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Samsung 120GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2015.

Average Bench: 17% (1063rd of 1071)

Based on 7 user benchmarks.  Model: Samsung
Poor: 1%Average: 17% Great: 44%

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Terrible average bench

The Samsung 120GB averaged 82.9% 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 10.2MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 8.49MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung 120GB is 42.5%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Samsung 120GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 44.3MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 27.5MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 7 samples)
Rank 106317%
Min Avg Max
11.3 Read 66.8 124
10.8 Write 57.8 110
12.8 Mixed 60.1 116
12.1 SusWrite 44.3 76.6
12.8% 57.3 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.1 4K Read 10.2 26.7
0.2 4K Write 14.4 40.8
0.2 4K Mixed 8.49 31.5
34% 11 MB/s
Min Avg Max
18.8 DQ Read 27.5 33
30.2 DQ Write 46.1 60
7.64 DQ Mixed 22.6 40.1
21.1% 32.1 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
51GB free (System drive)
SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 110 103 57 45 40 MB/s
43.8% Average
Read 124
Write 101
Mixed 116
SusWrite 76.6
24% 105 MB/s
4K Read 26.7
4K Write 40.8
4K Mixed 31.5
102% 33 MB/s
DQ Read 33
DQ Write 60
DQ Mixed 40.1
32% 44.4 MB/s
11GB free (System drive)
Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
37.6% Below average
Read 109
Write 110
Mixed 105
24% 108 MB/s
4K Read 25.1
4K Write 34.1
4K Mixed 19.9
82% 26.4 MB/s
DQ Read 30.8
DQ Write 47.9
DQ Mixed 19.9
21% 32.9 MB/s
109GB free
Firmware: TL10
6.05% Terrible
Read 52.8
Write 55.1
Mixed 55.5
12% 54.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.56
4K Write 1.15
4K Mixed 0.37
2% 0.7 MB/s
41GB free
Firmware: TL10
5.32% Terrible
Read 46.4
Write 48.4
Mixed 46.1
10% 46.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.45
4K Write 1.28
4K Mixed 0.31
2% 0.68 MB/s
41GB free
Firmware: TL10
5.31% Terrible
Read 46.2
Write 48.3
Mixed 45.7
10% 46.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.46
4K Write 1.05
4K Mixed 0.37
2% 0.63 MB/s
90GB free (System drive)
Firmware: ZL10
SusWrite @10s intervals: 8.2 10 12 14 13 15 MB/s
1.36% Terrible
Read 11.3
Write 10.8
Mixed 12.8
SusWrite 12.1
3% 11.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.1
4K Write 0.2
4K Mixed 0.2
0% 0.17 MB/s

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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,845,788 SSDs tested

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Gaming
Gaming 4%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 36%
Jet ski
Workstation
Workstation 4%
Tree trunk

Motherboard: Asus M2N-VM DH

CPU
Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4000+AMDBench 31%, 2,693 samples1x
Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5200+AMDBench 37%, 5,400 samples1x
GPU
GTX 550-TiNvidia  $250Bench 9%, 54,392 samples1x
GeForce 8600 GTNvidiaBench 2%, 8,099 samples1x
SSD
Samsung 120GBBench 17%, 7 samples1x
RAM
6GBUnknownBench 25%, 111,301 samples1x
3GBUnknownBench 14%, 81,553 samples1x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 8% - Terrible Total price: $250

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