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ESA3SMI2HTMBT120GB 120GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2018.

Average Bench: 84.1% (420th of 1072)

Based on 5 user benchmarks.  Model: ESA3SMI2HTMBT120GB
Poor: 66%Average: 84.1% Great: 93%

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Very good average bench

The ESA3SMI2HTMBT120GB 120GB averaged just 15.9% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the ESA3SMI2HTMBT120GB 120GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 187MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 40.2MB/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 97.3MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 230MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 5 samples)
Rank 42084.1%
Min Avg Max
446 Read 490 515
368 Write 402 449
369 Mixed 397 482
94.5 SusWrite 97.3 99.7
77.4% 347 MB/s
Min Avg Max
17.2 4K Read 30.4 34.8
32.5 4K Write 83.9 113
13.2 4K Mixed 40.2 50.1
142% 51.5 MB/s
Min Avg Max
20.7 DQ Read 230 339
42 DQ Write 245 322
13.2 DQ Mixed 187 253
155% 221 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
38GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1B
SusWrite @10s intervals: 214 110 62 60 60 60 MB/s
93.5% Outstanding
Read 493
Write 449
Mixed 377
SusWrite 94.5
79% 353 MB/s
4K Read 34.3
4K Write 113
4K Mixed 50.1
176% 65.7 MB/s
DQ Read 282
DQ Write 322
DQ Mixed 214
186% 272 MB/s
28GB free (System drive)
Firmware: Q0911B
SusWrite @10s intervals: 209 112 67 67 69 68 MB/s
92.5% Outstanding
Read 515
Write 368
Mixed 378
SusWrite 98.6
76% 340 MB/s
4K Read 34.4
4K Write 106
4K Mixed 49.4
172% 63.4 MB/s
DQ Read 334
DQ Write 228
DQ Mixed 244
192% 268 MB/s
35GB free (System drive)
Firmware: Q0324A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 223 108 62 60 62 63 MB/s
86.5% Excellent
Read 446
Write 377
Mixed 379
SusWrite 96.3
72% 325 MB/s
4K Read 34.8
4K Write 101
4K Mixed 47.6
167% 61.1 MB/s
DQ Read 176
DQ Write 314
DQ Mixed 211
170% 234 MB/s
51GB free (System drive)
Firmware: Q0911B
SusWrite @10s intervals: 232 101 67 67 67 65 MB/s
82.4% Excellent
Read 493
Write 392
Mixed 369
SusWrite 99.7
76% 338 MB/s
4K Read 31.1
4K Write 67
4K Mixed 40.6
135% 46.2 MB/s
DQ Read 339
DQ Write 318
DQ Mixed 253
210% 303 MB/s
7GB free (System drive)
Firmware: Q0911B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
65.6% Good
Read 504
Write 425
Mixed 482
105% 470 MB/s
4K Read 17.2
4K Write 32.5
4K Mixed 13.2
60% 21 MB/s
DQ Read 20.7
DQ Write 42
DQ Mixed 13.2
15% 25.3 MB/s

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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,813,225 SSDs tested

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Typical ESA3SMI2HTMBT120GB 120GB Builds (Compare 7,659 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 39%
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Desktop
Desktop 80%
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Workstation
Workstation 36%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-A320M-S2H-CF - $70

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD  $150Bench 73%, 179,588 samples818x
Ryzen 3 3200GAMD  $75Bench 63%, 104,122 samples783x
Ryzen 3 2200GAMD  $104Bench 60%, 181,631 samples749x
GPU
RX 570AMD  $130Bench 45%, 473,685 samples773x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples447x
RX 580AMD  $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples414x
SSD
ESA3SMI2HTMBT120GB 120GBBench 84%, 5 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples259x
DDR4 3000 2x8GBAdataBench 80%, 77,202 samples197x
TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GBUnknownBench 85%, 99,207 samples145x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 96% - Outstanding Total price: $390

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