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Release date ≈ Q4 2018.

Average Bench: 41.3% (940th of 1074)

Based on 12 user benchmarks.  Model: SandForce[276662]
Poor: 34%Average: 41.3% Great: 47%

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Below average average bench

The SandForce[276662] 120GB averaged 58.6% 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 77.3MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 21MB/s

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the SandForce[276662] 120GB is just 13.5%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the SandForce[276662] 120GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 71.9MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 106MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 12 samples)
Rank 94041.3%
Min Avg Max
29.8 Read 123 148
81.8 Write 106 119
106 Mixed 121 141
47.6 SusWrite 71.9 81.3
23.7% 106 MB/s
Min Avg Max
14 4K Read 21 24.5
38.4 4K Write 50.3 59.7
15.3 4K Mixed 24.7 28.4
90% 32 MB/s
Min Avg Max
24.6 DQ Read 95.1 144
47.1 DQ Write 94.5 122
26.6 DQ Mixed 77.3 112
62.9% 89 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
67GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 72 76 72 68 77 MB/s
47.6% Average
Read 140
Write 110
Mixed 133
SusWrite 74
26% 114 MB/s
4K Read 24
4K Write 59.7
4K Mixed 27.3
103% 37 MB/s
DQ Read 143
DQ Write 120
DQ Mixed 109
88% 124 MB/s
72GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 71 78 79 77 74 MB/s
47% Average
Read 142
Write 114
Mixed 141
SusWrite 75.5
26% 118 MB/s
4K Read 23.3
4K Write 59.3
4K Mixed 27.2
102% 36.6 MB/s
DQ Read 129
DQ Write 115
DQ Mixed 110
86% 118 MB/s
74GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 65 76 77 81 80 MB/s
43.3% Average
Read 112
Write 116
Mixed 120
SusWrite 77.9
24% 106 MB/s
4K Read 24.5
4K Write 56
4K Mixed 27.8
102% 36.1 MB/s
DQ Read 28.3
DQ Write 85.4
DQ Mixed 31.3
31% 48.3 MB/s
80GB free
Firmware: 2.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 80 76 79 81 78 MB/s
42.6% Average
Read 146
Write 119
Mixed 138
SusWrite 78.8
27% 120 MB/s
4K Read 18.4
4K Write 50.5
4K Mixed 23.7
85% 30.9 MB/s
DQ Read 144
DQ Write 110
DQ Mixed 112
88% 122 MB/s
97GB free
Firmware: 1.24
SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 77 76 74 73 73 MB/s
41.5% Average
Read 116
Write 81.8
Mixed 106
SusWrite 75.1
21% 94.8 MB/s
4K Read 22.1
4K Write 54.9
4K Mixed 27.2
97% 34.7 MB/s
DQ Read 26.6
DQ Write 68
DQ Mixed 28.2
27% 40.9 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 76,025,592 SSDs tested

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Typical SandForce[276662] 120GB Builds (Compare 282 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 36%
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Desktop
Desktop 76%
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Workstation
Workstation 29%
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Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme3 - $151

CPU
Core i5-3570KIntel  $30Bench 68%, 185,516 samples83x
Core i7-3770Intel  $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples64x
Core i7-3770KIntel  $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples47x
GPU
GTX 970Nvidia  $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples23x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples15x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples12x
SSD
SandForce[276662] 120GBBench 41%, 12 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples7x
Vengeance DDR3 2133 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 55%, 993 samples6x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples5x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 67% - Good Total price: $381

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