ESA3SMD2HTGT120GB 120GB

ESA3SMD2HTGT120GB 120GB
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Effective Speed -30%Effective Speed -30%Average Score -32%Read 4%, Write -60%, 4K Read -36%, 4K Write -27%, Mixed -35%, 4K Mixed -47%, SusWrite -25%Peak Score -28%Read 2%, Write -67%, 4K Read -31%, 4K Write -18%, Mixed -15%, 4K Mixed -29%, SusWrite -35%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -68%DQ Read -35%, DQ Write -26%, DQ Mixed -75%, ADQ Read -84%, ADQ Write -124%, ADQ Mixed -155%, Age -18%, AS-SSD Total -30%

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Average Bench: 75.9% (559^th of 1071)

Based on 186 user benchmarks. Model: ESA3SMD2HTGT120GB

Poor: 54%Average: 75.9% Great: 95%

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Good average bench

The ESA3SMD2HTGT120GB 120GB averaged 24.1% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the ESA3SMD2HTGT120GB 120GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 102MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 30.6MB/s

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Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the ESA3SMD2HTGT120GB 120GB is 41.1%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the ESA3SMD2HTGT120GB 120GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 238MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 129MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 186 samples)

Rank 55975.9%

Min	Avg	Max
365	Read 474	517
141	Write 254	290
114	Mixed 265	367
99.8	SusWrite 238	286
68.4% 308 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
15.3	4K Read 25.3	32.9
31.8	4K Write 69.2	104
14.9	4K Mixed 30.6	45.3
114% 41.7 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
23.2	DQ Read 177	272
8.8	DQ Write 129	284
15.6	DQ Mixed 102	189
90.3% 136 MB/s

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

TUR-User, 2 months ago.

82GB free

Firmware: N0815B

SusWrite @10s intervals: 286 281 284 285 286 289 MB/s

92% Outstanding

Write 289

Mixed 295

SusWrite 285

77% 344 MB/s

4K Read 29.9

4K Write 91.9

4K Mixed 43.8

150% 55.2 MB/s

DQ Read 272

DQ Write 68

DQ Mixed 191

135% 177 MB/s

USA-User, 4 months ago.

43GB free

Firmware: N1114B

SusWrite @10s intervals: 275 273 274 274 273 273 MB/s

79% Very good

Write 273

Mixed 136

SusWrite 274

66% 298 MB/s

4K Read 31.6

4K Write 44.4

4K Mixed 34

115% 36.7 MB/s

DQ Read 260

DQ Write 14.2

DQ Mixed 114

89% 129 MB/s

TUR-User, 4 months ago.

101GB free

Firmware: O0617A

SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 138 140 141 142 142 MB/s

76% Very good

Write 143

Mixed 203

SusWrite 141

54% 249 MB/s

4K Read 26.1

4K Write 86.5

4K Mixed 35.7

131% 49.4 MB/s

DQ Read 242

DQ Write 59.5

DQ Mixed 147

109% 149 MB/s

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 73%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B450M S2H

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,186x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $155Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,163x
Ryzen 5 1600AFAMD $97Bench 72%, 52,721 samples	444x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	544x
RX 570AMD $130Bench 45%, 473,685 samples	490x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $240Bench 71%, 428,800 samples	440x

SSD
ESA3SMD2HTGT120GB 120GBBench 76%, 186 samples	1x

RAM
DDR4 3000 2x8GBAdataBench 80%, 77,202 samples	368x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBCorsairBench 82%, 52,667 samples	342x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	309x

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Value: 76% - Very good

Total price: $407

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Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
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Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

ESA3SMD2HTGT120GB 120GB

Average Bench: 75.9% (559^th of 1071)

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