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Flare 128GB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2017.

Average Bench: 79.5% (490th of 1072)

Based on 47 user benchmarks.  Model: Patriot Flare
Poor: 57%Average: 79.5% Great: 95%

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Good average bench

The Patriot Flare 128GB averaged 20.4% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Patriot Flare 128GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 34.3MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 108MB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Patriot Flare 128GB is 38.5%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Patriot Flare 128GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 164MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 359MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 47 samples)
Rank 49079.5%
Min Avg Max
43 Read 450 520
155 Write 364 448
22.2 Mixed 359 484
54.3 SusWrite 164 209
74.8% 334 MB/s
Min Avg Max
19.1 4K Read 34.3 41.7
31.3 4K Write 76.2 95.6
5.46 4K Mixed 24.1 40.9
123% 44.8 MB/s
Min Avg Max
29.2 DQ Read 239 344
23.7 DQ Write 218 338
7.8 DQ Mixed 108 219
114% 188 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
33GB free
Firmware: SBFM00.8
SusWrite @10s intervals: 267 195 195 195 194 194 MB/s
97.5% Outstanding
Read 487
Write 329
Mixed 370
SusWrite 207
78% 348 MB/s
4K Read 41.4
4K Write 95.1
4K Mixed 40.9
166% 59.1 MB/s
DQ Read 344
DQ Write 338
DQ Mixed 219
198% 300 MB/s
55GB free
Firmware: SBFM00.8
SusWrite @10s intervals: 265 198 198 198 198 198 MB/s
86.6% Excellent
Read 488
Write 383
Mixed 362
SusWrite 209
81% 361 MB/s
4K Read 38.8
4K Write 80.7
4K Mixed 38.2
150% 52.6 MB/s
DQ Read 185
DQ Write 192
DQ Mixed 166
131% 181 MB/s
41GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SBFM00.8
SusWrite @10s intervals: 256 192 192 196 196 196 MB/s
84.8% Excellent
Read 463
Write 417
Mixed 377
SusWrite 205
82% 365 MB/s
4K Read 33.2
4K Write 66.7
4K Mixed 32.4
127% 44.1 MB/s
DQ Read 343
DQ Write 336
DQ Mixed 215
196% 298 MB/s
66GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SBFM00.8
SusWrite @10s intervals: 247 190 189 190 193 192 MB/s
81.7% Excellent
Read 452
Write 295
Mixed 331
SusWrite 200
71% 320 MB/s
4K Read 31.3
4K Write 57.9
4K Mixed 32.4
120% 40.5 MB/s
DQ Read 342
DQ Write 318
DQ Mixed 206
188% 288 MB/s
85GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SBFM00.8
SusWrite @10s intervals: 194 180 191 193 186 193 MB/s
81.5% Excellent
Read 424
Write 359
Mixed 349
SusWrite 190
74% 330 MB/s
4K Read 33.1
4K Write 70.4
4K Mixed 31.9
128% 45.1 MB/s
DQ Read 320
DQ Write 310
DQ Mixed 206
184% 279 MB/s
53GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SBFM00.8
SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 44 93 95 59 66 MB/s
79.8% Very good
Read 459
Write 395
Mixed 351
SusWrite 80.3
72% 321 MB/s
4K Read 36.3
4K Write 79.1
4K Mixed 34.4
141% 49.9 MB/s
DQ Read 308
DQ Write 314
DQ Mixed 144
154% 255 MB/s
85GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SBFM00.8
SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 181 187 187 187 180 MB/s
57.5% Above average
Read 336
Write 155
Mixed 189
SusWrite 177
48% 214 MB/s
4K Read 24.1
4K Write 60.2
4K Mixed 15.7
88% 33.3 MB/s
DQ Read 142
DQ Write 186
DQ Mixed 85.5
86% 138 MB/s
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Typical Flare 128GB Builds (Compare 883 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 64%
Destroyer
Desktop
Desktop 80%
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Workstation
Workstation 56%
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Motherboard: MSI X99A RAIDER (MS-7885)

CPU
Core i7-5820KIntel  $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples397x
Core i7-6800KIntel  $103Bench 81%, 50,196 samples244x
Core i7-6850KIntel  $115Bench 84%, 29,279 samples56x
GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia  $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples104x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples91x
GTX 970Nvidia  $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples53x
SSD
Flare 128GBPatriotBench 80%, 47 samples1x
RAM
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples34x
4x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 41,916 samples23x
HyperX 2400 C15 4x8GBKingstonBench 82%, 9,100 samples22x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 119% - Outstanding Total price: $262

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