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Merc ury Electra 120GB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2018.

Average Bench: 32.1% (1002nd of 1072)

Based on 9 user benchmarks.  Model: OWC Merc ury Electra
Poor: 20%Average: 32.1% Great: 54%

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Poor average bench

The OWC Merc ury Electra 120GB averaged 67.9% 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 Mixed IO Speed 17.6MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 14.1MB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the OWC Merc ury Electra 120GB is 33.9%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the OWC Merc ury Electra 120GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 40.2MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 98.8MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 9 samples)
Rank 100232.1%
Min Avg Max
39.4 Read 129 234
38.7 Write 107 194
38.7 Mixed 114 180
40.7 SusWrite 98.8 158
25.2% 112 MB/s
Min Avg Max
8.5 4K Read 14.1 23.4
12.3 4K Write 28.5 62.6
10.5 4K Mixed 17.6 33
59.1% 20.1 MB/s
Min Avg Max
15.9 DQ Read 40.2 79.5
24.4 DQ Write 68 105
24.1 DQ Mixed 40.6 53.7
34.6% 49.6 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
62GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 603A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 131 134 149 144 163 MB/s
34% Below average
Read 171
Write 114
Mixed 143
SusWrite 142
32% 142 MB/s
4K Read 14.9
4K Write 26.6
4K Mixed 12.7
53% 18.1 MB/s
DQ Read 28.7
DQ Write 85
DQ Mixed 34.7
33% 49.5 MB/s
53GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 541A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 58 91 88 92 92 MB/s
25.6% Poor
Read 102
Write 92.4
Mixed 100
SusWrite 82.9
21% 94.5 MB/s
4K Read 12
4K Write 15.7
4K Mixed 12.8
43% 13.5 MB/s
DQ Read 79.5
DQ Write 57.3
DQ Mixed 53.2
44% 63.3 MB/s
51GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 541A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 64 90 88 91 92 MB/s
25.3% Poor
Read 118
Write 92.9
Mixed 89.8
SusWrite 84.7
22% 96.3 MB/s
4K Read 12.1
4K Write 15.6
4K Mixed 12.7
43% 13.5 MB/s
DQ Read 46.6
DQ Write 45.2
DQ Mixed 44.7
34% 45.5 MB/s
53GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 541A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 59 86 90 93 85 MB/s
24.4% Poor
Read 104
Write 96.9
Mixed 94.4
SusWrite 82.9
21% 94.5 MB/s
4K Read 10.9
4K Write 15.3
4K Mixed 12.6
41% 12.9 MB/s
DQ Read 54.1
DQ Write 53.5
DQ Mixed 52
40% 53.2 MB/s
79GB free
Firmware: 520A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 40 41 41 40 40 MB/s
20.1% Poor
Read 39.4
Write 38.7
Mixed 38.7
SusWrite 40.7
9% 39.4 MB/s
4K Read 13.7
4K Write 15.9
4K Mixed 14.5
48% 14.7 MB/s
DQ Read 24
DQ Write 24.4
DQ Mixed 24.1
18% 24.2 MB/s

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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,701,445 SSDs tested

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Typical Merc ury Electra 120GB Builds (Compare 4 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 2%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 21%
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Workstation
Workstation 2%
Tree trunk

System: Acer Aspire R3610

CPU
Atom 330IntelBench 21%, 1,012 samples4x
GPU
IONNvidiaBench 1%, 1,623 samples4x
SSD
Merc ury Electra 120GBOWCBench 32%, 9 samples1x
RAM
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples3x
2x1GBUnknownBench 14%, 68,489 samples1x
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