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SSD 120GB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2017.

Average Bench: 104% (235th of 1072)

Based on 104 user benchmarks.  Model: PCIe SSD
Poor: 54%Average: 104% Great: 176%

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Outstanding average bench

The Pcie SSD 120GB averaged 4.5% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Pcie SSD 120GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 253MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 783MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Pcie SSD 120GB is 122%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Pcie SSD 120GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 209MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 423MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 104 samples)
Rank 235104%
Min Avg Max
361 Read 783 1,786
110 Write 423 1,069
154 Mixed 485 1,145
74.6 SusWrite 209 470
105% 475 MB/s
Min Avg Max
8.48 4K Read 30.5 44.3
40.8 4K Write 86.6 130
4.85 4K Mixed 34.3 53.5
136% 50.5 MB/s
Min Avg Max
205 DQ Read 353 604
118 DQ Write 332 637
24.1 DQ Mixed 253 507
214% 313 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
78GB free (System drive)
Firmware: E7FM04.C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 595 642 639 179 179 179 MB/s
153% Outstanding
Read 906
Write 1,014
Mixed 605
SusWrite 402
164% 732 MB/s
4K Read 38.4
4K Write 133
4K Mixed 53.8
198% 75.1 MB/s
DQ Read 662
DQ Write 756
DQ Mixed 582
474% 667 MB/s
52GB free (System drive)
Firmware: E7FM04.C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 508 651 581 558 98 152 MB/s
126% Outstanding
Read 878
Write 618
Mixed 369
SusWrite 425
127% 573 MB/s
4K Read 22.7
4K Write 78.8
4K Mixed 37.1
124% 46.2 MB/s
DQ Read 521
DQ Write 685
DQ Mixed 464
389% 557 MB/s
111GB free
Firmware: E7FM04.C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 329 370 363 373 371 381 MB/s
71.3% Very good
Read 324
Write 364
Mixed 330
SusWrite 364
78% 346 MB/s
4K Read 7.5
4K Write 15.4
4K Mixed 9.3
31% 10.7 MB/s
DQ Read 520
DQ Write 675
DQ Mixed 505
407% 567 MB/s
33GB free (System drive)
Firmware: E8FMQ1.9 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 27 33 39 45 54 64 MB/s
61.8% Good
Read 521
Write 129
Mixed 172
SusWrite 43.5
47% 217 MB/s
4K Read 23.3
4K Write 63.4
4K Mixed 24.9
101% 37.2 MB/s
DQ Read 208
DQ Write 137
DQ Mixed 123
105% 156 MB/s
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Gaming 41%
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Desktop 88%
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Workstation 37%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H410M S2H V2

CPU
Core i5-10400FIntel  $97Bench 85%, 153,026 samples455x
Core i3-10100FIntel  $70Bench 80%, 39,812 samples250x
Core i5-10400Intel  $99Bench 84%, 71,804 samples158x
GPU
GTX 1650Nvidia  $155Bench 43%, 259,091 samples133x
RTX 3060Nvidia  $255Bench 100%, 447,556 samples117x
UHD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 37,718 samples94x
SSD
SSD 120GBPcieBench 104%, 104 samples1x
RAM
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples26x
KF3200C16D4/8GX 2x8GBKingstonBench 88%, 58,684 samples26x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples20x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 84% - Excellent Total price: $252

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