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SZ9STE 2.5 7mm 128GB

SZ9STE 2.5 7mm 128GB
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Effective Speed -73%Effective Speed -73%Average Score -142%Read -5%, Write -318%, 4K Read -49%, 4K Write -63%, Mixed -185%, 4K Mixed -163%, SusWrite -214%Peak Score -110%Read -3%, Write -249%, 4K Read -44%, 4K Write -38%, Mixed -110%, 4K Mixed -140%, SusWrite -189%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -162%DQ Read -1%, DQ Write -154%, DQ Mixed -414%, ADQ Read -13%, ADQ Write -200%, ADQ Mixed -460%, Age -19%, AS-SSD Total -37%

Average Bench: 56.8% (834^th of 1072)

Based on 94 user benchmarks. Model: SMART SSD SZ9STE 2.5 7mm 128GB

Poor: 39%Average: 56.8% Great: 71%

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Average average bench

The Smart SZ9STE 2.5 7mm 128GB averaged 43.2% 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 Read Speed 289MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 23.1MB/s

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Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Smart SZ9STE 2.5 7mm 128GB is 32.2%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Smart SZ9STE 2.5 7mm 128GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 94.5MB/s

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 96.9MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 94 samples)

Rank 83456.8%

Min	Avg	Max
324	Read 434	491
28.6	Write 96.9	139
48.3	Mixed 126	202
23.4	SusWrite 94.5	134
40.8% 188 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
11.8	4K Read 23.1	29.9
24.4	4K Write 53.7	88.5
7.91	4K Mixed 17.1	24.3
85.3% 31.3 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
22.6	DQ Read 289	364
29.9	DQ Write 96.2	141
10.5	DQ Mixed 46.5	64.5
72.5% 144 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

BRA-User, 16 months ago.

89GB free

Firmware: EXT06D0Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 135 134 134 134 134 MB/s

74.8% Very good

Write 138

Mixed 168

SusWrite 134

50% 230 MB/s

4K Read 33.3

4K Write 74.6

4K Mixed 25.5

123% 44.5 MB/s

DQ Read 349

DQ Write 143

DQ Mixed 64.6

96% 186 MB/s

BRA-User, 17 months ago.

39GB free

Firmware: EXT06D0Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 134 134 135 134 130 MB/s

71.4% Very good

Write 134

Mixed 174

SusWrite 134

50% 229 MB/s

4K Read 27.3

4K Write 71.4

4K Mixed 24.4

110% 41 MB/s

DQ Read 365

DQ Write 139

DQ Mixed 64.8

97% 190 MB/s

BRA-User, 15 months ago.

93GB free (System drive)

Firmware: EXT06D0Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 122 122 122 119 124 MB/s

64.8% Good

Write 127

Mixed 137

SusWrite 122

47% 216 MB/s

4K Read 24.8

4K Write 46.9

4K Mixed 21.6

90% 31.1 MB/s

DQ Read 367

DQ Write 126

DQ Mixed 58.9

93% 184 MB/s

BRA-User, 19 months ago.

64GB free (System drive)

Firmware: EXT06D0Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 107 117 119 106 117 MB/s

54.7% Above average

Write 122

Mixed 140

SusWrite 113

43% 195 MB/s

4K Read 16.8

4K Write 41.6

4K Mixed 17.1

69% 25.2 MB/s

DQ Read 355

DQ Write 124

DQ Mixed 58.7

91% 179 MB/s

BRA-User, 9 months ago.

61GB free (System drive)

Firmware: EXT06D0Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 86 90 96 100 102 MB/s

49.7% Average

Write 94.9

Mixed 124

SusWrite 91.1

42% 191 MB/s

4K Read 17.1

4K Write 56.7

4K Mixed 9.6

68% 27.8 MB/s

DQ Read 211

DQ Write 74.8

DQ Mixed 52.7

63% 113 MB/s

BRA-User, 19 months ago.

14GB free (System drive)

Firmware: EXT06D0Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 36 30 31 46 77 MB/s

39.2% Below average

Write 26.5

Mixed 47

SusWrite 46.2

26% 122 MB/s

4K Read 13.3

4K Write 27.4

4K Mixed 9.8

47% 16.8 MB/s

DQ Read 307

DQ Write 33.9

DQ Mixed 47.1

66% 129 MB/s

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Typical SZ9STE 2.5 7mm 128GB Builds (Compare 306 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 4%

Tree trunk

Desktop 42%

Speed boat

Workstation 4%

Tree trunk

System: Dell Vostro 5470

CPU
Core i5-4210UIntelBench 41%, 82,966 samples	115x
Core i7-4510UIntelBench 47%, 63,054 samples	66x
Core i5-4200UIntel $281Bench 43%, 64,450 samples	63x

GPU
HD 4400 (Mobile 1.0/1.1 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 275,372 samples	245x
GeForce GT 740MNvidiaBench 6%, 15,605 samples	61x

SSD
SZ9STE 2.5 7mm 128GBSmartBench 57%, 94 samples	1x

RAM
SH5641G8FJ8NWRNSQG 1x8GBSmartBench 28%, 3,351 samples	82x
SH564128FJ8NWRNSQG 1x4GBSmartBench 27%, 2,672 samples	45x
M471B5173DB0-YK0 1x4GBSamsungBench 24%, 51,191 samples	16x

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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 $179	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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SZ9STE 2.5 7mm 128GB

Average Bench: 56.8% (834^th of 1072)

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Average Bench: 56.8% (834th of 1072)

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