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S270 120GB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2022.

Average Bench: 68.6% (688th of 1072)

Based on 71 user benchmarks.  Model: MSI S270 120GB
Poor: 46%Average: 68.6% Great: 85%

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Above average average bench

The MSI S270 120GB averaged 31.3% 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 161MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 30.2MB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the MSI S270 120GB is 39.2%. 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 265MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 71 samples)
Rank 68868.6%
Min Avg Max
309 Read 424 490
89.6 Write 265 395
192 Mixed 298 343
62.9 SusWrite 110 144
61% 274 MB/s
Min Avg Max
15.3 4K Read 30.2 40.8
25.7 4K Write 62.8 92.1
10.4 4K Mixed 28.3 40.9
115% 40.4 MB/s
Min Avg Max
115 DQ Read 203 272
59.5 DQ Write 252 317
33.9 DQ Mixed 161 205
140% 205 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
72GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SBFM61.5
SusWrite @10s intervals: 341 241 83 62 84 64 MB/s
89.3% Excellent
Read 491
Write 193
Mixed 372
SusWrite 146
67% 300 MB/s
4K Read 40
4K Write 92.4
4K Mixed 38.1
158% 56.8 MB/s
DQ Read 266
DQ Write 308
DQ Mixed 198
174% 257 MB/s
26GB free
Firmware: SBFM61.5
SusWrite @10s intervals: 341 154 50 51 50 58 MB/s
83.9% Excellent
Read 494
Write 317
Mixed 337
SusWrite 117
70% 316 MB/s
4K Read 38.8
4K Write 88.7
4K Mixed 37.1
153% 54.9 MB/s
DQ Read 159
DQ Write 311
DQ Mixed 165
145% 212 MB/s
33GB free
Firmware: SBFM61.5
SusWrite @10s intervals: 290 117 109 88 87 87 MB/s
80.6% Excellent
Read 448
Write 274
Mixed 319
SusWrite 129
65% 292 MB/s
4K Read 35.6
4K Write 73.7
4K Mixed 36.1
139% 48.5 MB/s
DQ Read 255
DQ Write 298
DQ Mixed 188
166% 247 MB/s
16GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SBFM61.5
SusWrite @10s intervals: 220 167 107 62 64 39 MB/s
80.4% Excellent
Read 487
Write 275
Mixed 322
SusWrite 110
66% 298 MB/s
4K Read 36.4
4K Write 83.8
4K Mixed 35.4
145% 51.9 MB/s
DQ Read 159
DQ Write 304
DQ Mixed 161
142% 208 MB/s
34GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SBFM61.5
SusWrite @10s intervals: 189 79 83 64 72 76 MB/s
47.6% Average
Read 403
Write 143
Mixed 24.9
SusWrite 93.9
36% 166 MB/s
4K Read 12.5
4K Write 43.8
4K Mixed 17.5
64% 24.6 MB/s
DQ Read 91.9
DQ Write 169
DQ Mixed 152
109% 138 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,697,619 SSDs tested

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Typical S270 120GB Builds (Compare 2,842 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 samples402x
Core i7-4790Intel  $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples301x
Core i5-4590Intel  $188Bench 63%, 151,366 samples177x
GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel  $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples343x
HD 4400 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 64,721 samples235x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples191x
SSD
S270 120GBMSIBench 69%, 71 samples1x
RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples70x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples67x
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples56x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 67% - Good Total price: $308

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