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ZENITH-A3 120GB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2017.

Average Bench: 52.8% (875th of 1072)

Based on 72 user benchmarks.  Model: GeIL ZENITH-A3 120GB
Poor: 35%Average: 52.8% Great: 71%

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Average average bench

The Geil ZENITH-A3 120GB averaged 47.2% 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 Write Speed 64.8MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 417MB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Geil ZENITH-A3 120GB is 35.4%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Geil ZENITH-A3 120GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 8.02MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 171MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 72 samples)
Rank 87552.8%
Min Avg Max
339 Read 417 487
104 Write 174 302
122 Mixed 171 214
43.1 SusWrite 178 299
52% 235 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.27 4K Read 16.9 25.6
2.4 4K Write 64.8 103
2.51 4K Mixed 8.02 11.8
70.1% 29.9 MB/s
Min Avg Max
16.5 DQ Read 114 168
52.8 DQ Write 159 284
2.63 DQ Mixed 44.5 65.4
59.4% 106 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
67GB free (System drive)
Firmware: GAJ1501
SusWrite @10s intervals: 271 306 299 290 294 298 MB/s
73.6% Very good
Read 386
Write 255
Mixed 201
SusWrite 293
63% 284 MB/s
4K Read 24.3
4K Write 108
4K Mixed 11.8
109% 47.9 MB/s
DQ Read 148
DQ Write 276
DQ Mixed 63.6
90% 163 MB/s
62GB free (System drive)
Firmware: GAJ1501
SusWrite @10s intervals: 265 295 301 300 301 306 MB/s
73.2% Very good
Read 407
Write 259
Mixed 188
SusWrite 295
64% 287 MB/s
4K Read 21.4
4K Write 104
4K Mixed 11.8
103% 45.8 MB/s
DQ Read 164
DQ Write 276
DQ Mixed 63.5
92% 168 MB/s
23GB free (System drive)
Firmware: G1BC28
SusWrite @10s intervals: 243 267 295 302 309 305 MB/s
69.1% Good
Read 434
Write 293
Mixed 209
SusWrite 287
68% 306 MB/s
4K Read 26.3
4K Write 65.7
4K Mixed 10.3
88% 34.1 MB/s
DQ Read 148
DQ Write 272
DQ Mixed 65.5
91% 162 MB/s
33GB free (System drive)
Firmware: GAJ1501
SusWrite @10s intervals: 214 250 292 276 276 284 MB/s
68.2% Good
Read 394
Write 268
Mixed 184
SusWrite 265
62% 278 MB/s
4K Read 24.7
4K Write 77
4K Mixed 11.4
93% 37.7 MB/s
DQ Read 164
DQ Write 279
DQ Mixed 62.2
92% 168 MB/s
33GB free
Firmware: G1BC43
SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 139 138 140 138 139 MB/s
65% Good
Read 463
Write 136
Mixed 152
SusWrite 139
49% 223 MB/s
4K Read 25.5
4K Write 104
4K Mixed 11.7
109% 47.1 MB/s
DQ Read 187
DQ Write 138
DQ Mixed 56.9
71% 127 MB/s
19GB free
Firmware: G1BC43
SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 139 138 140 140 140 MB/s
60.9% Good
Read 479
Write 137
Mixed 140
SusWrite 138
49% 224 MB/s
4K Read 18.3
4K Write 101
4K Mixed 11.2
96% 43.6 MB/s
DQ Read 136
DQ Write 138
DQ Mixed 57.4
65% 110 MB/s
19GB free
Firmware: G1BC43
SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 134 135 139 137 138 MB/s
59.2% Above average
Read 466
Write 129
Mixed 140
SusWrite 135
48% 218 MB/s
4K Read 18
4K Write 98.9
4K Mixed 10.3
93% 42.4 MB/s
DQ Read 130
DQ Write 137
DQ Mixed 56.3
64% 108 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,733,067 SSDs tested

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Typical ZENITH-A3 120GB Builds (Compare 1,847 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 23%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 74%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 19%
Surfboard

Motherboard: Asus P8Z68-V LX

CPU
Core i5-2500KIntel  $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples487x
Core i7-2600KIntel  $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples423x
Core i7-2600Intel  $192Bench 67%, 185,630 samples195x
GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples133x
GTX 970Nvidia  $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples122x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples103x
SSD
ZENITH-A3 120GBGeilBench 53%, 72 samples1x
RAM
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples66x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples54x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples52x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 78% - Very good Total price: $306

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