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Micron_M500_MTFDDAK120MAV 120GB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2014.

Average Bench: 62.2% (777th of 1072)

Based on 168 user benchmarks.  Model: Micron_M500_MTFDDAK120MAV
Poor: 46%Average: 62.2% Great: 76%

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Above average average bench

The Micron_M500_MTFDDAK120MAV 120GB averaged 37.8% 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 113MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 70MB/s

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Micron_M500_MTFDDAK120MAV 120GB is 29.8%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Micron_M500_MTFDDAK120MAV 120GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 112MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 132MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 168 samples)
Rank 77762.2%
Min Avg Max
339 Read 416 494
116 Write 132 140
170 Mixed 195 211
52.6 SusWrite 112 136
47% 214 MB/s
Min Avg Max
12.7 4K Read 20.6 26.6
21.1 4K Write 70 110
12.2 4K Mixed 25.7 36.4
101% 38.8 MB/s
Min Avg Max
22.5 DQ Read 211 258
91.7 DQ Write 127 140
13.1 DQ Mixed 113 159
99.4% 151 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
12GB free (System drive)
Firmware: MU05
SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 31 24 25 24 22 MB/s
67.4% Good
Read 442
Write 135
Mixed 200
SusWrite 35.6
44% 203 MB/s
4K Read 26.1
4K Write 85.7
4K Mixed 34.7
129% 48.8 MB/s
DQ Read 256
DQ Write 90.9
DQ Mixed 95.3
91% 147 MB/s
76GB free (System drive)
Firmware: MU03
SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 127 137 137 139 138 MB/s
59.5% Above average
Read 370
Write 138
Mixed 195
SusWrite 130
46% 208 MB/s
4K Read 20.5
4K Write 51.4
4K Mixed 26.3
92% 32.7 MB/s
DQ Read 230
DQ Write 140
DQ Mixed 158
125% 176 MB/s
23GB free (System drive)
Firmware: MU05
SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 76 82 85 76 78 MB/s
52% Above average
Read 366
Write 129
Mixed 184
SusWrite 86
42% 191 MB/s
4K Read 16.8
4K Write 41.7
4K Mixed 21.7
75% 26.7 MB/s
DQ Read 256
DQ Write 138
DQ Mixed 150
124% 181 MB/s
23GB free (System drive)
Firmware: MU05
SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 83 69 80 81 71 MB/s
51% Above average
Read 333
Write 127
Mixed 175
SusWrite 83.5
40% 180 MB/s
4K Read 18
4K Write 39.7
4K Mixed 22.7
77% 26.8 MB/s
DQ Read 247
DQ Write 136
DQ Mixed 129
113% 171 MB/s
75GB free (System drive)
Firmware: MU05
SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 123 119 104 115 122 MB/s
49.9% Average
Read 376
Write 136
Mixed 191
SusWrite 118
45% 205 MB/s
4K Read 15.6
4K Write 27
4K Mixed 18.3
61% 20.3 MB/s
DQ Read 245
DQ Write 141
DQ Mixed 152
124% 179 MB/s
9GB free (System drive)
Firmware: MU05
SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 62 65 68 67 57 MB/s
45.5% Average
Read 321
Write 122
Mixed 177
SusWrite 70.9
38% 173 MB/s
4K Read 14.5
4K Write 32.1
4K Mixed 19.1
64% 21.9 MB/s
DQ Read 247
DQ Write 137
DQ Mixed 128
112% 171 MB/s
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Desktop 42%
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Workstation 5%
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System: HP EliteBook 8540p

CPU
Core i5 M 540IntelBench 41%, 8,329 samples83x
Core i7 M 620IntelBench 42%, 9,076 samples75x
Core i5 M 520Intel  $70Bench 40%, 23,644 samples72x
GPU
NVS 5100MNvidiaBench 2%, 1,931 samples305x
Quadro FX 880MNvidiaBench 2%, 4,542 samples3x
Quadro FX 1800MNvidiaBench 3%, 1,209 samples1x
SSD
Micron_M500_MTFDDAK120MAV 120GBBench 62%, 168 samples1x
RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples149x
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples83x
6GBUnknownBench 25%, 111,301 samples41x
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