Geil

Zenith S3 120GB

Zenith S3 120GB
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Effective Speed -50%Effective Speed -50%Average Score -80%Read -10%, Write -209%, 4K Read -24%, 4K Write -9%, Mixed -90%, 4K Mixed -69%, SusWrite -149%Peak Score -85%Read -2%, Write -223%, 4K Read -22%, 4K Write -15%, Mixed -99%, 4K Mixed -38%, SusWrite -193%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -107%DQ Read -76%, DQ Write -139%, DQ Mixed -111%, ADQ Read -127%, ADQ Write -127%, ADQ Mixed -178%, Age -19%, AS-SSD Total -75%

Average Bench: 65.8% (732^nd of 1072)

Based on 220 user benchmarks. Models: GeIL ZENITH S3-120GB, GeIL ZENITH S3-120GBB

Poor: 48%Average: 65.8% Great: 80%

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Above average average bench

The Geil Zenith S3 120GB averaged 34.1% 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 93.6MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 80.4MB/s

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Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Geil Zenith S3 120GB is 31.5%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Geil Zenith S3 120GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 119MB/s

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 131MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 220 samples)

Rank 73265.8%

Min	Avg	Max
314	Read 415	496
101	Write 131	150
155	Mixed 189	213
98.7	SusWrite 119	132
47% 214 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
18	4K Read 27.7	35.2
39.6	4K Write 80.4	106
9.94	4K Mixed 26.7	42.2
119% 44.9 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
23.4	DQ Read 144	208
66.6	DQ Write 127	150
10.5	DQ Mixed 93.6	157
81.6% 122 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

NLD-User, 12 months ago.

22GB free

Firmware: 5.20

SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 119 102 131 117 103 MB/s

83.5% Excellent

Write 167

Mixed 218

SusWrite 116

53% 239 MB/s

4K Read 34.5

4K Write 102

4K Mixed 45

164% 60.5 MB/s

DQ Read 184

DQ Write 156

DQ Mixed 157

121% 166 MB/s

NLD-User, 8 months ago.

42GB free

Firmware: 5.20

SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 131 132 131 126 128 MB/s

80% Very good

Write 144

Mixed 194

SusWrite 129

49% 221 MB/s

4K Read 33.3

4K Write 102

4K Mixed 40.9

157% 58.6 MB/s

DQ Read 182

DQ Write 147

DQ Mixed 150

116% 160 MB/s

KAZ-User, 13 months ago.

95GB free

Firmware: 5.20

SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 115 105 116 114 116 MB/s

72.4% Very good

Write 117

Mixed 170

SusWrite 114

41% 188 MB/s

4K Read 31.2

4K Write 99.7

4K Mixed 35.3

145% 55.4 MB/s

DQ Read 189

DQ Write 135

DQ Mixed 147

114% 157 MB/s

BGR-User, 8 months ago.

108GB free

Firmware: 5.20

SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 133 133 132 134 132 MB/s

72.4% Very good

Write 155

Mixed 213

SusWrite 134

45% 202 MB/s

4K Read 33.5

4K Write 78.5

4K Mixed 38.5

142% 50.2 MB/s

DQ Read 220

DQ Write 155

DQ Mixed 159

126% 178 MB/s

USA-User, 8 months ago.

24GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 5.20

SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 103 109 103 105 103 MB/s

71.3% Very good

Write 126

Mixed 165

SusWrite 106

44% 203 MB/s

4K Read 30.7

4K Write 79.9

4K Mixed 35.9

135% 48.8 MB/s

DQ Read 182

DQ Write 125

DQ Mixed 140

108% 149 MB/s

LVA-User, 11 months ago.

37GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 5.20

SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 114 116 118 115 116 MB/s

70.3% Very good

Write 125

Mixed 171

SusWrite 116

44% 200 MB/s

4K Read 30.2

4K Write 79.7

4K Mixed 35

133% 48.3 MB/s

DQ Read 184

DQ Write 128

DQ Mixed 143

110% 152 MB/s

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Typical Zenith S3 120GB Builds (Compare 4,010 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 56%

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Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 44%

Speed boat

Motherboard: MSI Z87-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) - $242

CPU
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	1,367x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	1,199x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	390x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	319x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	316x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	309x

SSD
Zenith S3 120GBGeilBench 66%, 220 samples	1x

RAM
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	84x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	77x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 50%, 19,207 samples	74x

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Value: 130% - Outstanding

Total price: $437

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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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Zenith S3 120GB

Average Bench: 65.8% (732^nd of 1072)

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Average Bench: 65.8% (732nd of 1072)

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