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S270 120GB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2022.

Average Bench: 69.2% (682nd of 1071)

Based on 42 user benchmarks.  Model: MSI S270 120GB
Poor: 41%Average: 69.2% Great: 89%

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Above average average bench

The MSI S270 120GB averaged 30.7% 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 164MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 30.4MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the MSI S270 120GB is 47.6%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the MSI S270 120GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 110MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 255MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 42 samples)
Rank 68269.2%
Min Avg Max
199 Read 424 504
44.7 Write 255 398
84.4 Mixed 289 355
48.5 SusWrite 110 192
59.9% 270 MB/s
Min Avg Max
10.1 4K Read 30.4 42
0.4 4K Write 64.1 99.9
0.3 4K Mixed 29.1 42
117% 41.2 MB/s
Min Avg Max
32.2 DQ Read 200 276
48.4 DQ Write 257 320
29.9 DQ Mixed 164 204
142% 207 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
54GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SBFM61.5
SusWrite @10s intervals: 392 131 82 117 72 100 MB/s
87% Excellent
Read 469
Write 220
Mixed 336
SusWrite 149
65% 293 MB/s
4K Read 38.3
4K Write 81.2
4K Mixed 40.6
153% 53.4 MB/s
DQ Read 255
DQ Write 293
DQ Mixed 192
167% 247 MB/s
80GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SBFM61.5
SusWrite @10s intervals: 294 137 49 48 47 48 MB/s
79.8% Very good
Read 481
Write 288
Mixed 314
SusWrite 104
66% 297 MB/s
4K Read 36.8
4K Write 82.3
4K Mixed 35.8
145% 51.6 MB/s
DQ Read 160
DQ Write 293
DQ Mixed 164
142% 205 MB/s
65GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SBFM61.5
SusWrite @10s intervals: 312 157 50 49 49 50 MB/s
72.1% Very good
Read 470
Write 310
Mixed 323
SusWrite 111
68% 303 MB/s
4K Read 31
4K Write 62.8
4K Mixed 29.9
118% 41.2 MB/s
DQ Read 159
DQ Write 309
DQ Mixed 166
145% 211 MB/s
74GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SBFM61.5
SusWrite @10s intervals: 265 80 102 104 211 81 MB/s
63.2% Good
Read 199
Write 79
Mixed 298
SusWrite 141
40% 179 MB/s
4K Read 26.8
4K Write 58.1
4K Mixed 29.7
109% 38.2 MB/s
DQ Read 267
DQ Write 320
DQ Mixed 200
177% 262 MB/s
29GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SBFM61.5
SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 116 130 124 98 68 MB/s
56.6% Above average
Read 348
Write 284
Mixed 231
SusWrite 111
54% 243 MB/s
4K Read 17.2
4K Write 53.3
4K Mixed 21.6
82% 30.7 MB/s
DQ Read 240
DQ Write 248
DQ Mixed 182
154% 223 MB/s
64GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SBFM61.5
SusWrite @10s intervals: 236 183 73 77 64 58 MB/s
55.3% Above average
Read 342
Write 211
Mixed 215
SusWrite 115
49% 221 MB/s
4K Read 17.7
4K Write 42.4
4K Mixed 22
78% 27.4 MB/s
DQ Read 226
DQ Write 254
DQ Mixed 173
149% 218 MB/s
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Typical S270 120GB Builds (Compare 2,248 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.
Gaming
Gaming 8%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 60%
Gunboat
Workstation
Workstation 7%
Tree trunk

Motherboard: MSI H81M-E33 (MS-7817) - $98

CPU
Core i5-4460Intel  $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples315x
Core i7-4790Intel  $150Bench 71%, 255,027 samples232x
Core i5-4590Intel  $188Bench 63%, 151,366 samples139x
GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel  $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples278x
HD 4400 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 64,721 samples189x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $146Bench 29%, 946,701 samples145x
SSD
S270 120GBMSIBench 69%, 42 samples1x
RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples62x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples50x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 1x8GBKingstonBench 31%, 37,489 samples44x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 67% - Good Total price: $308

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