Realtek

SATA Drive 120GB

SATA Drive 120GB
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Effective Speed -91%Effective Speed -91%Average Score -96%Read -25%, Write -147%, 4K Read -70%, 4K Write -69%, Mixed -102%, 4K Mixed -139%, SusWrite -116%Peak Score -39%Read -19%, Write -42%, 4K Read -67%, 4K Write -40%, Mixed -34%, 4K Mixed -67%, SusWrite -6%Value & Sentiment -14%User Rating -14%Nice To Haves -149%DQ Read -196%, DQ Write -60%, DQ Mixed -90%, ADQ Read -338%, ADQ Write -197%, ADQ Mixed -258%, Age 37%, AS-SSD Total -93%

Average Bench: 51.6% (885^th of 1074)

Based on 9 user benchmarks. Model: Realtek SATA Drive

Poor: 29%Average: 51.6% Great: 87%

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Average average bench

The Realtek SATA Drive 120GB averaged 48.4% 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 72.6MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 20.2MB/s

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Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Realtek SATA Drive 120GB is 58.1%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Realtek SATA Drive 120GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 74.5MB/s

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 137MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 9 samples)

Rank 88551.6%

Min	Avg	Max
321	Read 366	427
70	Write 164	342
84.5	Mixed 178	317
20.1	SusWrite 137	366
46.7% 211 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
15.7	4K Read 20.2	25.7
19.3	4K Write 51.8	87.3
3.6	4K Mixed 18.8	35
82.1% 30.3 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
57.5	DQ Read 74.5	124
21.6	DQ Write 97.2	224
32.4	DQ Mixed 72.6	174
58.5% 81.4 MB/s

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MEX-User, 2 years ago.

112GB free

Firmware: V8302c20

SusWrite @10s intervals: 294 375 380 385 386 378 MB/s

86.9% Excellent

Write 342

Mixed 317

SusWrite 366

82% 363 MB/s

4K Read 25.7

4K Write 87.3

4K Mixed 35

130% 49.3 MB/s

DQ Read 124

DQ Write 209

DQ Mixed 174

130% 169 MB/s

VNM-User, 3 years ago.

31GB free (System drive)

Firmware: V8201d05

SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 61 67 59 50 39 MB/s

48.6% Average

Write 140

Mixed 115

SusWrite 58.5

37% 170 MB/s

4K Read 20.2

4K Write 64.7

4K Mixed 21.3

92% 35.4 MB/s

DQ Read 67.8

DQ Write 44.5

DQ Mixed 61.9

45% 58.1 MB/s

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Workstation 8%

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Motherboard: Asus H81M-E - $311

CPU
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	223x
Core i5-4570Intel $99Bench 62%, 129,272 samples	176x
Core i5-4440Intel $99Bench 61%, 81,111 samples	143x

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HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	208x
HD 4400 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 64,721 samples	108x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	101x

SSD
SATA Drive 120GBRealtekBench 52%, 9 samples	1x

RAM
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	38x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	28x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	25x

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Value: 67% - Good

Total price: $520

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Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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Realtek

SATA Drive 120GB

Average Bench: 51.6% (885^th of 1074)

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Average Bench: 51.6% (885th of 1074)

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