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SSD2SC120G3SA754D117-483 120GB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2015.

Average Bench: 78.5% (512th of 1072)

Based on 59 user benchmarks.  Model: SSD2SC120G3SA754D117-483
Poor: 54%Average: 78.5% Great: 98%

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Good average bench

The PNY SSD2SC120G3SA754D117-483 120GB averaged 21.5% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the PNY SSD2SC120G3SA754D117-483 120GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 106MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 73.3MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the PNY SSD2SC120G3SA754D117-483 120GB is 44.8%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the PNY SSD2SC120G3SA754D117-483 120GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 222MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 300MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 59 samples)
Rank 51278.5%
Min Avg Max
317 Read 476 522
227 Write 306 326
24.5 Mixed 300 400
47.6 SusWrite 222 321
72.7% 326 MB/s
Min Avg Max
16.5 4K Read 24.1 30.6
7.9 4K Write 73.3 114
12 4K Mixed 28.7 39.7
112% 42 MB/s
Min Avg Max
24 DQ Read 202 281
42.8 DQ Write 240 301
12.3 DQ Mixed 106 193
112% 183 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
77GB free (System drive)
Firmware: N1114B
SusWrite @10s intervals: 248 124 295 308 314 316 MB/s
88.9% Excellent
Read 456
Write 313
Mixed 282
SusWrite 268
74% 330 MB/s
4K Read 23.1
4K Write 106
4K Mixed 35.2
136% 54.8 MB/s
DQ Read 280
DQ Write 287
DQ Mixed 186
167% 251 MB/s
47GB free (System drive)
Firmware: N1114B
SusWrite @10s intervals: 228 219 181 192 199 200 MB/s
81.2% Excellent
Read 478
Write 316
Mixed 10.7
SusWrite 203
56% 252 MB/s
4K Read 25.5
4K Write 80.5
4K Mixed 33.2
124% 46.4 MB/s
DQ Read 250
DQ Write 270
DQ Mixed 183
159% 234 MB/s
112GB free
Firmware: N1114B
SusWrite @10s intervals: 313 314 315 315 316 315 MB/s
75% Very good
Read 478
Write 312
Mixed 294
SusWrite 315
78% 350 MB/s
4K Read 21.3
4K Write 45.1
4K Mixed 27.2
91% 31.2 MB/s
DQ Read 204
DQ Write 172
DQ Mixed 151
123% 176 MB/s
20GB free (System drive)
Firmware: N1114B
SusWrite @10s intervals: 235 132 137 130 108 139 MB/s
53.6% Above average
Read 457
Write 316
Mixed 282
SusWrite 147
67% 301 MB/s
4K Read 18.4
4K Write 39.3
4K Mixed 2.2
52% 20 MB/s
DQ Read 276
DQ Write 282
DQ Mixed 187
166% 248 MB/s
28GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 4B
SusWrite @10s intervals: 192 163 140 137 142 128 MB/s
49.7% Average
Read 403
Write 305
Mixed 301
SusWrite 150
65% 290 MB/s
4K Read 23.3
4K Write 7.3
4K Mixed 28.4
76% 19.7 MB/s
25GB free (System drive)
Firmware: N1114B
SusWrite @10s intervals: 241 166 140 128 116 104 MB/s
49.1% Average
Read 306
Write 273
Mixed 230
SusWrite 149
54% 239 MB/s
4K Read 18.6
4K Write 38.6
4K Mixed 24.3
80% 27.2 MB/s
DQ Read 119
DQ Write 7.6
DQ Mixed 106
66% 77.5 MB/s
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Gaming 8%
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System: HP Z230 Tower Workstation

CPU
Core i7-4790Intel  $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples614x
Core i7-4770Intel  $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples493x
Core i5-4590Intel  $188Bench 63%, 151,366 samples239x
GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel  $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples234x
Quadro K2000NvidiaBench 7%, 13,526 samples173x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples161x
SSD
SSD2SC120G3SA754D117-483 120GBPNYBench 78%, 59 samples1x
RAM
16JTF1G64AZ-1G6E1 2x8GBMicronBench 53%, 7,464 samples57x
HMT41GU6BFR8C-PB 2x8GBHynixBench 54%, 3,233 samples51x
8JTF51264AZ-1G6E1 4x4GBMicronBench 56%, 6,584 samples45x
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