SMI

B16A 120GB

B16A 120GB
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Effective Speed -82%Effective Speed -82%Average Score -122%Read -1%, Write -13%, 4K Read -59%, 4K Write -162%, Mixed -290%, 4K Mixed -149%, SusWrite -177%Peak Score -36%Read -1%, Write -12%, 4K Read -35%, 4K Write -23%, Mixed -6%, 4K Mixed -122%, SusWrite -55%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -525%DQ Read -115%, DQ Write -5%, DQ Mixed -712%, ADQ Read -205%, ADQ Write -32%, ADQ Mixed -3,132%, Age 42%, AS-SSD Total -42%

Average Bench: 54.1% (861^st of 1074)

Based on 11 user benchmarks. Model: SMI SSD B16A

Poor: 37%Average: 54.1% Great: 71%

Popular builds with this SSD

Intel X79 (1)

Average average bench

The SMI B16A 120GB averaged 45.9% 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-64Thread Write Speed 219MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 21.6MB/s

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Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the SMI B16A 120GB is 33.4%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the SMI B16A 120GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 8.05MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 92MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 11 samples)

Rank 86154.1%

Min	Avg	Max
358	Read 451	501
4.5	Write 359	434
23.9	Mixed 92	400
72	SusWrite 107	250
55.7% 252 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
9.1	4K Read 21.6	31.8
11.7	4K Write 33.4	99.1
0.2	4K Mixed 18.1	26.2
73.6% 24.4 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
17.1	DQ Read 107	171
5.3	DQ Write 219	340
0.4	DQ Mixed 8.05	40.8
50.1% 111 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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Sequential

Random 4k

Deep queue 4k

The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%

RUS-User, 4 years ago.

35GB free

Firmware: R0522A0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 343 51 53 53 64 42 MB/s

61.7% Good

Write 434

Mixed 24.8

SusWrite 101

58% 265 MB/s

4K Read 25.2

4K Write 31.1

4K Mixed 26.2

88% 27.5 MB/s

DQ Read 106

DQ Write 258

DQ Mixed 1

52% 122 MB/s

RUS-User, 4 years ago.

29GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 2A0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 252 84 63 48 40 37 MB/s

56.3% Above average

Write 387

Mixed 24.2

SusWrite 87.3

52% 236 MB/s

4K Read 22.4

4K Write 12.8

4K Mixed 25

73% 20.1 MB/s

DQ Read 147

DQ Write 304

DQ Mixed 0.4

64% 150 MB/s

RUS-User, 5 years ago.

81GB free (System drive)

Firmware: R0522A0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 296 67 58 65 59 59 MB/s

53% Above average

Write 415

Mixed 25.2

SusWrite 101

55% 251 MB/s

4K Read 21.1

4K Write 15.3

4K Mixed 13.5

57% 16.6 MB/s

DQ Read 171

DQ Write 332

DQ Mixed 1

72% 168 MB/s

RUS-User, 24 months ago.

60GB free (System drive)

Firmware: R0522A0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 265 25 65 30 21 33 MB/s

52.2% Above average

Write 418

Mixed 24.7

SusWrite 72.9

56% 254 MB/s

4K Read 25.2

4K Write 16

4K Mixed 25.6

80% 22.3 MB/s

DQ Read 116

DQ Write 6.6

DQ Mixed 0.4

16% 41.1 MB/s

RUS-User, 23 months ago.

36GB free

Firmware: R0522A0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 134 94 32 53 32 MB/s

37.5% Below average

Write 315

Mixed 24.7

SusWrite 72

43% 196 MB/s

4K Read 18.9

4K Write 13.9

4K Mixed 16.1

57% 16.3 MB/s

DQ Read 23.8

DQ Write 5.3

DQ Mixed 0.4

4% 9.83 MB/s

ROU-User, 3 years ago.

56GB free (System drive)

Firmware: R0522A0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 307 167 100 84 106 124 MB/s

37.2% Below average

Write 4.5

Mixed 23.9

SusWrite 148

29% 134 MB/s

4K Read 9.1

4K Write 33.3

4K Mixed 0.2

32% 14.2 MB/s

DQ Read 17.1

DQ Write 225

DQ Mixed 0.9

36% 81 MB/s

RUS-User, 23 months ago.

36GB free

Firmware: R0522A0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 135 70 32 54 30 MB/s

34% Below average

Write 333

Mixed 24.3

SusWrite 75.8

44% 201 MB/s

4K Read 19.9

4K Write 31.1

4K Mixed 1

48% 17.3 MB/s

DQ Read 23

DQ Write 52.2

DQ Mixed 1

11% 25.4 MB/s

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Gaming 35%

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Desktop 73%

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Workstation 32%

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Motherboard: Intel X79

CPU
Xeon E5-2689 0IntelBench 71%, 6,987 samples	339x
Xeon E5-2650 v2IntelBench 67%, 5,123 samples	271x
Xeon E5-2640 0IntelBench 65%, 3,274 samples	145x

GPU
RX 570AMD $130Bench 45%, 473,685 samples	126x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	115x
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia $119Bench 52%, 627,793 samples	109x

SSD
B16A 120GBSMIBench 54%, 11 samples	1x

RAM
M393B5170GB0- 2x4GBSamsungBench 52%, 1,540 samples	127x
M393B1K70DH0- 2x8GBSamsungBench 54%, 1,683 samples	64x
HMT151R7BFR4C 4x4GBHynixBench 67%, 393 samples	58x

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Value: 82% - Excellent

Total price: $130

Popular B16A 120GB compatible motherboards:

Intel X79 (1)

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $288	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

SMI

B16A 120GB

Average Bench: 54.1% (861^st of 1074)

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B16A 120GB

Average Bench: 54.1% (861st of 1074)

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