average Bench: 64.3% (750^th of 1072)

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