Intel SSDSC2CT180A3

330 Series 180GB

330 Series 180GB
BENCHMARKS (5,848)
MKT (0%)
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(1)

Effective Speed -44%Effective Speed -44%Average Score -64%Read -32%, Write -136%, 4K Read -25%, 4K Write -15%, Mixed -73%, 4K Mixed -45%, SusWrite -123%Peak Score -64%Read -27%, Write -140%, 4K Read -23%, 4K Write -9%, Mixed -91%, 4K Mixed -48%, SusWrite -107%Value & Sentiment -862%User Rating -14%, Market Share -1,711%Nice To Haves -51%DQ Read -24%, DQ Write -93%, DQ Mixed -64%, ADQ Read -26%, ADQ Write -76%, ADQ Mixed -50%, Age -32%, AS-SSD Total -41%

Average Bench: 68.6% (690^th of 1072)

Based on 5,848 user benchmarks. Models: INTEL SSDSC2CT180A3, INTEL SS DSC2CT180A3

Poor: 51%Average: 68.6% Great: 83%

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Above average average bench

The Intel 330 Series 180GB averaged 31.4% 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 173MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 27.5MB/s

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Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Intel 330 Series 180GB is 31.8%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Intel 330 Series 180GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 133MB/s

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 172MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 5,848 samples)

Rank 69068.6%

Min	Avg	Max
293	Read 346	398
121	Write 172	202
171	Mixed 208	222
97.1	SusWrite 133	187
47.7% 215 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
18.7	4K Read 27.5	34.9
22.2	4K Write 76.1	112
19.8	4K Mixed 31.1	39.4
122% 44.9 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
151	DQ Read 259	296
66.7	DQ Write 164	186
68.6	DQ Mixed 173	202
140% 199 MB/s

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

AUT-User, 14 hrs ago.

136GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 300i

SusWrite @10s intervals: 142 147 147 147 147 147 MB/s

69.3% Good

Write 181

Mixed 220

SusWrite 146

51% 228 MB/s

4K Read 28.1

4K Write 58.1

4K Mixed 31.7

114% 39.3 MB/s

DQ Read 294

DQ Write 180

DQ Mixed 200

159% 225 MB/s

USA-User, 3 days ago.

25GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 300i

SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 142 138 139 110 95 MB/s

62.8% Good

Write 162

Mixed 199

SusWrite 119

45% 204 MB/s

4K Read 22.2

4K Write 86.4

4K Mixed 25.7

112% 44.8 MB/s

DQ Read 196

DQ Write 174

DQ Mixed 163

128% 178 MB/s

USA-User, 3 days ago.

89GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 300i

SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 135 140 133 124 133 MB/s

58% Above average

Write 176

Mixed 214

SusWrite 135

49% 219 MB/s

4K Read 20.6

4K Write 46.9

4K Mixed 25.7

89% 31.1 MB/s

DQ Read 229

DQ Write 140

DQ Mixed 153

122% 174 MB/s

USA-User, 1 day ago.

81GB free

Firmware: 300i

SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 125 125 126 126 111 MB/s

50.3% Above average

Write 117

Mixed 162

SusWrite 123

43% 194 MB/s

4K Read 28.8

4K Write 14.7

4K Mixed 19.7

77% 21.1 MB/s

DQ Read 152

DQ Write 48.5

DQ Mixed 66.3

58% 88.8 MB/s

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Gaming 41%

Speed boat

Desktop 75%

Battleship

Workstation 34%

Sail boat

Motherboard: Asus P8Z77-M

CPU
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	333x
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	219x
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	179x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	82x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	63x
HD 2500 (Desktop 1.05 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 146,665 samples	58x

SSD
330 Series 180GBIntelBench 69%, 5,848 samples	1x

RAM
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	23x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	21x
Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 50%, 23,732 samples	19x

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Value: 81% - Excellent

Total price: $414

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $274	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 $184	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 SSDSC2CT180A3

330 Series 180GB

Average Bench: 68.6% (690^th of 1072)

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330 Series 180GB

Average Bench: 68.6% (690th of 1072)

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Average Bench: 68.6% (690^th of 1072)