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M2 SSD 120GB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2015.

Average Bench: 46.9% (902nd of 1072)

Based on 104 user benchmarks.  Model: SBe M2 SSD
Poor: 29%Average: 46.9% Great: 70%

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Below average average bench

The SBe M2 SSD 120GB averaged 53.1% 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 Random Read Speed 24.6MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 423MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the SBe M2 SSD 120GB is 40.5%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the SBe M2 SSD 120GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 5.92MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 70.4MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 104 samples)
Rank 90246.9%
Min Avg Max
300 Read 423 500
23.4 Write 95 173
64 Mixed 148 253
25.2 SusWrite 70.4 152
40% 184 MB/s
Min Avg Max
12.3 4K Read 24.6 36.7
12.8 4K Write 49.9 76.2
2.05 4K Mixed 8.8 22.6
74.9% 27.7 MB/s
Min Avg Max
21.6 DQ Read 94.6 146
13.1 DQ Write 70.5 123
0.98 DQ Mixed 5.92 12.5
25.2% 57 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
112GB free
Firmware: S9FM02.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 73 73 73 74 74 MB/s
58.6% Above average
Read 450
Write 84.4
Mixed 128
SusWrite 73.3
40% 184 MB/s
4K Read 30.8
4K Write 69.9
4K Mixed 17.7
106% 39.5 MB/s
DQ Read 145
DQ Write 82.2
DQ Mixed 10
35% 78.9 MB/s
79GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S9FM02.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 67 64 70 71 70 MB/s
52.9% Above average
Read 411
Write 81.8
Mixed 155
SusWrite 68.6
39% 179 MB/s
4K Read 29.3
4K Write 52.2
4K Mixed 14.8
91% 32.1 MB/s
DQ Read 170
DQ Write 92.8
DQ Mixed 10.2
40% 91.1 MB/s
76GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S9FM02.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 66 68 60 67 66 MB/s
39.3% Below average
Read 388
Write 86.2
Mixed 168
SusWrite 65.3
39% 177 MB/s
4K Read 11.4
4K Write 34.4
4K Mixed 10
48% 18.6 MB/s
DQ Read 144
DQ Write 98.7
DQ Mixed 7.4
36% 83.3 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,717,743 SSDs tested

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Gaming 47%
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Desktop
Desktop 83%
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Workstation 39%
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Motherboard: Asrock Z97E-ITX/ac - $165

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel  $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples71x
Core i5-4690KIntel  $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples36x
Core i7-4790SIntel  $60Bench 72%, 13,224 samples24x
GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples18x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel  $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples16x
GTX 970Nvidia  $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples15x
SSD
M2 SSD 120GBSBeBench 47%, 104 samples1x
RAM
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples22x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples17x
TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 67%, 24,592 samples8x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 84% - Excellent Total price: $630

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