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PH5-CE120 120GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2017.

Average Bench: 58.6% (816th of 1072)

Based on 380 user benchmarks.  Model: PH5-CE120
Poor: 38%Average: 58.6% Great: 71%

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Average average bench

The PH5-CE120 120GB averaged 41.3% 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 101MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 26.5MB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the PH5-CE120 120GB is 33.2%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the PH5-CE120 120GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 59.4MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 234MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 380 samples)
Rank 81658.6%
Min Avg Max
298 Read 375 448
68.1 Write 234 371
115 Mixed 257 314
31.5 SusWrite 59.4 86.5
51.4% 231 MB/s
Min Avg Max
17.6 4K Read 26.5 31.6
16.2 4K Write 72 99.7
9.3 4K Mixed 21.7 29
106% 40.1 MB/s
Min Avg Max
71.4 DQ Read 157 228
14.2 DQ Write 232 330
11.5 DQ Mixed 101 147
102% 163 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
112GB free
Firmware: F/W:1.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 176 18 178 41 2.7 44 MB/s
59.4% Above average
Read 403
Write 351
Mixed 292
SusWrite 76.6
63% 281 MB/s
4K Read 22.9
4K Write 58.6
4K Mixed 21.8
94% 34.4 MB/s
DQ Read 162
DQ Write 306
DQ Mixed 140
133% 202 MB/s
45GB free (System drive)
Firmware: F/W:1.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 63 0.5 88 40 15 MB/s
57.5% Above average
Read 356
Write 120
Mixed 293
SusWrite 49.8
45% 205 MB/s
4K Read 26.2
4K Write 60.6
4K Mixed 22.6
101% 36.5 MB/s
DQ Read 162
DQ Write 287
DQ Mixed 140
130% 196 MB/s
29GB free (System drive)
Firmware: F/W:1.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 18 35 5.2 11 47 MB/s
34.5% Below average
Read 297
Write 102
Mixed 90.6
SusWrite 44
29% 133 MB/s
4K Read 15.6
4K Write 30
4K Mixed 15.6
60% 20.4 MB/s
DQ Read 35.8
DQ Write 42.9
DQ Mixed 40.3
30% 39.7 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,665,679 SSDs tested

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Typical PH5-CE120 120GB Builds (Compare 2,078 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 39%
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Desktop
Desktop 78%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 32%
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Motherboard: Asus P8Z77-V PRO - $400

CPU
Core i7-3770KIntel  $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples826x
Core i5-3570KIntel  $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples553x
Core i7-3770Intel  $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples314x
GPU
GTX 970Nvidia  $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples139x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples138x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples125x
SSD
PH5-CE120 120GBBench 59%, 380 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples61x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 20,667 samples59x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples42x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 69% - Good Total price: $775

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