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Release date ≈ Q3 2018.

Average Bench: 64.4% (747th of 1072)

Based on 57 user benchmarks.  Model: SB2
Poor: 36%Average: 64.4% Great: 86%

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Above average average bench

The SB2 120GB averaged 35.6% 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 142MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 28.5MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the SB2 120GB is 50%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the SB2 120GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 129MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 256MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 57 samples)
Rank 74764.4%
Min Avg Max
287 Read 372 476
62.6 Write 256 425
92.6 Mixed 265 353
48.2 SusWrite 129 396
56.9% 255 MB/s
Min Avg Max
12.1 4K Read 28.5 38.6
9.09 4K Write 61 86.7
6.47 4K Mixed 24.7 35.3
107% 38.1 MB/s
Min Avg Max
102 DQ Read 209 325
15.1 DQ Write 224 334
18.3 DQ Mixed 142 196
128% 192 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
79GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SBFM01.2
SusWrite @10s intervals: 410 398 383 380 391 416 MB/s
87% Excellent
Read 344
Write 388
Mixed 308
SusWrite 396
81% 359 MB/s
4K Read 33.3
4K Write 66
4K Mixed 30.7
125% 43.3 MB/s
DQ Read 221
DQ Write 280
DQ Mixed 186
158% 229 MB/s
69GB free
Firmware: SBFM61.3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 302 215 73 70 70 71 MB/s
77.8% Very good
Read 446
Write 383
Mixed 338
SusWrite 134
73% 325 MB/s
4K Read 32.7
4K Write 76.4
4K Mixed 30.9
130% 46.7 MB/s
DQ Read 245
DQ Write 320
DQ Mixed 194
171% 253 MB/s
79GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SBFM01.2
SusWrite @10s intervals: 298 276 168 292 240 253 MB/s
72.4% Very good
Read 339
Write 359
Mixed 273
SusWrite 254
69% 306 MB/s
4K Read 27.9
4K Write 60.6
4K Mixed 25.3
107% 37.9 MB/s
DQ Read 220
DQ Write 277
DQ Mixed 175
152% 224 MB/s
32GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SBFM01.3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 196 142 44 49 63 51 MB/s
66.7% Good
Read 402
Write 322
Mixed 305
SusWrite 90.7
62% 280 MB/s
4K Read 28.6
4K Write 53.3
4K Mixed 26.1
105% 36 MB/s
DQ Read 293
DQ Write 304
DQ Mixed 180
168% 259 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,753,714 SSDs tested

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Typical SB2 120GB Builds (Compare 23,332 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 78%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 86%
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Workstation
Workstation 73%
Battleship

Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX B450-F GAMING - $135

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples5,017x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD  $210Bench 76%, 159,077 samples3,183x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD  $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples2,951x
GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia  $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples1,512x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia  $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples1,316x
RTX 3070Nvidia  $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples1,306x
SSD
SB2 120GBBench 64%, 57 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples1,561x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples1,520x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples961x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 82% - Excellent Total price: $598

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