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Memory 60GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2018.

Average Bench: 45.8% (910th of 1071)

Based on 17 user benchmarks.  Model: Golden Memory 60GB
Poor: 38%Average: 45.8% Great: 50%

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Below average average bench

The Golden Memory 60GB averaged 54.1% 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 63.8MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 420MB/s

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Golden Memory 60GB is just 11.5%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Golden Memory 60GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 76.2MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 84.8MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 17 samples)
Rank 91045.8%
Min Avg Max
350 Read 420 477
47.1 Write 84.8 265
16.7 Mixed 117 313
15.1 SusWrite 76.2 135
37.9% 174 MB/s
Min Avg Max
13.2 4K Read 18.2 30.3
3.7 4K Write 63.8 80.4
0.4 4K Mixed 8.24 23.4
71.8% 30.1 MB/s
Min Avg Max
77.5 DQ Read 98.4 143
75.7 DQ Write 90.2 260
2.33 DQ Mixed 44.4 56.3
47% 77.7 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
10GB free (System drive)
Firmware: Q0407A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 76 78 78 80 80 MB/s
48.7% Average
Read 446
Write 78.1
Mixed 102
SusWrite 78.2
38% 176 MB/s
4K Read 17.6
4K Write 75.7
4K Mixed 8.6
78% 34 MB/s
DQ Read 102
DQ Write 79.4
DQ Mixed 53.3
50% 78.1 MB/s
34GB free
Firmware: 20150713
SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 79 78 72 73 77 MB/s
48% Average
Read 407
Write 76.6
Mixed 103
SusWrite 75.7
36% 166 MB/s
4K Read 17.5
4K Write 76.1
4K Mixed 9.1
78% 34.2 MB/s
DQ Read 134
DQ Write 79
DQ Mixed 55.6
55% 89.4 MB/s
12GB free
Firmware: Q0927A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 75 76 77 77 77 MB/s
47.7% Average
Read 406
Write 77.2
Mixed 113
SusWrite 76.3
36% 168 MB/s
4K Read 18
4K Write 70.1
4K Mixed 9.5
76% 32.5 MB/s
DQ Read 143
DQ Write 77.1
DQ Mixed 54.5
55% 91.4 MB/s
56GB free
Firmware: Q0407A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 69 67 69 69 75 MB/s
45.8% Average
Read 393
Write 70.8
Mixed 107
SusWrite 67.8
34% 160 MB/s
4K Read 18
4K Write 76.2
4K Mixed 8.3
78% 34.2 MB/s
DQ Read 91.5
DQ Write 79.8
DQ Mixed 52.6
48% 74.6 MB/s
43GB free
Firmware: Q0123A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 76 78 82 83 83 MB/s
43.7% Average
Read 350
Write 77.3
Mixed 94.6
SusWrite 80.1
33% 151 MB/s
4K Read 19.6
4K Write 63.2
4K Mixed 8.7
74% 30.5 MB/s
DQ Read 80
DQ Write 82.8
DQ Mixed 56.3
49% 73 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,748,765 SSDs tested

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Gaming 5%
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Desktop 58%
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Workstation 5%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H61M-DS2 - $69

CPU
Core i5-3470Intel  $59Bench 63%, 223,595 samples249x
Core i7-3770Intel  $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples221x
Core i3-3220Intel  $79Bench 52%, 71,790 samples175x
GPU
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 150,891 samples310x
HD 2500 (Desktop 1.05 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 146,665 samples291x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples133x
SSD
Memory 60GBGoldenBench 46%, 17 samples1x
RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples110x
1x4GBUnknownBench 28%, 154,807 samples73x
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples63x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 97% - Outstanding Total price: $128

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