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Release date ≈ Q1 2018.

Average Bench: 44.1% (923rd of 1072)

Based on 4 user benchmarks.  Model: ESSC21AC120M4
Poor: 24%Average: 44.1% Great: 57%

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Below average average bench

The ESSC21AC120M4 120GB averaged 55.9% 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 Write Speed 75.9MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 22.7MB/s

Unknown consistency

There are too few samples to reasonably determine how consistently this SSD perfroms. This result should be interpreted with caution.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 94.1MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 98.6MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 4 samples)
Rank 92344.1%
Min Avg Max
148 Read 171 193
86.4 Write 98.6 107
103 Mixed 120 146
94.1 SusWrite 94.1 94.1
27% 121 MB/s
Min Avg Max
16.4 4K Read 22.7 26.5
11.2 4K Write 75.9 103
8.01 4K Mixed 15.6 29.3
94.5% 38.1 MB/s
Min Avg Max
26.1 DQ Read 81.3 142
13.1 DQ Write 84.5 117
7.78 DQ Mixed 45.1 112
44.4% 70.3 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
69GB free
Firmware: 501ABBF0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 90 95 99 97 99 MB/s
56.5% Above average
Read 148
Write 101
Mixed 146
SusWrite 94.1
27% 122 MB/s
4K Read 24.6
4K Write 103
4K Mixed 29.3
130% 52.4 MB/s
DQ Read 142
DQ Write 117
DQ Mixed 112
89% 124 MB/s
60GB free
Firmware: 501ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
49.1% Average
Read 193
Write 107
Mixed 117
31% 139 MB/s
4K Read 26.5
4K Write 97.2
4K Mixed 10.8
105% 44.8 MB/s
DQ Read 124
DQ Write 107
DQ Mixed 30.3
46% 87.1 MB/s
60GB free
Firmware: 501ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
46.3% Average
Read 192
Write 100
Mixed 115
30% 136 MB/s
4K Read 23.2
4K Write 92
4K Mixed 14.4
102% 43.2 MB/s
DQ Read 33.2
DQ Write 100
DQ Mixed 30
34% 54.5 MB/s
70GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 504ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
24.3% Poor
Read 151
Write 86.4
Mixed 103
25% 114 MB/s
4K Read 16.4
4K Write 11.2
4K Mixed 8.01
41% 11.9 MB/s
DQ Read 26.1
DQ Write 13.1
DQ Mixed 7.78
9% 15.7 MB/s

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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,789,192 SSDs tested

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Typical ESSC21AC120M4 120GB Builds (Compare 66 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 37%
Jet ski
Desktop
Desktop 68%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 29%
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Motherboard: MSI X58 PLATINUM SLI(MS-7522)

CPU
Core i7-920Intel  $90Bench 62%, 69,074 samples31x
Xeon X5660IntelBench 71%, 6,950 samples7x
Xeon X5670IntelBench 73%, 9,061 samples6x
GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples6x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples5x
GTX 570Nvidia  $350Bench 20%, 22,303 samples5x
SSD
ESSC21AC120M4 120GBBench 44%, 4 samples1x
RAM
48GBUnknownBench 49%, 2,786 samples25x
52GBUnknownBench 37%, 680 samples12x
44GBUnknownBench 23%, 6,316 samples8x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 101% - Outstanding Total price: $207

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