Average Bench: 66.4% (726th of 1072)

Based on 17 user benchmarks.  Model: Disk drive

Above average average bench

The Disk drive 128GB averaged 33.5% 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-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 81.5MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 24.1MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Disk drive 128GB is 42.6%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Disk drive 128GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 140MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 240MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 17 samples)
Min Avg Max
301 Read 463 840
123 Write 240 485
161 Mixed 259 497
75 SusWrite 140 235
61.1% 276 MB/s
Min Avg Max
13.7 4K Read 24.1 34.5
17.3 4K Write 59.7 116
11.4 4K Mixed 21.7 33.7
95.9% 35.2 MB/s
Min Avg Max
19.8 DQ Read 175 361
52.2 DQ Write 155 350
10.1 DQ Mixed 81.5 223
84.1% 137 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
20GB free (System drive)
Firmware: M306
SusWrite @10s intervals: 201 230 213 221 150 183 MB/s
Read 301
Write 230
Mixed 166
SusWrite 200
50% 224 MB/s
4K Read 17.2
4K Write 51
4K Mixed 20.4
79% 29.5 MB/s
DQ Read 19.8
DQ Write 91.4
DQ Mixed 25.4
28% 45.5 MB/s
20GB free (System drive)
Firmware: M306
SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 55 154 158 146 116 MB/s
Read 354
Write 242
Mixed 177
SusWrite 129
50% 226 MB/s
4K Read 17.6
4K Write 53.7
4K Mixed 21.4
82% 30.9 MB/s
DQ Read 20.5
DQ Write 97.1
DQ Mixed 25.7
29% 47.8 MB/s
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 Market Share (See Leaders)

The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,730,716 SSDs tested

Typical drive 128GB Builds (Compare 33 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 34%
Sail boat
Desktop
Desktop 66%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 27%
Raft

Motherboard: Asrock 990FX Professional

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 83% - Excellent Total price: $259

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