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BLACK 120G 120GB

BLACK 120G 120GB
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Effective Speed -57%Effective Speed -57%Average Score -49%Read -10%, Write -43%, 4K Read -59%, 4K Write -47%, Mixed -26%, 4K Mixed -97%, SusWrite -64%Peak Score -21%Read -7%, Write -30%, 4K Read -16%, 4K Write -4%, Mixed -13%, 4K Mixed -72%, SusWrite -4%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -56%DQ Read -128%, DQ Write -10%, DQ Mixed -88%, ADQ Read -214%, ADQ Write -25%, ADQ Mixed -137%, Age 193%, AS-SSD Total -44%

Average Bench: 62.7% (772^nd of 1072)

Based on 10 user benchmarks. Model: GAMER BLACK 120G

Poor: 37%Average: 62.7% Great: 77%

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Above average average bench

The Gamer BLACK 120G 120GB averaged 37.2% 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 110MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 232MB/s

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Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Gamer BLACK 120G 120GB is 39.8%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Gamer BLACK 120G 120GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 104MB/s

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 181MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 10 samples)

Rank 77262.7%

Min	Avg	Max
312	Read 414	474
21.4	Write 283	374
20.9	Mixed 285	373
36.4	SusWrite 181	371
64.8% 291 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
13.8	4K Read 21.6	37.2
0	4K Write 59.7	118
2.9	4K Mixed 22.9	33.9
93.5% 34.7 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
65.5	DQ Read 104	161
203	DQ Write 232	325
39.4	DQ Mixed 110	176
100% 149 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

BRA-User, 8 months ago.

112GB free

Firmware: V8302c20

SusWrite @10s intervals: 368 363 365 377 378 378 MB/s

83.9% Excellent

Write 374

Mixed 322

SusWrite 371

86% 384 MB/s

4K Read 24.1

4K Write 73.8

4K Mixed 32.6

117% 43.5 MB/s

DQ Read 67.4

DQ Write 211

DQ Mixed 100

88% 126 MB/s

BRA-User, 6 months ago.

25GB free (System drive)

Firmware: V8302c20

SusWrite @10s intervals: 371 260 171 78 77 46 MB/s

74.8% Very good

Write 362

Mixed 345

SusWrite 167

75% 337 MB/s

4K Read 24.7

4K Write 80.3

4K Mixed 33.9

123% 46.3 MB/s

DQ Read 127

DQ Write 209

DQ Mixed 172

129% 169 MB/s

BRA-User, 7 months ago.

86GB free (System drive)

Firmware: V83C2c31

SusWrite @10s intervals: 309 291 334 309 322 197 MB/s

63.2% Good

Write 268

Mixed 250

SusWrite 294

66% 294 MB/s

4K Read 15.3

4K Write 38

4K Mixed 22.7

72% 25.3 MB/s

DQ Read 150

DQ Write 206

DQ Mixed 176

134% 177 MB/s

BRA-User, 9 months ago.

23GB free (System drive)

Firmware: V8302c20

SusWrite @10s intervals: 264 38 134 39 39 39 MB/s

61.9% Good

Write 351

Mixed 319

SusWrite 92.1

67% 303 MB/s

4K Read 22.7

4K Write 57.9

4K Mixed 29.6

103% 36.7 MB/s

DQ Read 77.1

DQ Write 210

DQ Mixed 116

97% 134 MB/s

BRA-User, 7 months ago.

70GB free (System drive)

Firmware: V8302c20

SusWrite @10s intervals: 30 33 19 53 43 41 MB/s

36.8% Below average

Write 21.4

Mixed 20.9

SusWrite 36.4

28% 134 MB/s

4K Read 37.2

4K Write 0

4K Mixed 2.9

60% 13.4 MB/s

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Gaming 7%

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Desktop 56%

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Workstation 7%

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System: Dell Inspiron 7520

CPU
Core i7-3632QMIntelBench 61%, 24,912 samples	217x
Core i7-3612QMIntelBench 60%, 11,760 samples	144x
Core i5-3210MIntel $52Bench 48%, 79,744 samples	63x

GPU
HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 409,110 samples	442x
Radeon HD 7700MAMDBench 6%, 367 samples	18x
Radeon HD 7730MAMDBench 4%, 191 samples	8x

SSD
BLACK 120G 120GBGamerBench 63%, 10 samples	1x

RAM
HMT351S6CFR8C-PB 2x4GBHynixBench 50%, 25,458 samples	64x
SH564128FH8NZQNSCG 2x4GBSmartBench 50%, 805 samples	41x
M471B5273DH0-CK0 2x4GBSamsungBench 50%, 11,714 samples	33x

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Average Bench: 62.7% (772^nd of 1072)

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