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SQF-S25M8-128G-S8C 128GB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2016.

Average Bench: 56.2% (839th of 1072)

Based on 18 user benchmarks.  Model: SQF-S25M8-128G-S8C
Poor: 42%Average: 56.2% Great: 67%

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Average average bench

The SQF-S25M8-128G-S8C 128GB averaged 43.7% 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. Sequential Read Speed 443MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 59.4MB/s

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the SQF-S25M8-128G-S8C 128GB is 24.4%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the SQF-S25M8-128G-S8C 128GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 153MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 178MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 18 samples)
Rank 83956.2%
Min Avg Max
314 Read 443 503
13.5 Write 178 200
15.2 Mixed 183 225
76.3 SusWrite 153 195
52.8% 239 MB/s
Min Avg Max
6.9 4K Read 17.4 23.9
7.6 4K Write 51.7 88.7
9.6 4K Mixed 17.6 23.1
76.3% 28.9 MB/s
Min Avg Max
62.7 DQ Read 134 147
101 DQ Write 168 242
18 DQ Mixed 59.4 70.7
70.2% 120 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
38GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S8FM06A7
SusWrite @10s intervals: 189 194 34 190 195 166 MB/s
63.4% Good
Read 463
Write 195
Mixed 209
SusWrite 161
57% 257 MB/s
4K Read 20.7
4K Write 67.2
4K Mixed 20.7
94% 36.2 MB/s
DQ Read 137
DQ Write 177
DQ Mixed 69.1
77% 128 MB/s
67GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S8FM06A7
SusWrite @10s intervals: 186 185 192 196 195 196 MB/s
61.6% Good
Read 486
Write 194
Mixed 213
SusWrite 192
60% 271 MB/s
4K Read 23.2
4K Write 41.7
4K Mixed 20.1
83% 28.3 MB/s
DQ Read 137
DQ Write 101
DQ Mixed 70.1
66% 103 MB/s
79GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S8FM06A7
SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 188 186 186 187 184 MB/s
60.9% Good
Read 469
Write 191
Mixed 201
SusWrite 184
58% 261 MB/s
4K Read 18.4
4K Write 48.4
4K Mixed 19.3
78% 28.7 MB/s
DQ Read 138
DQ Write 185
DQ Mixed 51.9
70% 125 MB/s
83GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S8FM06A7
SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 172 189 187 191 190 MB/s
42.3% Average
Read 314
Write 185
Mixed 184
SusWrite 182
48% 216 MB/s
4K Read 9.1
4K Write 21.3
4K Mixed 10.5
38% 13.6 MB/s
DQ Read 134
DQ Write 173
DQ Mixed 53.2
68% 120 MB/s
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Typical SQF-S25M8-128G-S8C 128GB Builds (Compare 778 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 2%
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Desktop
Desktop 58%
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Workstation
Workstation 2%
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Motherboard: Intel MAHOBAY

CPU
Core i5-3470Intel  $59Bench 63%, 223,595 samples108x
Core i5-2400Intel  $250Bench 61%, 166,255 samples75x
Core i7-3770Intel  $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples73x
GPU
HD 2500 (Desktop 1.05 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 146,665 samples97x
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 150,891 samples78x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples57x
SSD
SQF-S25M8-128G-S8C 128GBBench 56%, 18 samples1x
RAM
1x4GBUnknownBench 28%, 154,807 samples25x
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples23x
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples12x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 97% - Outstanding Total price: $59

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