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ZENITH R3 120G 120GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2018.

Average Bench: 51.7% (883rd of 1072)

Based on 18 user benchmarks.  Model: GeIL ZENITH R3 120G
Poor: 36%Average: 51.7% Great: 63%

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Average average bench

The Geil ZENITH R3 120G 120GB averaged 48.3% 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 28.7MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 466MB/s

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Geil ZENITH R3 120G 120GB is 27.4%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Geil ZENITH R3 120G 120GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 50.2MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 12.8MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 18 samples)
Rank 88351.7%
Min Avg Max
380 Read 466 506
19 Write 330 421
6.3 Mixed 93.3 378
22.7 SusWrite 50.2 164
51.6% 235 MB/s
Min Avg Max
18.8 4K Read 28.7 40.3
3.1 4K Write 36.3 114
0.3 4K Mixed 13.2 29.4
79.6% 26.1 MB/s
Min Avg Max
26.9 DQ Read 123 174
3.5 DQ Write 152 320
0.2 DQ Mixed 12.8 50
44.3% 96 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
40GB free (System drive)
Firmware: R0302A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 34 36 33 41 34 MB/s
52.4% Above average
Read 505
Write 326
Mixed 32.6
SusWrite 46.6
50% 228 MB/s
4K Read 40.3
4K Write 11.7
4K Mixed 17.6
90% 23.2 MB/s
DQ Read 102
DQ Write 25.2
DQ Mixed 1.4
17% 43 MB/s
54GB free (System drive)
Firmware: R0302A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 53 43 34 48 43 MB/s
46.3% Average
Read 476
Write 413
Mixed 44.5
SusWrite 53.4
54% 247 MB/s
4K Read 32.2
4K Write 8.4
4K Mixed 1.4
55% 14 MB/s
DQ Read 126
DQ Write 296
DQ Mixed 4.5
62% 142 MB/s
31GB free (System drive)
Firmware: R0302A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 28 29 30 38 27 MB/s
45.2% Average
Read 501
Write 376
Mixed 46.1
SusWrite 41.4
53% 241 MB/s
4K Read 34
4K Write 3.1
4K Mixed 17.3
75% 18.1 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,806,168 SSDs tested

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Typical ZENITH R3 120G 120GB Builds (Compare 4,127 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
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Gaming 54%
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Desktop
Desktop 90%
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Workstation
Workstation 50%
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Motherboard: Asrock Z370 Pro4 - $107

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel  $193Bench 88%, 746,287 samples1,059x
Core i5-8600KIntel  $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples760x
Core i5-8400Intel  $131Bench 82%, 312,220 samples647x
GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples426x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples362x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples305x
SSD
ZENITH R3 120G 120GBGeilBench 52%, 18 samples1x
RAM
Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $36Bench 82%, 163,634 samples127x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples113x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples102x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 112% - Outstanding Total price: $453

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Intel Core i5-13600K $254Nvidia RTX 4060 $300Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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