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TA1D0120A 120GB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2016.

Average Bench: 60.7% (797th of 1072)

Based on 4,895 user benchmarks.  Model: GALAX TA1D0120A
Poor: 32%Average: 60.7% Great: 80%

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Above average average bench

The Galax TA1D0120A 120GB averaged 39.2% 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 126MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 26.7MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Galax TA1D0120A 120GB is 47.7%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Galax TA1D0120A 120GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 71.9MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 241MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 4,895 samples)
Rank 79760.7%
Min Avg Max
291 Read 370 491
107 Write 246 384
73.3 Mixed 241 335
34.7 SusWrite 71.9 111
51.6% 232 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.4 4K Read 26.7 36.8
13.5 4K Write 68.6 95.5
0.88 4K Mixed 24.4 33.9
108% 39.9 MB/s
Min Avg Max
74.6 DQ Read 198 310
26.8 DQ Write 218 326
15.2 DQ Mixed 126 191
118% 181 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
29GB free
Firmware: SBFM91.3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 422 411 408 395 402 395 MB/s
84.2% Excellent
Read 368
Write 373
Mixed 308
SusWrite 406
82% 364 MB/s
4K Read 24.1
4K Write 69.3
4K Mixed 23.1
103% 38.8 MB/s
DQ Read 318
DQ Write 306
DQ Mixed 186
174% 270 MB/s
13GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 61.2
SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 76 59 81 59 48 MB/s
66.9% Good
Read 404
Write 157
Mixed 259
SusWrite 65.3
49% 221 MB/s
4K Read 33.6
4K Write 80.7
4K Mixed 29.4
131% 47.9 MB/s
DQ Read 234
DQ Write 93.1
DQ Mixed 50.2
67% 126 MB/s
17GB free
Firmware: SBFM11.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 45 70 37 37 46 37 MB/s
59.8% Above average
Read 303
Write 230
Mixed 247
SusWrite 45.5
46% 207 MB/s
4K Read 27.6
4K Write 66.7
4K Mixed 28.3
113% 40.9 MB/s
DQ Read 226
DQ Write 242
DQ Mixed 57.6
92% 175 MB/s
66GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SBFM61.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 192 52 49 51 51 51 MB/s
58.3% Above average
Read 309
Write 253
Mixed 232
SusWrite 74.3
48% 217 MB/s
4K Read 26.5
4K Write 68.6
4K Mixed 24.6
108% 39.9 MB/s
DQ Read 169
DQ Write 231
DQ Mixed 143
124% 181 MB/s
22GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SBFM61.2
SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 53 69 21 51 28 MB/s
42.2% Average
Read 472
Write 223
Mixed 178
SusWrite 55.6
51% 232 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 17.2
4K Mixed 22.3
39% 13.4 MB/s
DQ Read 88.5
DQ Write 192
DQ Mixed 165
118% 148 MB/s
30GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SBFM11.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 61 36 35 4 48 MB/s
32.4% Below average
Read 303
Write 259
Mixed 247
SusWrite 42.9
48% 213 MB/s
4K Read 28.4
4K Write 10.8
4K Mixed 1
50% 13.4 MB/s
DQ Read 176
DQ Write 20.4
DQ Mixed 49.4
48% 81.9 MB/s
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Gaming
Gaming 6%
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Desktop 62%
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Workstation 6%
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Motherboard: Asus B75M-PLUS

CPU
Core i7-3770Intel  $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples169x
Core i5-3470Intel  $59Bench 63%, 223,595 samples112x
Core i5-3570IntelBench 65%, 104,858 samples69x
GPU
HD 2500 (Desktop 1.05 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 146,665 samples62x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples57x
RX 580AMD  $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples38x
SSD
TA1D0120A 120GBGalaxBench 61%, 4,895 samples23x
RAM
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples29x
M378B5773DH0-CH9 4x2GBSamsungBench 48%, 2,464 samples21x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples9x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 68% - Good Total price: $297

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