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MZ7KM120 120GB

MZ7KM120 120GB
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Effective Speed -1%Effective Speed -1%Average Score +3% Read 5%, Write 12%, 4K Read -8%, 4K Write -13%, Mixed 25%, 4K Mixed -42%, SusWrite 40%Peak Score -14%Read -2%, Write -5%, 4K Read -23%, 4K Write -37%, Mixed 13%, 4K Mixed -49%, SusWrite 7%Value & Sentiment -14%User Rating -14%Nice To Haves -16%DQ Read 3%, DQ Write -11%, DQ Mixed 1%, ADQ Read -33%, ADQ Write -13%, ADQ Mixed -83%, Age 16%, AS-SSD Total -6%

Average Bench: 97.1% (266^th of 1072)

Based on 4 user benchmarks. Model: SAMSUNG MZ7KM120

Poor: 91%Average: 97.1% Great: 103%

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Gigabyte GA-X99-Ultra Gaming-CF (4)

Excellent average bench

The Samsung MZ7KM120 120GB averaged just 2.9% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Samsung MZ7KM120 120GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 142MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 31.7MB/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 Read Speed 245MB/s

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 414MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 4 samples)

Rank 26697.1%

Min	Avg	Max
457	Read 481	496
438	Write 453	464
368	Mixed 449	479
414	SusWrite 414	414
101% 449 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
29.4	4K Read 31.7	34.9
67.9	4K Write 77.7	89.2
23.7	4K Mixed 31.7	39.2
130% 47 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
41.1	DQ Read 245	378
182	DQ Write 256	322
32	DQ Mixed 142	333
137% 214 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

GBR-User, 5 years ago.

81GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 003Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 412 429 431 434 438 440 MB/s

106% Outstanding

Write 434

Mixed 373

SusWrite 431

96% 424 MB/s

4K Read 31.9

4K Write 85.1

4K Mixed 43

148% 53.3 MB/s

DQ Read 377

DQ Write 322

DQ Mixed 329

252% 343 MB/s

GBR-User, 5 years ago.

51GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 003Q

SusWrite @10s intervals: 401 418 415 417 430 404 MB/s

103% Outstanding

Write 438

Mixed 368

SusWrite 414

94% 419 MB/s

4K Read 30.5

4K Write 89.2

4K Mixed 39.2

144% 53 MB/s

DQ Read 378

DQ Write 322

DQ Mixed 333

254% 344 MB/s

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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,735,566 SSDs tested

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Desktop 85%

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Workstation 77%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-X99-Ultra Gaming-CF

CPU
Core i7-6800KIntel $103Bench 81%, 50,196 samples	138x
Core i7-6850KIntel $115Bench 84%, 29,279 samples	78x
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	45x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	53x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	48x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	26x

SSD
MZ7KM120 120GBSamsungBench 97%, 4 samples	1x

RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBG.SKILLBench 89%, 92,468 samples	14x
9965600-033.A00G 4x16GBUnknownBench 99%, 23 samples	9x
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL $113Bench 91%, 87,239 samples	7x

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Value: 70% - Good

Total price: $503

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Gigabyte GA-X99-Ultra Gaming-CF (4)

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MZ7KM120 120GB

Average Bench: 97.1% (266^th of 1072)

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Average Bench: 97.1% (266th of 1072)

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