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470 Series SSD 128GB

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Release date ≤ Q1 2014.

Average Bench: 42% (934th of 1072)

Based on 915 user benchmarks.  Model: SAMSUNG 470 Series SSD
Poor: 27%Average: 42% Great: 53%

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Below average average bench

The Samsung 470 Series SSD 128GB averaged 58.0% 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 Read Speed 14.7MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 39.9MB/s

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung 470 Series SSD 128GB is 25.8%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Samsung 470 Series SSD 128GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 51.3MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 23.2MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 915 samples)
Rank 93442%
Min Avg Max
104 Read 217 249
127 Write 207 240
101 Mixed 165 198
50.5 SusWrite 170 238
42.7% 190 MB/s
Min Avg Max
8.94 4K Read 14.7 18.7
18.9 4K Write 39.9 58.7
9.8 4K Mixed 16 19.4
64% 23.6 MB/s
Min Avg Max
17 DQ Read 106 124
31.1 DQ Write 51.3 73.7
16.3 DQ Mixed 23.2 26.8
32% 60.3 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
119GB free
Firmware: AXM09B1Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 240 240 240 239 238 236 MB/s
55% Above average
Read 249
Write 242
Mixed 185
SusWrite 239
52% 229 MB/s
4K Read 18.4
4K Write 64.5
4K Mixed 19.4
87% 34.1 MB/s
DQ Read 124
DQ Write 72.5
DQ Mixed 22.8
37% 73 MB/s
67GB free
Firmware: AXM09B1Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 212 222 221 208 176 210 MB/s
46.7% Average
Read 224
Write 189
Mixed 172
SusWrite 208
45% 198 MB/s
4K Read 15.8
4K Write 42.3
4K Mixed 17.9
69% 25.3 MB/s
DQ Read 124
DQ Write 49.5
DQ Mixed 24.6
34% 65.9 MB/s
119GB free
Firmware: AXM09B1Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 228 230 228 230 230 233 MB/s
46.4% Average
Read 235
Write 227
Mixed 188
SusWrite 230
50% 220 MB/s
4K Read 14.7
4K Write 34.1
4K Mixed 16
61% 21.6 MB/s
DQ Read 123
DQ Write 74.7
DQ Mixed 25
38% 74.1 MB/s
64GB free (System drive)
Firmware: AXM09B1Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 193 191 195 198 185 189 MB/s
43.6% Average
Read 239
Write 227
Mixed 172
SusWrite 192
47% 207 MB/s
4K Read 14.1
4K Write 39.6
4K Mixed 14.4
61% 22.7 MB/s
DQ Read 124
DQ Write 51.9
DQ Mixed 23.6
34% 66.4 MB/s
10GB free
Firmware: AXM09B1Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 17 8.5 0 41 MB/s
36.3% Below average
Read 245
Write 74.8
Mixed 120
SusWrite 26.5
26% 117 MB/s
4K Read 18.5
4K Write 39.1
4K Mixed 16.9
70% 24.8 MB/s
DQ Read 123
DQ Write 37.8
DQ Mixed 20.1
31% 60.3 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,713,417 SSDs tested

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Typical 470 Series SSD 128GB Builds (Compare 392 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 36%
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Desktop
Desktop 73%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 29%
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Motherboard: Asus P8P67-M - $150

CPU
Core i7-2600Intel  $194Bench 67%, 185,630 samples88x
Core i5-2500KIntel  $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples75x
Core i7-2600KIntel  $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples55x
GPU
GTX 970Nvidia  $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples31x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples19x
GTX 960Nvidia  $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples19x
SSD
470 Series SSD 128GBSamsungBench 42%, 915 samples1x
RAM
DDR3 1600G 2x4GBUnknownBench 51%, 1,144 samples6x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 50%, 19,207 samples6x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples5x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 66% - Good Total price: $544

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