SSD 120GB

SSD 120GB
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Effective Speed -54%Effective Speed -54%Average Score -60%Read -23%, Write -26%, 4K Read -63%, 4K Write 8%, Mixed -27%, 4K Mixed -239%, SusWrite -51%Peak Score -77%Read -34%, Write -38%, 4K Read -88%, 4K Write -14%, Mixed -43%, 4K Mixed -316%, SusWrite -8%Value & Sentiment -14%User Rating -14%Nice To Haves -476%DQ Read -387%, DQ Write -17%, DQ Mixed -1,652%, ADQ Read -357%, ADQ Write 6%, ADQ Mixed -1,299%, Age -15%, AS-SSD Total -87%

MX500 250GB

Average Bench: 63.7% (755^th of 1072)

Based on 3 user benchmarks. Model: CENTON SSD

Poor: 57%Average: 63.7% Great: 76%

Popular builds with this SSD

Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (1)

Above average average bench

The Centon SSD 120GB averaged 36.2% 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 94.8MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 306MB/s

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Unknown consistency

There are too few samples to reasonably determine how consistently this SSD perfroms. This result should be interpreted with caution.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 18.6MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 71.4MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 3 samples)

Rank 75563.7%

Min	Avg	Max
368	Read 373	377
280	Write 322	351
266	Mixed 283	296
90.1	SusWrite 196	359
65.8% 294 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
18.3	4K Read 21	22.8
79.8	4K Write 94.8	107
12.8	4K Mixed 13.3	14
99% 43 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
69.2	DQ Read 71.4	75.4
305	DQ Write 306	307
18.2	DQ Mixed 18.6	18.9
63.9% 132 MB/s

User Benchmarks

Bench

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Deep queue 4k

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

ISR-User, 4 years ago.

111GB free

Firmware: Q0517A0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 364 361 360 357 355 357 MB/s

76% Very good

Write 351

Mixed 296

SusWrite 359

77% 343 MB/s

4K Read 21.8

4K Write 107

4K Mixed 14

108% 47.7 MB/s

DQ Read 75.4

DQ Write 305

DQ Mixed 18.2

64% 133 MB/s

ISR-User, 5 years ago.

66GB free (System drive)

Firmware: Q0517A0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 183 298 8.1 9.8 21 22 MB/s

58.2% Above average

Write 280

Mixed 286

SusWrite 90.1

58% 258 MB/s

4K Read 22.8

4K Write 97.3

4K Mixed 12.8

102% 44.3 MB/s

DQ Read 69.5

DQ Write 307

DQ Mixed 18.9

64% 132 MB/s

PSE-User, 4 years ago.

92GB free

Firmware: Q0517A0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 349 345 61 28 28 28 MB/s

57% Above average

Write 336

Mixed 266

SusWrite 140

62% 279 MB/s

4K Read 18.3

4K Write 79.8

4K Mixed 13.2

87% 37.1 MB/s

DQ Read 69.2

DQ Write 307

DQ Mixed 18.6

64% 132 MB/s

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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,756,130 SSDs tested

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Gaming 22%

Surfboard

Desktop 67%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 18%

Surfboard

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P - $149

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	943x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	855x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	396x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	280x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	180x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	159x

SSD
SSD 120GBCentonBench 64%, 3 samples	1x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 46%, 10,715 samples	148x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GBKingstonBench 41%, 7,567 samples	68x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x4GBKingstonBench 39%, 4,786 samples	61x

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Value: 88% - Excellent

Total price: $338

Popular SSD 120GB compatible motherboards:

Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (1)

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Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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

Centon

SSD 120GB

Average Bench: 63.7% (755^th of 1072)

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Unknown consistency

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SSD 120GB

Average Bench: 63.7% (755th of 1072)

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Average Bench: 63.7% (755^th of 1072)