ESA3SMI2HTTBT120GB 120GB

ESA3SMI2HTTBT120GB 120GB
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Effective Speed -40%Effective Speed -40%Average Score -43%Read -11%, Write -54%, 4K Read -28%, 4K Write -27%, Mixed -27%, 4K Mixed -29%, SusWrite -126%Peak Score -31%Read 0%, Write -28%, 4K Read -21%, 4K Write -10%, Mixed 3%, 4K Mixed -17%, SusWrite -145%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -85%DQ Read -77%, DQ Write -10%, DQ Mixed -165%, ADQ Read -125%, ADQ Write -47%, ADQ Mixed -245%, Age 27%, AS-SSD Total -34%

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Average Bench: 70.2% (663^rd of 1071)

Based on 50 user benchmarks. Model: ESA3SMI2HTTBT120GB

Poor: 49%Average: 70.2% Great: 85%

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Good average bench

The ESA3SMI2HTTBT120GB 120GB averaged 29.7% 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 Random Mixed IO Speed 34.8MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 26.8MB/s

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Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the ESA3SMI2HTTBT120GB 120GB is 35.7%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the ESA3SMI2HTTBT120GB 120GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 131MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 145MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 50 samples)

Rank 66370.2%

Min	Avg	Max
292	Read 412	507
44.8	Write 264	379
101	Mixed 282	436
54.8	SusWrite 131	158
60.6% 272 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
10.5	4K Read 26.8	35.6
3.7	4K Write 69	111
6.4	4K Mixed 34.8	49.8
122% 43.5 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
22.6	DQ Read 145	207
21.4	DQ Write 196	326
17.4	DQ Mixed 75.4	125
83.6% 139 MB/s

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

TUR-User, 16 months ago.

75GB free (System drive)

Firmware: Q0811B

SusWrite @10s intervals: 236 124 124 127 122 127 MB/s

81.7% Excellent

Write 224

Mixed 307

SusWrite 143

62% 281 MB/s

4K Read 30.8

4K Write 78.1

4K Mixed 41.6

141% 50.2 MB/s

DQ Read 203

DQ Write 292

DQ Mixed 94.8

114% 197 MB/s

TUR-User, 9 months ago.

81GB free (System drive)

Firmware: Q0811B

SusWrite @10s intervals: 184 126 125 126 128 128 MB/s

69.7% Good

Write 281

Mixed 303

SusWrite 136

65% 292 MB/s

4K Read 25.7

4K Write 53.1

4K Mixed 32.4

109% 37.1 MB/s

DQ Read 204

DQ Write 227

DQ Mixed 94.2

105% 175 MB/s

TUR-User, 8 months ago.

91GB free (System drive)

Firmware: Q0811B

SusWrite @10s intervals: 245 128 126 130 127 128 MB/s

69% Good

Write 282

Mixed 297

SusWrite 147

63% 282 MB/s

4K Read 30.1

4K Write 65.8

4K Mixed 38.9

130% 44.9 MB/s

DQ Read 37.7

DQ Write 107

DQ Mixed 51.3

45% 65.4 MB/s

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Desktop 59%

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Workstation 6%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H55-UD3H

CPU
Core i5-750Intel $72Bench 62%, 43,796 samples	27x
Xeon X3440IntelBench 65%, 6,034 samples	26x
Core i5 760Intel $100Bench 64%, 34,495 samples	22x

GPU
GeForce GT 730NvidiaBench 5%, 164,888 samples	17x
RX 570AMD $130Bench 45%, 473,685 samples	16x
GTX 750Nvidia $120Bench 15%, 66,662 samples	13x

SSD
ESA3SMI2HTTBT120GB 120GBBench 70%, 50 samples	1x

RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	35x
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	34x
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples	27x

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Value: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $72

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Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
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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) $37	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

ESA3SMI2HTTBT120GB 120GB

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