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SSDSA2BW30 300GB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2015.

Average Bench: 41.1% (939th of 1071)

Based on 60 user benchmarks.  Model: INTEL SSDSA2BW30
Poor: 29%Average: 41.1% Great: 49%

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Below average average bench

The Intel SSDSA2BW30 300GB averaged 58.8% 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 Random Read Speed 14.7MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 45.2MB/s

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Intel SSDSA2BW30 300GB is just 19.5%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Intel SSDSA2BW30 300GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 64.7MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 142MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 60 samples)
Rank 93941.1%
Min Avg Max
124 Read 227 266
115 Write 186 218
121 Mixed 185 235
81.1 SusWrite 142 191
41.6% 185 MB/s
Min Avg Max
7.37 4K Read 14.7 19.4
17.6 4K Write 27.6 40.3
10.5 4K Mixed 16.3 22.2
57.8% 19.5 MB/s
Min Avg Max
20.4 DQ Read 119 155
41.5 DQ Write 64.7 90.9
15.2 DQ Mixed 45.2 70.7
46.1% 76.2 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
135GB free
Firmware: 0365
SusWrite @10s intervals: 200 190 188 202 186 183 MB/s
46.8% Average
Read 246
Write 202
Mixed 186
SusWrite 192
46% 206 MB/s
4K Read 17.7
4K Write 27.4
4K Mixed 19.9
67% 21.7 MB/s
DQ Read 135
DQ Write 67.8
DQ Mixed 69.5
60% 90.7 MB/s
136GB free
Firmware: 0365
SusWrite @10s intervals: 201 195 200 194 185 193 MB/s
46.4% Average
Read 247
Write 205
Mixed 188
SusWrite 195
47% 209 MB/s
4K Read 17
4K Write 26.5
4K Mixed 19.1
64% 20.9 MB/s
DQ Read 139
DQ Write 68.9
DQ Mixed 69
60% 92.3 MB/s
72GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 0365
SusWrite @10s intervals: 187 174 166 155 160 173 MB/s
44.8% Average
Read 246
Write 202
Mixed 190
SusWrite 169
45% 202 MB/s
4K Read 16.4
4K Write 26.5
4K Mixed 19.6
64% 20.8 MB/s
DQ Read 138
DQ Write 68.8
DQ Mixed 67.4
60% 91.6 MB/s
26GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 0365
SusWrite @10s intervals: 196 163 167 164 168 164 MB/s
44.4% Average
Read 254
Write 185
Mixed 186
SusWrite 170
44% 199 MB/s
4K Read 15
4K Write 26.4
4K Mixed 19.3
61% 20.2 MB/s
DQ Read 139
DQ Write 67.3
DQ Mixed 67.9
60% 91.5 MB/s
196GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 0365
SusWrite @10s intervals: 155 175 205 198 194 190 MB/s
44.2% Average
Read 244
Write 213
Mixed 192
SusWrite 186
47% 209 MB/s
4K Read 15.1
4K Write 24.7
4K Mixed 18.1
59% 19.3 MB/s
DQ Read 139
DQ Write 66.4
DQ Mixed 68.4
60% 91.1 MB/s
41GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 0365
SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 120 119 140 155 101 MB/s
32.9% Below average
Read 224
Write 203
Mixed 124
SusWrite 133
38% 171 MB/s
4K Read 12.8
4K Write 22.9
4K Mixed 9
43% 14.9 MB/s
DQ Read 69.8
DQ Write 63.3
DQ Mixed 35.3
35% 56.1 MB/s
41GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 4PC1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 129 103 99 82 81 MB/s
28.5% Poor
Read 157
Write 161
Mixed 138
SusWrite 105
32% 140 MB/s
4K Read 8
4K Write 32.8
4K Mixed 10.7
43% 17.2 MB/s
DQ Read 49.4
DQ Write 66.1
DQ Mixed 44.5
37% 53.3 MB/s
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Gaming 18%
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Desktop
Desktop 65%
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Workstation
Workstation 19%
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System: HP Z820 Workstation

CPU
CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2670 01stBench 65%, 4,306 samples145x
CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2690 01stBench 68%, 2,388 samples114x
CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2687W 01stBench 71%, 1,646 samples87x
GPU
Quadro K4000NvidiaBench 13%, 11,114 samples145x
Quadro K5000NvidiaBench 21%, 3,775 samples139x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples66x
SSD
SSDSA2BW30 300GBIntelBench 41%, 60 samples1x
RAM
M393B2G70DB0-CMA 16x16GBSamsungBench 101%, 41 samples25x
M391B5173QH0-CMA 8x4GBSamsungBench 84%, 111 samples19x
M393B1G70QH0-CMA 4x8GBSamsungBench 82%, 512 samples18x
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