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SSD2SC120GB1DA16 120GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2018.

Average Bench: 42.6% (931st of 1072)

Based on 2 user benchmarks.  Model: SSD2SC120GB1DA16
Poor: 41%Average: 42.6% Great: 44%

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Below average average bench

The PNY SSD2SC120GB1DA16 120GB averaged 57.3% 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-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 71MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 61.3MB/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 81.6MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 109MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 2 samples)
Rank 93142.6%
Min Avg Max
152 Read 172 191
100 Write 109 117
110 Mixed 123 136
81.6 SusWrite 81.6 81.6
27.1% 121 MB/s
Min Avg Max
19.4 4K Read 21.3 23.3
53.2 4K Write 61.3 69.4
11.1 4K Mixed 16 20.9
85.3% 32.9 MB/s
Min Avg Max
89.1 DQ Read 116 144
107 DQ Write 111 114
24.9 DQ Mixed 71 117
65% 99.3 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
37GB free (System drive)
Firmware: BBF0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 83 83 82 78 82 MB/s
44% Average
Read 152
Write 117
Mixed 136
SusWrite 81.6
27% 122 MB/s
4K Read 23.3
4K Write 53.2
4K Mixed 20.9
90% 32.5 MB/s
DQ Read 144
DQ Write 114
DQ Mixed 117
91% 125 MB/s
43GB free (System drive)
Firmware: BBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
41.2% Average
Read 191
Write 100
Mixed 110
30% 134 MB/s
4K Read 19.4
4K Write 69.4
4K Mixed 11.1
80% 33.3 MB/s
DQ Read 89.1
DQ Write 107
DQ Mixed 24.9
39% 73.7 MB/s

 Market Share (See Leaders)

The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,901,541 SSDs tested

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Typical SSD2SC120GB1DA16 120GB Builds (Compare 369 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
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Gaming 24%
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Desktop 75%
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Workstation 20%
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Motherboard: Asrock H77M - $186

CPU
Core i7-3770Intel  $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples55x
Core i5-3470Intel  $59Bench 63%, 223,595 samples44x
Core i5-3570KIntel  $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples42x
GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples34x
HD 4000 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)Intel  $15Bench 3%, 52,547 samples31x
HD 2500 (Desktop 1.05 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 146,665 samples24x
SSD
SSD2SC120GB1DA16 120GBPNYBench 43%, 2 samples1x
RAM
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBG.SKILLBench 53%, 47,852 samples16x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples15x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples13x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 76% - Very good Total price: $543

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