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M2 SSD 128GB

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Release date ≤ Q1 2014.

Average Bench: 48.5% (894th of 1072)

Based on 54 user benchmarks.  Model: SC2 M2 SSD
Poor: 35%Average: 48.5% Great: 63%

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Below average average bench

The SC2 M2 SSD 128GB averaged 51.5% 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 Read Speed 26.2MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 439MB/s

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the SC2 M2 SSD 128GB is 28.5%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the SC2 M2 SSD 128GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 4.48MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 87.8MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 54 samples)
Rank 89448.5%
Min Avg Max
307 Read 439 509
25.6 Write 112 176
42.8 Mixed 174 259
8.6 SusWrite 87.8 150
44.4% 203 MB/s
Min Avg Max
17.4 4K Read 26.2 34.5
2.56 4K Write 46.7 73
2.77 4K Mixed 7.44 20.3
74% 26.8 MB/s
Min Avg Max
22.5 DQ Read 103 139
38.2 DQ Write 78.8 101
1.2 DQ Mixed 4.48 14.6
26.9% 62.2 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
119GB free
Firmware: S9FM01.6
SusWrite @10s intervals: 149 149 147 152 153 154 MB/s
62.7% Good
Read 438
Write 143
Mixed 159
SusWrite 150
49% 223 MB/s
4K Read 26.1
4K Write 74.6
4K Mixed 20
105% 40.2 MB/s
DQ Read 125
DQ Write 99.8
DQ Mixed 3.2
32% 75.9 MB/s
63GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S9FM01.6
SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 120 124 123 124 119 MB/s
53.1% Above average
Read 433
Write 144
Mixed 188
SusWrite 123
49% 222 MB/s
4K Read 26.1
4K Write 43
4K Mixed 17.1
84% 28.7 MB/s
DQ Read 54.3
DQ Write 91.2
DQ Mixed 13.6
27% 53 MB/s
13GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S9FM01.5
SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 55 55 35 35 38 MB/s
42.5% Average
Read 428
Write 61
Mixed 68.5
SusWrite 47.5
32% 151 MB/s
4K Read 23.7
4K Write 47.3
4K Mixed 9.1
73% 26.7 MB/s
DQ Read 29.3
DQ Write 47.9
DQ Mixed 4.4
13% 27.2 MB/s
75GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S9FM01.5
SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 72 59 69 74 61 MB/s
39.4% Below average
Read 386
Write 76.8
Mixed 153
SusWrite 70.9
38% 172 MB/s
4K Read 19.1
4K Write 36.1
4K Mixed 5.2
55% 20.1 MB/s
DQ Read 131
DQ Write 61.6
DQ Mixed 20.1
35% 70.9 MB/s
9GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S9FM01.7
SusWrite @10s intervals: 24 9.6 8.4 7.1 7 6.8 MB/s
24.3% Poor
Read 307
Write 31.7
Mixed 52.9
SusWrite 10.4
21% 100 MB/s
4K Read 22.6
4K Write 2.5
4K Mixed 4.1
41% 9.73 MB/s
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CPU
Core i7-4702MQIntelBench 61%, 21,618 samples9x
Core i5-4200MIntel  $39Bench 50%, 33,019 samples6x
Core i7-4712MQIntelBench 62%, 5,324 samples6x
GPU
HD 4600 (Mobile 1.15 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 258,091 samples19x
GeForce GT 740MNvidiaBench 6%, 15,605 samples3x
GeForce 840MNvidiaBench 9%, 20,978 samples1x
SSD
M2 SSD 128GBSC2Bench 48%, 54 samples1x
RAM
D3SS12082XH12AA 2x8GBUnknownBench 50%, 5 samples3x
M471B5173DB0-YK0 2x4GBSamsungBench 47%, 26,681 samples3x
HMT451S6AFR8A-PB 2x4GBHynixBench 48%, 18,159 samples2x
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