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Smartbuy 120GB

Smartbuy 120GB
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Effective Speed -56%Effective Speed -56%Average Score -66%Read -19%, Write -39%, 4K Read -48%, 4K Write -28%, Mixed -28%, 4K Mixed -183%, SusWrite -120%Peak Score -8%Read 5%, Write -6%, 4K Read -17%, 4K Write -4%, Mixed 12%, 4K Mixed -38%, SusWrite -8%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -47%DQ Read -3%, DQ Write -1%, DQ Mixed -95%, ADQ Read -60%, ADQ Write -17%, ADQ Mixed -207%, Age 13%, AS-SSD Total -3%

Average Bench: 63% (769^th of 1072)

Based on 22 user benchmarks. Model: SSD Smartbuy

Poor: 24%Average: 63% Great: 88%

Popular builds with this SSD

Above average average bench

The SSD Smartbuy 120GB averaged 37.0% 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 84.7MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 247MB/s

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Poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the SSD Smartbuy 120GB is 63.7%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the SSD Smartbuy 120GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 135MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 15.9MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 22 samples)

Rank 76963%

Min	Avg	Max
147	Read 385	530
23.8	Write 292	456
48.8	Mixed 280	473
36.3	SusWrite 135	358
60.9% 273 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
7	4K Read 23.2	36.6
2	4K Write 68.2	118
0.8	4K Mixed 15.9	42.2
91.5% 35.8 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
74.3	DQ Read 204	356
19.5	DQ Write 247	356
0.9	DQ Mixed 84.7	170
103% 179 MB/s

User Benchmarks

Bench

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Deep queue 4k

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

RUS-User, 2 years ago.

104GB free

Firmware: SAFM

SusWrite @10s intervals: 243 92 93 94 94 93 MB/s

87.8% Excellent

Write 448

Mixed 347

SusWrite 118

79% 354 MB/s

4K Read 33.8

4K Write 105

4K Mixed 42.2

161% 60.4 MB/s

DQ Read 224

DQ Write 275

DQ Mixed 163

147% 221 MB/s

MDA-User, 2 years ago.

82GB free (System drive)

Firmware: SAFM01.6

SusWrite @10s intervals: 340 394 401 398 342 273 MB/s

79.8% Very good

Write 400

Mixed 322

SusWrite 358

86% 383 MB/s

4K Read 19.6

4K Write 36.1

4K Mixed 22.4

78% 26 MB/s

DQ Read 356

DQ Write 356

DQ Mixed 166

177% 293 MB/s

RUS-User, 3 years ago.

25GB free (System drive)

Firmware: SAFM

SusWrite @10s intervals: 160 177 189 191 186 161 MB/s

79% Very good

Write 230

Mixed 134

SusWrite 177

54% 244 MB/s

4K Read 16.9

4K Write 97.9

4K Mixed 36.1

124% 50.3 MB/s

DQ Read 321

DQ Write 232

DQ Mixed 141

142% 231 MB/s

MDA-User, 20 months ago.

60GB free (System drive)

Firmware: SAFM01.6

SusWrite @10s intervals: 253 268 279 270 207 272 MB/s

77% Very good

Write 402

Mixed 321

SusWrite 258

80% 354 MB/s

4K Read 22.4

4K Write 47.9

4K Mixed 27.7

95% 32.7 MB/s

DQ Read 318

DQ Write 327

DQ Mixed 168

169% 271 MB/s

RUS-User, 4 years ago.

69GB free (System drive)

Firmware: SBFM

SusWrite @10s intervals: 196 200 221 224 220 217 MB/s

74% Very good

Write 289

Mixed 322

SusWrite 213

69% 308 MB/s

4K Read 23

4K Write 90.9

4K Mixed 22

111% 45.3 MB/s

DQ Read 198

DQ Write 327

DQ Mixed 154

147% 226 MB/s

RUS-User, 4 years ago.

70GB free (System drive)

Firmware: SBFM

SusWrite @10s intervals: 201 194 210 209 214 215 MB/s

73.6% Very good

Write 331

Mixed 319

SusWrite 207

70% 312 MB/s

4K Read 23.9

4K Write 94.7

4K Mixed 21.5

114% 46.7 MB/s

DQ Read 196

DQ Write 328

DQ Mixed 154

147% 226 MB/s

RUS-User, 3 years ago.

29GB free (System drive)

Firmware: S8FM

SusWrite @10s intervals: 156 118 25 12 15 25 MB/s

38.6% Below average

Write 177

Mixed 192

SusWrite 58.5

46% 208 MB/s

4K Read 7.2

4K Write 56

4K Mixed 7.3

50% 23.5 MB/s

DQ Read 74.3

DQ Write 126

DQ Mixed 53.1

54% 84.4 MB/s

RUS-User, 3 years ago.

13GB free (System drive)

Firmware: S8FM

SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 44 16 14 19 16 MB/s

31.9% Below average

Write 199

Mixed 187

SusWrite 38.4

40% 181 MB/s

4K Read 7

4K Write 28.4

4K Mixed 8.2

36% 14.5 MB/s

DQ Read 121

DQ Write 182

DQ Mixed 59.1

71% 121 MB/s

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Gaming 7%

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Desktop 48%

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Workstation 7%

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System: Asus UX303UB

CPU
Core i7-6500UIntelBench 46%, 102,213 samples	166x
Core i5-6200UIntelBench 41%, 135,462 samples	56x

GPU
HD 520 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 4%, 362,113 samples	172x
GTX 940MNvidiaBench 9%, 15,731 samples	50x

SSD
Smartbuy 120GBSSDBench 63%, 22 samples	1x

RAM
HMT451S6BFR8A-PB 2x4GBHynixBench 48%, 30,280 samples	44x
M471B5173DB0-YK0 M471B1G73EB0-YK0 12GBSamsungBench 41%, 790 samples	37x
M471B5173DB0-YK0 Hynix HMT451S6BFR8A-PB 8GBSamsungBench 48%, 2,847 samples	31x

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Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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Smartbuy 120GB

Average Bench: 63% (769^th of 1072)

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Average Bench: 63% (769th of 1072)

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