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MZ7KM120HAFD-0E005 120GB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2017.

Average Bench: 97.5% (266th of 1072)

Based on 36 user benchmarks.  Model: SAMSUNG MZ7KM120HAFD-0E005
Poor: 78%Average: 97.5% Great: 112%

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Excellent average bench

The Samsung MZ7KM120HAFD-0E005 120GB averaged just 2.4% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Samsung MZ7KM120HAFD-0E005 120GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 174MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 38MB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung MZ7KM120HAFD-0E005 120GB is 34%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Samsung MZ7KM120HAFD-0E005 120GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 383MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 461MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 36 samples)
Rank 26697.5%
Min Avg Max
284 Read 461 499
188 Write 435 471
294 Mixed 411 482
220 SusWrite 383 463
95.1% 423 MB/s
Min Avg Max
11.8 4K Read 29.8 36.8
23.7 4K Write 79.6 115
5.78 4K Mixed 38 51.4
136% 49.2 MB/s
Min Avg Max
24.7 DQ Read 272 384
85.6 DQ Write 228 350
22.6 DQ Mixed 174 341
151% 225 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
108GB free
Firmware: GXM1003Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 463 463 464 460 463 463 MB/s
117% Outstanding
Read 481
Write 471
Mixed 395
SusWrite 463
102% 452 MB/s
4K Read 36.3
4K Write 100
4K Mixed 48.5
170% 61.7 MB/s
DQ Read 383
DQ Write 350
DQ Mixed 340
262% 357 MB/s
29GB free
Firmware: GXM1003Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 437 434 432 438 433 431 MB/s
108% Outstanding
Read 463
Write 431
Mixed 379
SusWrite 434
96% 427 MB/s
4K Read 33.6
4K Write 89.6
4K Mixed 41.9
152% 55 MB/s
DQ Read 382
DQ Write 329
DQ Mixed 333
256% 348 MB/s
35GB free
Firmware: GXM1003Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 281 223 214 206 200 196 MB/s
95.7% Outstanding
Read 451
Write 422
Mixed 363
SusWrite 220
82% 364 MB/s
4K Read 34
4K Write 93.8
4K Mixed 43.8
157% 57.2 MB/s
DQ Read 380
DQ Write 327
DQ Mixed 332
255% 346 MB/s
81GB free (System drive)
Firmware: GXM1003Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 247 354 366 363 384 403 MB/s
80% Very good
Read 376
Write 351
Mixed 309
SusWrite 353
78% 347 MB/s
4K Read 27.9
4K Write 76.3
4K Mixed 35.9
129% 46.7 MB/s
DQ Read 36
DQ Write 126
DQ Mixed 49.8
47% 70.5 MB/s
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Gaming 7%
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Desktop
Desktop 63%
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Workstation
Workstation 6%
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Motherboard: Asus P8H77-M LE

CPU
Core i7-3770Intel  $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples158x
Core i5-3470Intel  $59Bench 63%, 223,595 samples124x
Core i5-3570IntelBench 65%, 104,858 samples50x
GPU
HD 2500 (Desktop 1.05 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 146,665 samples67x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples58x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples31x
SSD
MZ7KM120HAFD-0E005 120GBSamsungBench 98%, 36 samples1x
RAM
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples32x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples21x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples17x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 68% - Good Total price: $297

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