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120GB 128GB

120GB 128GB
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Effective Speed -42%Effective Speed -42%Average Score -42%Read -13%, Write -45%, 4K Read -23%, 4K Write -26%, Mixed -35%, 4K Mixed -87%, SusWrite -63%Peak Score -11%Read -3%, Write -4%, 4K Read -16%, 4K Write -32%, Mixed 3%, 4K Mixed -38%, SusWrite 15%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -44%DQ Read -20%, DQ Write -16%, DQ Mixed -57%, ADQ Read -61%, ADQ Write -31%, ADQ Mixed -153%, Age 5%, AS-SSD Total -18%

Average Bench: 69.5% (676^th of 1071)

Based on 20 user benchmarks. Model: SSD 120GB

Poor: 44%Average: 69.5% Great: 88%

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Above average average bench

The SSD 120GB 128GB averaged 30.4% 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 103MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 27.8MB/s

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Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the SSD 120GB 128GB is 44.6%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the SSD 120GB 128GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 182MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 266MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 20 samples)

Rank 67669.5%

Min	Avg	Max
288	Read 403	492
127	Write 280	468
165	Mixed 266	436
65.9	SusWrite 182	444
63.1% 283 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
16.1	4K Read 27.8	36.9
22.4	4K Write 69.6	92.7
5.8	4K Mixed 24.1	42.1
110% 40.5 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
34.1	DQ Read 203	305
61.4	DQ Write 220	309
7.7	DQ Mixed 103	211
107% 175 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

BRA-User, 17 months ago.

83GB free (System drive)

Firmware: SBFC81.2

SusWrite @10s intervals: 219 213 224 241 240 237 MB/s

79.2% Very good

Write 274

Mixed 274

SusWrite 229

66% 296 MB/s

4K Read 29.9

4K Write 60.9

4K Mixed 30.9

117% 40.6 MB/s

DQ Read 304

DQ Write 286

DQ Mixed 206

179% 265 MB/s

PHL-User, 16 months ago.

78GB free (System drive)

Firmware: HPS1A30Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 336 292 296 249 53 9.1 MB/s

73.3% Very good

Write 340

Mixed 341

SusWrite 206

77% 343 MB/s

4K Read 33.3

4K Write 92.7

4K Mixed 11

114% 45.7 MB/s

DQ Read 144

DQ Write 276

DQ Mixed 13.4

66% 144 MB/s

BRA-User, 16 months ago.

52GB free (System drive)

Firmware: T0106A0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 300 236 81 45 43 43 MB/s

73.1% Very good

Write 402

Mixed 358

SusWrite 125

74% 333 MB/s

4K Read 29.1

4K Write 79

4K Mixed 23.6

116% 43.9 MB/s

DQ Read 279

DQ Write 309

DQ Mixed 39.8

100% 209 MB/s

UKR-User, 7 months ago.

75GB free (System drive)

Firmware: HPS1A30Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 55 237 202 31 37 81 MB/s

52.7% Above average

Write 373

Mixed 223

SusWrite 107

63% 284 MB/s

4K Read 29.6

4K Write 49.3

4K Mixed 5.8

78% 28.2 MB/s

DQ Read 142

DQ Write 182

DQ Mixed 8.8

49% 111 MB/s

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Desktop 43%

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Workstation 2%

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System: Asus X450LD

CPU
Core i5-4200UIntel $281Bench 43%, 64,450 samples	56x
Core i7-4500UIntel $393Bench 50%, 39,249 samples	25x
Core i5-4210UIntelBench 41%, 82,966 samples	25x

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HD 4400 (Mobile 1.0/1.1 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 275,372 samples	103x
GeForce 820MNvidiaBench 4%, 9,266 samples	33x

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120GB 128GBSSDBench 70%, 20 samples	1x

RAM
1x4GBElpidaBench 28%, 3,874 samples	28x
SH564128FJ8NWRNSQR Elpida 8GBUnknownBench 49%, 94 samples	15x
HMT451S6AFR8A-PB Elpida 8GBHynixBench 50%, 198 samples	8x

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Value: 42% - Average

Total price: $281

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