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CN600 120GB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2018.

Average Bench: 111% (210th of 1072)

Based on 203 user benchmarks.  Model: Colorful CN600 120GB
Poor: 72%Average: 111% Great: 154%

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Outstanding average bench

The Colorful CN600 120GB averaged 11.4% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Colorful CN600 120GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 961MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 40.8MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Colorful CN600 120GB is 82.1%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Colorful CN600 120GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 218MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 357MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 203 samples)
Rank 210111%
Min Avg Max
366 Read 961 1,645
64 Write 357 582
83.3 Mixed 411 644
85.9 SusWrite 218 475
107% 487 MB/s
Min Avg Max
19.8 4K Read 40.8 50.4
24.7 4K Write 98 172
10.6 4K Mixed 30.9 44.2
153% 56.6 MB/s
Min Avg Max
70.5 DQ Read 313 400
35.3 DQ Write 307 557
20.3 DQ Mixed 106 287
136% 242 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
50GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S0614B0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 425 291 342 197 116 77 MB/s
152% Outstanding
Read 1,639
Write 533
Mixed 655
SusWrite 241
168% 767 MB/s
4K Read 45.4
4K Write 126
4K Mixed 37.9
184% 69.7 MB/s
DQ Read 403
DQ Write 336
DQ Mixed 65.9
132% 268 MB/s
49GB free (System drive)
Firmware: V6005-r2
SusWrite @10s intervals: 397 397 396 370 397 339 MB/s
122% Outstanding
Read 573
Write 402
Mixed 426
SusWrite 382
100% 446 MB/s
4K Read 38.2
4K Write 149
4K Mixed 48.5
199% 78.4 MB/s
DQ Read 380
DQ Write 322
DQ Mixed 261
220% 321 MB/s
27GB free (System drive)
Firmware: V6005-r2
SusWrite @10s intervals: 396 396 397 395 369 356 MB/s
114% Outstanding
Read 548
Write 402
Mixed 418
SusWrite 385
98% 438 MB/s
4K Read 36.4
4K Write 122
4K Mixed 45.4
178% 68 MB/s
DQ Read 382
DQ Write 246
DQ Mixed 210
184% 279 MB/s
81GB free (System drive)
Firmware: V6005-r2
SusWrite @10s intervals: 348 347 332 331 346 347 MB/s
106% Outstanding
Read 498
Write 390
Mixed 407
SusWrite 342
92% 409 MB/s
4K Read 35
4K Write 101
4K Mixed 42.6
161% 59.7 MB/s
DQ Read 382
DQ Write 316
DQ Mixed 260
219% 320 MB/s
76GB free
Firmware: V6005-r2
SusWrite @10s intervals: 394 391 392 374 379 137 MB/s
88.3% Excellent
Read 450
Write 392
Mixed 386
SusWrite 344
88% 393 MB/s
4K Read 24
4K Write 59.4
4K Mixed 31.7
108% 38.4 MB/s
DQ Read 381
DQ Write 321
DQ Mixed 259
219% 320 MB/s
26GB free (System drive)
Firmware: V6005-r2
SusWrite @10s intervals: 256 127 30 11 66 133 MB/s
87.7% Excellent
Read 575
Write 392
Mixed 359
SusWrite 104
79% 357 MB/s
4K Read 25
4K Write 90.8
4K Mixed 41.3
139% 52.4 MB/s
DQ Read 381
DQ Write 298
DQ Mixed 261
216% 313 MB/s
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Typical CN600 120GB Builds (Compare 32 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 59%
Gunboat
Desktop
Desktop 77%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 54%
Yacht

Motherboard: Biostar X370GT5

CPU
Ryzen 5 1600AMD  $110Bench 70%, 392,253 samples10x
Ryzen 7 1700AMD  $195Bench 69%, 144,475 samples4x
Ryzen 7 2700AMD  $185Bench 74%, 123,820 samples3x
GPU
RX Vega-56AMD  $170Bench 78%, 92,053 samples4x
RX 480AMD  $75Bench 46%, 261,163 samples3x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples2x
SSD
CN600 120GBColorfulBench 111%, 203 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 80%, 8,730 samples3x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples2x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $42Bench 76%, 105,447 samples2x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 102% - Outstanding Total price: $280

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