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Release date ≈ Q4 2015.

Average Bench: 66.5% (726th of 1072)

Based on 114 user benchmarks.  Model: SZ9ST3128ETM0L11
Poor: 46%Average: 66.5% Great: 79%

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Above average average bench

The SZ9ST3128ETM0L11 128GB averaged 33.5% 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 29.4MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 294MB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the SZ9ST3128ETM0L11 128GB is 32.6%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the SZ9ST3128ETM0L11 128GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 116MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 122MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 114 samples)
Rank 72666.5%
Min Avg Max
332 Read 457 499
59.6 Write 122 138
74.6 Mixed 147 208
42.6 SusWrite 116 134
46% 211 MB/s
Min Avg Max
14.4 4K Read 29.4 35.9
30.1 4K Write 64.8 90.8
12.2 4K Mixed 22 27.7
107% 38.7 MB/s
Min Avg Max
131 DQ Read 294 364
50.2 DQ Write 121 141
13.6 DQ Mixed 56 64.8
81.6% 157 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
52GB free
Firmware: EXT06L0Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 127 124 119 114 109 MB/s
75.2% Very good
Read 486
Write 139
Mixed 157
SusWrite 121
49% 226 MB/s
4K Read 33.7
4K Write 78.7
4K Mixed 25.5
125% 46 MB/s
DQ Read 360
DQ Write 139
DQ Mixed 61.8
95% 187 MB/s
89GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EXT06L0Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 129 131 132 126 133 MB/s
58.4% Above average
Read 422
Write 138
Mixed 145
SusWrite 130
46% 209 MB/s
4K Read 22
4K Write 34
4K Mixed 18.3
75% 24.8 MB/s
DQ Read 355
DQ Write 137
DQ Mixed 60.7
94% 184 MB/s
86GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EXT06L0Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 119 117 119 119 119 MB/s
56.1% Above average
Read 421
Write 123
Mixed 140
SusWrite 119
44% 201 MB/s
4K Read 22.2
4K Write 41.1
4K Mixed 19.4
80% 27.6 MB/s
DQ Read 224
DQ Write 124
DQ Mixed 54
72% 134 MB/s
22GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 6L0Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 43 50 58 77 50 33 MB/s
55.1% Above average
Read 442
Write 87.8
Mixed 99.7
SusWrite 52
37% 170 MB/s
4K Read 28.7
4K Write 36.6
4K Mixed 17.4
85% 27.6 MB/s
DQ Read 350
DQ Write 56.4
DQ Mixed 53.3
78% 153 MB/s
90GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EXT06L0Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 93 113 117 116 117 MB/s
44% Average
Read 319
Write 120
Mixed 136
SusWrite 111
38% 172 MB/s
4K Read 12.7
4K Write 37.4
4K Mixed 14
57% 21.4 MB/s
DQ Read 205
DQ Write 119
DQ Mixed 51.9
68% 125 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,699,983 SSDs tested

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Gaming 78%
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Desktop 87%
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Workstation 74%
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Motherboard: Asus PRIME B450M-GAMING/BR

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples324x
Ryzen 5 5600GAMD  $137Bench 86%, 14,368 samples140x
Ryzen 5 3400GAMD  $102Bench 68%, 93,718 samples118x
GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia  $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples101x
RX Vega 8 5000 (iGPU)AMDBench 17%, 140,621 samples98x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples94x
SSD
SZ9ST3128ETM0L11 128GBBench 66%, 114 samples1x
RAM
Group Inc. TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GBTeamBench 88%, 35,395 samples73x
DDR4 3000 2x8GBAdataBench 80%, 77,202 samples65x
Group Inc. TEAMGROUP-UD4-2666 2x8GBTeamBench 78%, 7,481 samples60x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 76% - Very good Total price: $407

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