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M3-120 120GB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2018.

Average Bench: 50.4% (886th of 1072)

Based on 4 user benchmarks.  Model: FASPEED M3-120
Poor: 46%Average: 50.4% Great: 58%

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Average average bench

The Faspeed M3-120 120GB averaged 49.6% 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 Random Write Speed 79.4MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 370MB/s

Unknown consistency

There are too few samples to reasonably determine how consistently this SSD perfroms. This result should be interpreted with caution.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 72.9MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 24.7MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 4 samples)
Rank 88650.4%
Min Avg Max
320 Read 370 428
49.8 Write 180 258
69.6 Mixed 191 300
65.6 SusWrite 72.9 80.6
44.9% 204 MB/s
Min Avg Max
10.2 4K Read 16.1 23.3
70.8 4K Write 79.4 84
8 4K Mixed 12.4 16.6
82.4% 36 MB/s
Min Avg Max
110 DQ Read 162 205
79 DQ Write 162 262
11.1 DQ Mixed 24.7 31.5
56.4% 116 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
86GB free (System drive)
Firmware: P0628B
SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 64 71 69 74 74 MB/s
58% Above average
Read 428
Write 258
Mixed 270
SusWrite 80.6
57% 259 MB/s
4K Read 23.3
4K Write 82.3
4K Mixed 13.5
96% 39.7 MB/s
DQ Read 110
DQ Write 262
DQ Mixed 11.1
58% 128 MB/s
48GB free (System drive)
Firmware: P0628B
SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 59 53 73 71 73 MB/s
49.6% Average
Read 320
Write 165
Mixed 126
SusWrite 70
38% 170 MB/s
4K Read 20.1
4K Write 80.3
4K Mixed 11.6
88% 37.3 MB/s
DQ Read 205
DQ Write 127
DQ Mixed 31.5
60% 121 MB/s
88GB free (System drive)
Firmware: P0628B
SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 79 66 69 68 74 MB/s
47.9% Average
Read 342
Write 248
Mixed 300
SusWrite 75.5
54% 241 MB/s
4K Read 11
4K Write 70.8
4K Mixed 16.6
75% 32.8 MB/s
DQ Read 130
DQ Write 182
DQ Mixed 26.3
56% 112 MB/s
76GB free (System drive)
Firmware: P0628B
SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 60 59 62 71 71 MB/s
46% Average
Read 392
Write 49.8
Mixed 69.6
SusWrite 65.6
31% 144 MB/s
4K Read 10.2
4K Write 84
4K Mixed 8
70% 34.1 MB/s
DQ Read 204
DQ Write 79
DQ Mixed 29.8
52% 104 MB/s

 Market Share (See Leaders)

The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,804,315 SSDs tested

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Typical M3-120 120GB Builds (Compare 2,769 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 68%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 86%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 58%
Gunboat

Motherboard: MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) - $127

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel  $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples1,440x
Core i5-6600KIntel  $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples629x
Core i7-6700Intel  $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples164x
GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia  $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples532x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples327x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples311x
SSD
M3-120 120GBFaspeedBench 50%, 4 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples129x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples88x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL  $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples86x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 120% - Outstanding Total price: $477

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