2.5

SATA SSD 128GB

SATA SSD 128GB
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Effective Speed -49%Effective Speed -49%Average Score -63%Read -34%, Write -121%, 4K Read -10%, 4K Write -35%, Mixed -55%, 4K Mixed -56%, SusWrite -132%Peak Score -44%Read -18%, Write -43%, 4K Read -6%, 4K Write -25%, Mixed -30%, 4K Mixed -46%, SusWrite -142%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -41%DQ Read -137%, DQ Write -14%, DQ Mixed -102%, ADQ Read -128%, ADQ Write -16%, ADQ Mixed -85%, Age 203%, AS-SSD Total -51%

Average Bench: 65.9% (731^st of 1072)

Based on 45 user benchmarks. Model: 2.5 SATA SSD

Poor: 47%Average: 65.9% Great: 79%

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Above average average bench

The 2.5 SATA SSD 128GB averaged 34.0% 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 141MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 31.1MB/s

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Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the 2.5 SATA SSD 128GB is 32.3%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the 2.5 SATA SSD 128GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 128MB/s

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 183MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 45 samples)

Rank 73165.9%

Min	Avg	Max
286	Read 342	429
106	Write 183	338
22.1	Mixed 232	326
39.4	SusWrite 128	160
49.2% 221 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
19.5	4K Read 31.1	40.6
7.5	4K Write 64.9	97.8
2.7	4K Mixed 28.8	39.9
118% 41.6 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
30.2	DQ Read 143	155
30.9	DQ Write 249	314
27.5	DQ Mixed 141	164
122% 178 MB/s

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RUS-User, 6 months ago.

22GB free (System drive)

Firmware: HAFEB1.0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 49 38 27 40 33 MB/s

56.8% Above average

Write 169

Mixed 217

SusWrite 49.3

40% 182 MB/s

4K Read 29

4K Write 54

4K Mixed 27.8

108% 36.9 MB/s

DQ Read 154

DQ Write 253

DQ Mixed 34.9

74% 147 MB/s

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Desktop 74%

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Workstation 32%

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Motherboard: Intel X79

CPU
Xeon E5-2689 0IntelBench 71%, 6,987 samples	339x
Xeon E5-2650 v2IntelBench 67%, 5,123 samples	268x
Xeon E5-2640 0IntelBench 65%, 3,274 samples	143x

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RX 570AMD $130Bench 45%, 473,685 samples	126x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	114x
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia $119Bench 52%, 627,793 samples	108x

SSD
SATA SSD 128GB2.5Bench 66%, 45 samples	1x

RAM
M393B5170GB0- 2x4GBSamsungBench 52%, 1,540 samples	127x
M393B1K70DH0- 2x8GBSamsungBench 54%, 1,683 samples	62x
HMT151R7BFR4C 4x4GBHynixBench 67%, 393 samples	58x

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Value: 82% - Excellent

Total price: $130

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Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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

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