Intel SSDSC2BF120A5 SSDSC2BF120H501

SSD Pro 2500 Series 120GB

SSD Pro 2500 Series 120GB
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Effective Speed -63%Effective Speed -63%Average Score -103%Read -18%, Write -252%, 4K Read -41%, 4K Write -25%, Mixed -124%, 4K Mixed -70%, SusWrite -191%Peak Score -105%Read -6%, Write -270%, 4K Read -40%, 4K Write -18%, Mixed -131%, 4K Mixed -66%, SusWrite -207%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%, Price -6%, Value -316%Nice To Haves -141%DQ Read -125%, DQ Write -184%, DQ Mixed -204%, ADQ Read -124%, ADQ Write -163%, ADQ Mixed -205%, Age -17%, AS-SSD Total -106%

Average Bench: 60.3% (801^st of 1072)

Based on 260 user benchmarks. Model: INTEL SSDSC2BF120A5

Poor: 47%Average: 60.3% Great: 72%

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Above average average bench

The Intel SSD Pro 2500 Series 120GB averaged 39.7% 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. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 85.4MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 70.2MB/s

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Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Intel SSD Pro 2500 Series 120GB is 24.9%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Intel SSD Pro 2500 Series 120GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 102MB/s

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 115MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 260 samples)

Rank 80160.3%

Min	Avg	Max
317	Read 387	480
90.4	Write 115	131
126	Mixed 160	183
74.4	SusWrite 102	126
41.9% 191 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
16.2	4K Read 24.3	30.6
32.8	4K Write 70.2	104
12.9	4K Mixed 26.5	35.2
108% 40.3 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
83.8	DQ Read 146	163
82	DQ Write 110	126
26.8	DQ Mixed 85.4	109
75.4% 114 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

USA-User, 3 months ago.

26GB free (System drive)

Firmware: TG20

SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 99 106 98 108 98 MB/s

62.4% Good

Write 121

Mixed 166

SusWrite 103

43% 196 MB/s

4K Read 26.3

4K Write 62.5

4K Mixed 29.4

111% 39.4 MB/s

DQ Read 160

DQ Write 122

DQ Mixed 104

88% 129 MB/s

USA-User, 4 months ago.

52GB free (System drive)

Firmware: TG20

SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 99 102 107 114 115 MB/s

53.5% Above average

Write 112

Mixed 138

SusWrite 103

39% 178 MB/s

4K Read 17.4

4K Write 58.8

4K Mixed 26.1

91% 34.1 MB/s

DQ Read 97.7

DQ Write 106

DQ Mixed 58.4

56% 87.4 MB/s

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Typical SSD Pro 2500 Series 120GB Builds (Compare 32,077 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 112%

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Desktop 95%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 104%

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Motherboard: MSI Z390-A PRO (MS-7B98) - $241

CPU
Core i7-9700KIntel $252Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	8,123x
Core i5-9600KIntel $155Bench 93%, 321,194 samples	7,854x
Core i9-9900KIntel $410Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	3,806x

GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	2,418x
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	2,335x
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	2,141x

SSD
SSD Pro 2500 Series 120GBIntel $99Bench 60%, 260 samples	1x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	1,982x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	1,456x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	961x

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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $847

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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

Intel SSDSC2BF120A5 SSDSC2BF120H501

SSD Pro 2500 Series 120GB

Average Bench: 60.3% (801^st of 1072)

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SSD Pro 2500 Series 120GB

Average Bench: 60.3% (801st of 1072)

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