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V-gen09sm21ar128sdknv

128GB 128GB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2021.

Average Bench: 135% (173rd of 1072)

Based on 15 user benchmarks.  Model: V-GEN09SM21AR128SDKNV 128GB
Poor: 71%Average: 135% Great: 193%

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Outstanding average bench

The V-gen09sm21ar128sdknv 128GB 128GB averaged 35.0% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the V-gen09sm21ar128sdknv 128GB 128GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 388MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 1,169MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the V-gen09sm21ar128sdknv 128GB 128GB is 122%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the V-gen09sm21ar128sdknv 128GB 128GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 388MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 27.8MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 15 samples)
Rank 173135%
Min Avg Max
298 Read 1,169 1,843
221 Write 670 1,053
280 Mixed 696 978
123 SusWrite 388 600
162% 731 MB/s
Min Avg Max
22.5 4K Read 38.7 56.3
37 4K Write 102 200
12.1 4K Mixed 27.8 38.6
148% 56.2 MB/s
Min Avg Max
295 DQ Read 438 510
66.6 DQ Write 505 872
163 DQ Mixed 388 477
315% 444 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
71GB free (System drive)
Firmware: T0901A3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 546 532 539 458 118 96 MB/s
124% Outstanding
Read 718
Write 568
Mixed 590
SusWrite 381
126% 565 MB/s
4K Read 47.1
4K Write 96.3
4K Mixed 36.1
169% 59.8 MB/s
DQ Read 498
DQ Write 487
DQ Mixed 381
317% 455 MB/s
73GB free (System drive)
Firmware: T0901A3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 383 118 113 123 126 145 MB/s
90.3% Outstanding
Read 528
Write 395
Mixed 474
SusWrite 168
88% 391 MB/s
4K Read 38.9
4K Write 74.2
4K Mixed 24.5
130% 45.9 MB/s
DQ Read 497
DQ Write 442
DQ Mixed 371
305% 437 MB/s
39GB free (System drive)
Firmware: T0901A3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 224 133 102 141 89 128 MB/s
88.2% Excellent
Read 1,138
Write 287
Mixed 289
SusWrite 136
100% 463 MB/s
4K Read 25.2
4K Write 37
4K Mixed 21.3
85% 27.8 MB/s
DQ Read 315
DQ Write 66.6
DQ Mixed 163
127% 181 MB/s
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Motherboard: Asus Z97I-PLUS - $200

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Core i7-4790KIntel  $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples233x
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Core i7-4790Intel  $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples51x
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HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel  $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples66x
GTX 970Nvidia  $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples63x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples40x
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128GB 128GBV-gen09sm21ar128sdknvBench 135%, 15 samples1x
RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples32x
Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBHyperXBench 63%, 20,216 samples28x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples28x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 73% - Very good Total price: $563

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