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Release date ≈ Q2 2017.

Average Bench: 49.4% (889th of 1071)

Based on 19 user benchmarks.  Model: Sony Storage
Poor: 40%Average: 49.4% Great: 58%

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Below average average bench

The Sony Storage 120GB averaged 50.5% 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 Read Speed 19.8MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 376MB/s

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Sony Storage 120GB is just 18.3%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Sony Storage 120GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 17.2MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 93.5MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 19 samples)
Rank 88949.4%
Min Avg Max
290 Read 376 425
136 Write 293 353
212 Mixed 293 386
91.4 SusWrite 187 345
64.3% 287 MB/s
Min Avg Max
14.7 4K Read 19.8 24.4
7.4 4K Write 31.8 37.6
3.55 4K Mixed 9.7 12.9
59.2% 20.4 MB/s
Min Avg Max
18.4 DQ Read 93.5 112
35.2 DQ Write 104 130
3.77 DQ Mixed 17.2 21.6
35.5% 71.5 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
112GB free
Firmware: 2210
SusWrite @10s intervals: 196 80 74 74 74 73 MB/s
48.3% Average
Read 398
Write 329
Mixed 300
SusWrite 95.3
63% 281 MB/s
4K Read 24.4
4K Write 37.6
4K Mixed 12.5
73% 24.8 MB/s
DQ Read 112
DQ Write 127
DQ Mixed 21.3
43% 86.8 MB/s
72GB free
Firmware: 2210
SusWrite @10s intervals: 241 78 77 79 80 80 MB/s
45.3% Average
Read 380
Write 283
Mixed 296
SusWrite 106
59% 266 MB/s
4K Read 19.3
4K Write 34.7
4K Mixed 11.9
63% 22 MB/s
DQ Read 111
DQ Write 119
DQ Mixed 21
42% 83.7 MB/s
20GB free
Firmware: 2210
SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 106 78 80 62 60 MB/s
41.8% Average
Read 383
Write 310
Mixed 293
SusWrite 91.4
60% 269 MB/s
4K Read 16.7
4K Write 29.9
4K Mixed 11.3
56% 19.3 MB/s
DQ Read 104
DQ Write 92
DQ Mixed 21
37% 72.3 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,895,318 SSDs tested

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Gaming
Gaming 43%
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Desktop
Desktop 78%
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Workstation
Workstation 35%
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Motherboard: Asus P8Z77-V PRO/THUNDERBOLT

CPU
Core i7-3770KIntel  $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples88x
Core i5-3570KIntel  $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples26x
Core i7-3770Intel  $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples21x
GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples10x
GTX 970Nvidia  $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples9x
RX 580AMD  $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples8x
SSD
Storage 120GBSonyBench 49%, 19 samples1x
RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x4GBKingstonBench 49%, 26,466 samples6x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples5x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples5x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 95% - Outstanding Total price: $292

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Intel Core i5-13600K $273Nvidia RTX 4060 $280Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
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