SS 120GB

SS 120GB
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Effective Speed -95%Effective Speed -95%Average Score -115%Read -34%, Write -119%, 4K Read -95%, 4K Write -37%, Mixed -96%, 4K Mixed -107%, SusWrite -314%Peak Score -106%Read -37%, Write -70%, 4K Read -70%, 4K Write -32%, Mixed -60%, 4K Mixed -99%, SusWrite -377%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -152%DQ Read -164%, DQ Write -127%, DQ Mixed -235%, ADQ Read -149%, ADQ Write -149%, ADQ Mixed -280%, Age -4%, AS-SSD Total -111%

MX500 250GB

Average Bench: 50.4% (886^th of 1072)

Based on 3 user benchmarks. Model: SS

Poor: 46%Average: 50.4% Great: 56%

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Average average bench

The SS 120GB averaged 49.5% 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 Write Speed 64.1MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 68.5MB/s

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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 71.6MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 183MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 3 samples)

Rank 88650.4%

Min	Avg	Max
303	Read 341	369
107	Write 185	285
116	Mixed 183	265
65.2	SusWrite 71.6	81.2
43.2% 195 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
10.3	4K Read 17.6	25.3
44.7	4K Write 64.1	92.5
12.7	4K Mixed 21.7	29.3
88.4% 34.5 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
126	DQ Read 131	139
92.7	DQ Write 116	158
29.4	DQ Mixed 68.5	99
66.4% 105 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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Deep queue 4k

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

VNM-User, 2 years ago.

38GB free (System drive)

Firmware: V2.8

SusWrite @10s intervals: 212 66 52 50 54 54 MB/s

56.4% Above average

Write 285

Mixed 265

SusWrite 81.2

55% 246 MB/s

4K Read 25.3

4K Write 55.1

4K Mixed 29.3

105% 36.6 MB/s

DQ Read 128

DQ Write 92.7

DQ Mixed 99

77% 106 MB/s

JPN-User, 2 years ago.

82GB free (System drive)

Firmware: P0617A

SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 62 62 75 69 71 MB/s

49.1% Average

Write 107

Mixed 167

SusWrite 68.3

39% 178 MB/s

4K Read 10.3

4K Write 92.5

4K Mixed 12.7

81% 38.5 MB/s

DQ Read 139

DQ Write 158

DQ Mixed 29.4

55% 109 MB/s

VNM-User, 2 years ago.

39GB free (System drive)

Firmware: V2.8

SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 48 52 53 51 56 MB/s

45.8% Average

Write 164

Mixed 116

SusWrite 65.2

36% 162 MB/s

4K Read 17.2

4K Write 44.7

4K Mixed 23.1

79% 28.3 MB/s

DQ Read 126

DQ Write 97.7

DQ Mixed 77.2

67% 100 MB/s

Market Share (See Leaders)

The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,740,296 SSDs tested

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Gaming 24%

Surfboard

Desktop 78%

Battleship

Workstation 19%

Surfboard

Motherboard: Asrock H310M-HDV/M.2

CPU
Core i3-8100Intel $110Bench 71%, 81,392 samples	65x
Core i5-8400Intel $131Bench 82%, 312,220 samples	53x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	18x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	28x
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia $119Bench 52%, 627,793 samples	18x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	18x

SSD
SS 120GBBench 50%, 3 samples	1x

RAM
TEAMGROUP-UD4-2400 1x8GBUnknownBench 41%, 13,006 samples	6x
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples	6x
Fury 2666 C16 2x8GBHyperX $75Bench 82%, 134,977 samples	5x

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Value: 100% - Outstanding

Total price: $169

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

SS 120GB

Average Bench: 50.4% (886^th of 1072)

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Motherboard: Asrock H310M-HDV/M.2

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