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120GB SATA SSD 120GB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2018.

Average Bench: 42.1% (932nd of 1072)

Based on 39 user benchmarks.  Model: AFTERSHOCK 120GB SATA SSD
Poor: 25%Average: 42.1% Great: 70%

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Below average average bench

The Aftershock 120GB SATA SSD 120GB averaged 57.8% 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. Sequential Read Speed 466MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 20.2MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Aftershock 120GB SATA SSD 120GB is 45.1%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Aftershock 120GB SATA SSD 120GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 9.61MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 5.14MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 39 samples)
Rank 93242.1%
Min Avg Max
306 Read 466 510
7.5 Write 333 433
5.7 Mixed 131 417
37.2 SusWrite 93.3 331
56.4% 256 MB/s
Min Avg Max
4.2 4K Read 20.2 33
1.8 4K Write 29.3 107
0.2 4K Mixed 5.14 20
52.7% 18.2 MB/s
Min Avg Max
41.2 DQ Read 90.3 173
4.6 DQ Write 114 313
0.3 DQ Mixed 9.61 37.7
33% 71.4 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
86GB free (System drive)
Firmware: R0423A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 344 352 362 388 391 153 MB/s
66.8% Good
Read 399
Write 349
Mixed 287
SusWrite 331
77% 342 MB/s
4K Read 17.9
4K Write 63.5
4K Mixed 12.4
77% 31.3 MB/s
DQ Read 67.6
DQ Write 305
DQ Mixed 20.4
64% 131 MB/s
54GB free (System drive)
Firmware: Q1204B0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 269 31 9.9 35 11 18 MB/s
42.7% Average
Read 434
Write 380
Mixed 265
SusWrite 62.6
64% 286 MB/s
4K Read 15.1
4K Write 52.6
4K Mixed 12.5
67% 26.7 MB/s
DQ Read 73.6
DQ Write 4.3
DQ Mixed 0.3
10% 26.1 MB/s
71GB free (System drive)
Firmware: R0423A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 321 27 31 35 25 39 MB/s
34.9% Below average
Read 418
Write 384
Mixed 305
SusWrite 79.6
66% 297 MB/s
4K Read 23
4K Write 10.5
4K Mixed 1
42% 11.5 MB/s
DQ Read 81
DQ Write 16.7
DQ Mixed 1.1
13% 32.9 MB/s
45GB free (System drive)
Firmware: R0423A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 208 7.3 12 17 30 18 MB/s
32.7% Below average
Read 503
Write 401
Mixed 9.5
SusWrite 48.7
53% 240 MB/s
4K Read 22
4K Write 4.7
4K Mixed 0.3
36% 9 MB/s
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Motherboard: Asrock H310M-HDV - $60

CPU
Core i5-8400Intel  $131Bench 82%, 312,220 samples322x
Core i3-8100Intel  $110Bench 71%, 81,392 samples317x
Core i7-8700Intel  $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples195x
GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples174x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples119x
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia  $119Bench 52%, 627,793 samples102x
SSD
120GB SATA SSD 120GBAftershockBench 42%, 39 samples1x
RAM
TEAMGROUP-UD4-2666 2x8GBUnknownBench 79%, 17,908 samples46x
Fury 2666 C16 2x8GBHyperX  $75Bench 82%, 134,977 samples35x
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples20x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 106% - Outstanding Total price: $250

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