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Release date ≈ Q4 2014.

Average Bench: 65.5% (745th of 1080)

Based on 1,828 user benchmarks.  Model: SSD Smartbuy 120GB
Poor: 37%Average: 65.5% Great: 91%

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Above average average bench

The SSD Smartbuy 120GB averaged 34.4% 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 114MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 25.2MB/s

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the SSD Smartbuy 120GB is 53.5%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the SSD Smartbuy 120GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 119MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 243MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 1,828 samples)
Rank 74565.5%
Min Avg Max
293 Read 420 504
38.7 Write 247 440
40.2 Mixed 243 362
34.2 SusWrite 119 269
57% 257 MB/s
Min Avg Max
8.88 4K Read 25.2 37.6
14.1 4K Write 68.6 98.9
7.34 4K Mixed 25.2 40.6
107% 39.7 MB/s
Min Avg Max
82.9 DQ Read 209 323
34.7 DQ Write 215 357
15 DQ Mixed 114 195
113% 179 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
27GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SBFM10.8
SusWrite @10s intervals: 239 46 72 83 50 71 MB/s
80.5% Excellent
Read 455
Write 315
Mixed 313
SusWrite 93.6
65% 294 MB/s
4K Read 35.6
4K Write 86.9
4K Mixed 34.7
144% 52.4 MB/s
DQ Read 275
DQ Write 304
DQ Mixed 192
172% 257 MB/s
86GB free
Firmware: SBFM50.8
SusWrite @10s intervals: 274 73 70 72 71 71 MB/s
68.8% Good
Read 434
Write 285
Mixed 335
SusWrite 105
64% 290 MB/s
4K Read 24.6
4K Write 61
4K Mixed 27.1
104% 37.6 MB/s
DQ Read 282
DQ Write 309
DQ Mixed 186
170% 259 MB/s
49GB free
Firmware: S8FM08.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 231 235 234 233 249 247 MB/s
61.3% Good
Read 479
Write 228
Mixed 228
SusWrite 238
65% 293 MB/s
4K Read 10.4
4K Write 62
4K Mixed 15.3
68% 29.2 MB/s
DQ Read 143
DQ Write 175
DQ Mixed 37.8
62% 118 MB/s
39GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SBFM71.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 30 1.9 15 74 39 MB/s
55.9% Above average
Read 366
Write 137
Mixed 269
SusWrite 52.2
46% 206 MB/s
4K Read 22
4K Write 56.9
4K Mixed 22.4
92% 33.8 MB/s
DQ Read 159
DQ Write 298
DQ Mixed 137
130% 198 MB/s
13GB free
Firmware: SAFM12.2
SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 81 50 19 37 38 MB/s
40.7% Average
Read 509
Write 86.5
Mixed 136
SusWrite 50.5
42% 195 MB/s
4K Read 32.7
4K Write 4.1
4K Mixed 7.3
61% 14.7 MB/s
58GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SBFM11.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 99 56 92 52 76 MB/s
39.2% Below average
Read 343
Write 217
Mixed 32.6
SusWrite 76.7
37% 167 MB/s
4K Read 7.8
4K Write 35.6
4K Mixed 15.7
51% 19.7 MB/s
DQ Read 77.9
DQ Write 140
DQ Mixed 192
122% 137 MB/s
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Gaming
Gaming 23%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 72%
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Workstation
Workstation 18%
Surfboard

Motherboard: MSI H81M-P33 (MS-7817) - $73

CPU
Core i5-4460Intel  $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples918x
Core i5-4590Intel  $188Bench 63%, 151,366 samples446x
Core i7-4790Intel  $125Bench 71%, 255,027 samples397x
GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples384x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel  $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples300x
GTX 750-TiNvidia  $90Bench 17%, 309,423 samples283x
SSD
Smartbuy 120GBSSDBench 66%, 1,828 samples1x
RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples121x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples91x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 1x8GBKingstonBench 31%, 37,489 samples64x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 80% - Very good Total price: $326

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