Intel SSDSC2KW128G8

545s Series 128GB

545s Series 128GB
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Effective Speed -29%Effective Speed -29%Average Score -50%Read 3%, Write -103%, 4K Read -11%, 4K Write -19%, Mixed -62%, 4K Mixed -18%, SusWrite -139%Peak Score -41%Read 1%, Write -35%, 4K Read -11%, 4K Write -14%, Mixed -28%, 4K Mixed -15%, SusWrite -183%Value & Sentiment User Rating -11%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -60%DQ Read -28%, DQ Write -106%, DQ Mixed -80%, ADQ Read -49%, ADQ Write -117%, ADQ Mixed -83%, Age 22%, AS-SSD Total -39%

Average Bench: 76.1% (554^th of 1072)

Based on 2,701 user benchmarks. Models: INTEL SSDSC2KW128G8, INTEL SS DSC2KW128G8

Poor: 57%Average: 76.1% Great: 90%

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Good average bench

The Intel 545s Series 128GB averaged 23.9% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Intel 545s Series 128GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

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

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 38.1MB/s

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Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Intel 545s Series 128GB is 33.2%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Intel 545s Series 128GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 124MB/s

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 200MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 2,701 samples)

Rank 55476.1%

Min	Avg	Max
383	Read 472	514
129	Write 200	360
170	Mixed 221	331
80.5	SusWrite 124	137
56.1% 255 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
20.4	4K Read 30.9	38.7
38.2	4K Write 73.9	107
24.6	4K Mixed 38.1	50.6
135% 47.6 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
188	DQ Read 219	287
95	DQ Write 133	174
79	DQ Mixed 142	184
115% 165 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

FRA-User, 1 month ago.

119GB free

Firmware: LHF004C

SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 129 129 130 129 130 MB/s

81% Excellent

Write 272

Mixed 206

SusWrite 133

61% 275 MB/s

4K Read 30.7

4K Write 93.7

4K Mixed 40.8

148% 55.1 MB/s

DQ Read 210

DQ Write 130

DQ Mixed 144

114% 161 MB/s

COL-User, 1 month ago.

24GB free (System drive)

Firmware: LHF002C

SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 132 130 132 128 101 MB/s

78.6% Very good

Write 153

Mixed 195

SusWrite 126

54% 245 MB/s

4K Read 32.8

4K Write 73.4

4K Mixed 39.7

139% 48.6 MB/s

DQ Read 202

DQ Write 133

DQ Mixed 141

112% 158 MB/s

FRA-User, 1 month ago.

53GB free

Firmware: LHF004C

SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 129 130 130 130 130 MB/s

76.4% Very good

Write 193

Mixed 192

SusWrite 130

55% 249 MB/s

4K Read 30.6

4K Write 75.4

4K Mixed 37.6

134% 47.9 MB/s

DQ Read 215

DQ Write 129

DQ Mixed 148

116% 164 MB/s

USA-User, 1 month ago.

34GB free (System drive)

Firmware: LHF002C

SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 131 131 131 131 131 MB/s

73% Very good

Write 132

Mixed 194

SusWrite 130

48% 218 MB/s

4K Read 29.5

4K Write 74.5

4K Mixed 37.2

132% 47.1 MB/s

DQ Read 209

DQ Write 133

DQ Mixed 145

115% 162 MB/s

USA-User, 8 days ago.

53GB free (System drive)

Firmware: LHF002C

SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 127 130 127 130 129 MB/s

64.2% Good

Write 191

Mixed 234

SusWrite 129

54% 245 MB/s

4K Read 24

4K Write 49.1

4K Mixed 29.7

100% 34.3 MB/s

DQ Read 209

DQ Write 153

DQ Mixed 146

118% 169 MB/s

TWN-User, 22 days ago.

10GB free (System drive)

Firmware: LHF004C

SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 57 56 58 41 54 MB/s

60.4% Good

Write 57.7

Mixed 163

SusWrite 57.2

40% 184 MB/s

4K Read 14.8

4K Write 63.5

4K Mixed 36

102% 38.1 MB/s

DQ Read 169

DQ Write 92.3

DQ Mixed 87.7

77% 116 MB/s

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Desktop 80%

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Workstation 35%

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Motherboard: Asrock A320M-DVS R4.0

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $125Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	117x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $82Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	81x
Ryzen 5 1600AFAMD $97Bench 72%, 52,721 samples	54x

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GTX 1650Nvidia $155Bench 43%, 259,091 samples	50x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	41x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	40x

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545s Series 128GBIntelBench 76%, 2,701 samples	1x

RAM
Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $38Bench 82%, 163,634 samples	24x
TEAMGROUP-UD4-2666 2x8GBUnknownBench 79%, 17,908 samples	14x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	13x

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Value: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $318

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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

Intel SSDSC2KW128G8

545s Series 128GB

Average Bench: 76.1% (554^th of 1072)

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