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SQF-S25M8-128G-S8E 128GB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2015.

Average Bench: 54.2% (859th of 1072)

Based on 10 user benchmarks.  Model: SQF-S25M8-128G-S8E
Poor: 45%Average: 54.2% Great: 62%

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Average average bench

The SQF-S25M8-128G-S8E 128GB averaged 45.8% 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. Sequential Read Speed 453MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 55.7MB/s

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the SQF-S25M8-128G-S8E 128GB is just 16.3%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the SQF-S25M8-128G-S8E 128GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 108MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 182MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 10 samples)
Rank 85954.2%
Min Avg Max
366 Read 453 501
97.9 Write 182 199
61.9 Mixed 205 278
44.3 SusWrite 108 191
52.2% 237 MB/s
Min Avg Max
13.7 4K Read 16.9 22.9
36 4K Write 55.7 91.5
5.65 4K Mixed 15.8 21.6
75.4% 29.5 MB/s
Min Avg Max
23.7 DQ Read 118 138
48.4 DQ Write 149 188
5.58 DQ Mixed 46 67.8
58.9% 104 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
84GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S8FM06A7
SusWrite @10s intervals: 191 192 192 187 193 192 MB/s
67.7% Good
Read 490
Write 193
Mixed 214
SusWrite 191
60% 272 MB/s
4K Read 20.8
4K Write 74.9
4K Mixed 21.4
99% 39 MB/s
DQ Read 136
DQ Write 173
DQ Mixed 67
75% 125 MB/s
13GB free
Firmware: S8FM06A7
SusWrite @10s intervals: 199 199 123 6.2 18 6.1 MB/s
61.6% Good
Read 501
Write 199
Mixed 216
SusWrite 91.9
55% 252 MB/s
4K Read 22.9
4K Write 64.3
4K Mixed 21.6
96% 36.3 MB/s
DQ Read 137
DQ Write 176
DQ Mixed 57.5
71% 124 MB/s
40GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S8FM06A7
SusWrite @10s intervals: 188 189 185 187 127 31 MB/s
52.2% Above average
Read 423
Write 192
Mixed 202
SusWrite 151
54% 242 MB/s
4K Read 14.3
4K Write 36
4K Mixed 16.1
61% 22.1 MB/s
DQ Read 138
DQ Write 188
DQ Mixed 19.3
55% 115 MB/s
94GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S8FM06A7
SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 160 184 157 16 90 MB/s
51.6% Above average
Read 442
Write 189
Mixed 203
SusWrite 129
53% 241 MB/s
4K Read 13.7
4K Write 38.8
4K Mixed 16.6
63% 23 MB/s
DQ Read 138
DQ Write 172
DQ Mixed 67.2
75% 126 MB/s
44GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S8FM06A7
SusWrite @10s intervals: 176 187 122 39 51 14 MB/s
47% Average
Read 373
Write 187
Mixed 200
SusWrite 98.2
47% 214 MB/s
4K Read 15.4
4K Write 37.5
4K Mixed 16.2
64% 23 MB/s
DQ Read 134
DQ Write 164
DQ Mixed 67.8
74% 122 MB/s
13GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S8FM06A7
SusWrite @10s intervals: 12 186 29 73 41 38 MB/s
41.1% Average
Read 483
Write 95.2
Mixed 192
SusWrite 63.1
45% 208 MB/s
4K Read 19.7
4K Write 10.9
4K Mixed 10.6
49% 13.7 MB/s
DQ Read 138
DQ Write 10.8
DQ Mixed 11.7
24% 53.6 MB/s

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Typical SQF-S25M8-128G-S8E 128GB Builds (Compare 467 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 6%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 55%
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Workstation
Workstation 6%
Tree trunk

System: HP EliteBook 8560w

CPU
Core i7-2820QMIntel  $230Bench 59%, 4,929 samples91x
Core i7-2670QMIntel  $200Bench 56%, 51,169 samples77x
Core i7-2620MIntelBench 52%, 16,111 samples64x
GPU
Quadro 1000MNvidiaBench 3%, 6,108 samples288x
Quadro 2000MNvidiaBench 5%, 3,227 samples126x
FirePro M5950 AMDBench 5%, 1,394 samples47x
SSD
SQF-S25M8-128G-S8E 128GBBench 54%, 10 samples1x
RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples189x
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples63x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples43x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 62% - Good Total price: $230

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