Intel SSDSC2CW180A3

520 Series 180GB

520 Series 180GB
BENCHMARKS (11,787)
MKT (0.1%)
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Effective Speed -36%Effective Speed -36%Average Score -51%Read -35%, Write -104%, 4K Read -15%, 4K Write -21%, Mixed -54%, 4K Mixed -33%, SusWrite -93%Peak Score -49%Read -30%, Write -107%, 4K Read -5%, 4K Write -7%, Mixed -64%, 4K Mixed -29%, SusWrite -98%Value & Sentiment -314%User Rating -11%, Market Share -720%, Price -145%, Value -382%Nice To Haves -35%DQ Read -22%, DQ Write -66%, DQ Mixed -37%, ADQ Read -16%, ADQ Write -48%, ADQ Mixed -24%, Age -35%, AS-SSD Total -33%

Average Bench: 71.4% (611^th of 1040)

Based on 11,787 user benchmarks. Models: INTEL SSDSC2CW180A3, INTEL SS DSC2CW180A3, INTEL SSDSC2CW180A, INTEL SSDSC2CW18, INTEL SSDSC2BW180A3L, INTEL SSDSC2BW180A3, INTEL SSDSC2BW180A3H, INTE SSDSC2CW180A3

Poor: 52%Average: 71.4% Great: 86%

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Good average bench

The Intel 520 Series 180GB averaged 28.5% 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 201MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 29.1MB/s

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Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Intel 520 Series 180GB is 34%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Intel 520 Series 180GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 155MB/s

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 199MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 11,787 samples)

Rank 61171.4%

Min	Avg	Max
292	Read 338	387
156	Write 199	233
205	Mixed 232	253
118	SusWrite 155	199
51.5% 231 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
18.9	4K Read 29.1	38.9
30.3	4K Write 71.7	112
18.4	4K Mixed 33.3	43.6
125% 44.7 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
210	DQ Read 272	300
126	DQ Write 190	216
155	DQ Mixed 201	232
158% 221 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

USA-User, 4 hrs ago.

69GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 400i

SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 145 153 140 152 135 MB/s

83.4% Excellent

Write 200

Mixed 245

SusWrite 147

52% 235 MB/s

4K Read 34.3

4K Write 122

4K Mixed 40.7

169% 65.8 MB/s

DQ Read 231

DQ Write 186

DQ Mixed 201

152% 206 MB/s

JOR-User, 7 hrs ago.

101GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 400i

SusWrite @10s intervals: 175 145 168 156 167 154 MB/s

79% Very good

Write 212

Mixed 224

SusWrite 161

53% 236 MB/s

4K Read 34.6

4K Write 78.7

4K Mixed 38.8

144% 50.7 MB/s

DQ Read 296

DQ Write 199

DQ Mixed 227

175% 241 MB/s

GBR-User, 6 hrs ago.

168GB free

Firmware: LCSi

SusWrite @10s intervals: 180 153 173 171 171 168 MB/s

79% Very good

Write 214

Mixed 250

SusWrite 169

55% 246 MB/s

4K Read 33.4

4K Write 78.8

4K Mixed 38

141% 50.1 MB/s

DQ Read 293

DQ Write 217

DQ Mixed 222

175% 244 MB/s

USA-User, 14 hrs ago.

37GB free

Firmware: 400i

SusWrite @10s intervals: 177 185 159 158 157 164 MB/s

78% Very good

Write 221

Mixed 243

SusWrite 167

53% 239 MB/s

4K Read 34.8

4K Write 79.4

4K Mixed 38.1

144% 50.8 MB/s

DQ Read 299

DQ Write 186

DQ Mixed 222

171% 236 MB/s

USA-User, 15 hrs ago.

140GB free (System drive)

Firmware: LB3i

SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 157 161 192 170 163 MB/s

76% Very good

Write 203

Mixed 249

SusWrite 166

54% 240 MB/s

4K Read 32

4K Write 76

4K Mixed 35.3

134% 47.8 MB/s

DQ Read 294

DQ Write 211

DQ Mixed 223

174% 242 MB/s

CAN-User, 6 hrs ago.

25GB free (System drive)

Firmware: LCSi

SusWrite @10s intervals: 172 146 163 161 163 150 MB/s

65.4% Good

Write 206

Mixed 226

SusWrite 159

52% 233 MB/s

4K Read 24.8

4K Write 43.7

4K Mixed 30.6

100% 33 MB/s

DQ Read 289

DQ Write 198

DQ Mixed 225

173% 237 MB/s

POL-User, 16 hrs ago.

140GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 400i

SusWrite @10s intervals: 166 159 168 167 161 163 MB/s

61.5% Good

Write 201

Mixed 244

SusWrite 164

52% 233 MB/s

4K Read 23.1

4K Write 40.2

4K Mixed 26.2

90% 29.8 MB/s

DQ Read 299

DQ Write 184

DQ Mixed 221

170% 235 MB/s

SVK-User, 12 hrs ago.

122GB free (System drive)

Firmware: LCSi

SusWrite @10s intervals: 155 151 151 152 150 149 MB/s

59.9% Above average

Write 191

Mixed 239

SusWrite 152

51% 227 MB/s

4K Read 22

4K Write 44.2

4K Mixed 25.3

89% 30.5 MB/s

DQ Read 261

DQ Write 190

DQ Mixed 176

145% 209 MB/s

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Typical 520 Series 180GB Builds (Compare 1,196 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.

Gaming 2%

Tree trunk

Desktop 49%

Yacht

Workstation 2%

Tree trunk

System: HP EliteBook Folio 9470m

CPU
Core i5-3437UIntelBench 51%, 2,536 samples	437x
Core i5-3427UIntelBench 50%, 3,304 samples	327x
Core i7-3687UIntelBench 54%, 2,392 samples	203x

GPU
HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 336,065 samples	1,196x

SSD
520 Series 180GBIntel $300Bench 71%, 11,787 samples	68x

RAM
HMT351S6EFR8A-PB 1x4GBHynixBench 27%, 9,693 samples	43x
HMT351S6EFR8A-PB 2x4GBHynixBench 49%, 10,118 samples	30x
M471B5173DB0-YK0 1x4GBSamsungBench 24%, 40,471 samples	29x

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Value: 3% - Terrible

Total price: $300

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-9600K $200	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400	Crucial MX500 250GB $47
Intel Core i5-10600K $257	Nvidia RTX 3070 $500	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78
Intel Core i5-10400F $161	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $240	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $40

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $43	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $79	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $38	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $71	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $649	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

Intel SSDSC2CW180A3

520 Series 180GB

Average Bench: 71.4% (611^th of 1040)

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520 Series 180GB

Average Bench: 71.4% (611th of 1040)

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Average Bench: 71.4% (611^th of 1040)