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Toshiba

A100 120GB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2016.

Average Bench: 64.6% (745th of 1072)

Based on 1,960 user benchmarks.  Model: TOSHIBA A100
Poor: 37%Average: 64.6% Great: 89%

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Above average average bench

The Toshiba A100 120GB averaged 35.3% 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 121MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 30.3MB/s

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Toshiba A100 120GB is 52.6%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Toshiba A100 120GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 80.4MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 246MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 1,960 samples)
Rank 74564.6%
Min Avg Max
339 Read 439 498
51.3 Write 246 410
69.2 Mixed 250 368
30.6 SusWrite 80.4 132
56.2% 254 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.79 4K Read 30.3 38.8
9.86 4K Write 57 92.4
0.4 4K Mixed 26.2 38.6
110% 37.9 MB/s
Min Avg Max
14.7 DQ Read 251 334
8.7 DQ Write 171 333
3.5 DQ Mixed 121 213
114% 181 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
109GB free
Firmware: SBFA10.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 115 105 98 99 98 MB/s
91.2% Outstanding
Read 509
Write 436
Mixed 378
SusWrite 107
80% 358 MB/s
4K Read 40
4K Write 96.7
4K Mixed 39.6
162% 58.8 MB/s
DQ Read 336
DQ Write 335
DQ Mixed 216
195% 296 MB/s
66GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SBFA10.4
SusWrite @10s intervals: 204 121 72 134 51 91 MB/s
57.9% Above average
Read 415
Write 290
Mixed 317
SusWrite 112
63% 283 MB/s
4K Read 19.3
4K Write 44.3
4K Mixed 21.5
80% 28.4 MB/s
DQ Read 263
DQ Write 179
DQ Mixed 199
155% 214 MB/s
29GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SBFA10.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 12 13 42 42 28 MB/s
43.3% Average
Read 451
Write 43
Mixed 76.5
SusWrite 29.4
32% 150 MB/s
4K Read 20.5
4K Write 21.4
4K Mixed 14.5
61% 18.8 MB/s
DQ Read 190
DQ Write 36.7
DQ Mixed 59.7
58% 95.3 MB/s
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Typical A100 120GB Builds (Compare 999 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 25%
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Desktop
Desktop 75%
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Workstation
Workstation 21%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H77-DS3H

CPU
Core i7-3770Intel  $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples288x
Core i5-3470Intel  $59Bench 63%, 223,595 samples141x
Core i5-3570IntelBench 65%, 104,858 samples97x
GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples87x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples57x
GTX 660Nvidia  $170Bench 20%, 123,956 samples33x
SSD
A100 120GBToshibaBench 65%, 1,960 samples1x
RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples29x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples27x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples18x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 76% - Very good Total price: $356

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