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Release date ≤ Q4 2013.

Average Bench: 60.8% (732nd of 1016)

Based on 651 user benchmarks.  Model: SSD
Poor: 36%Average: 60.8% Great: 83%

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Above average average bench

The SSD 128GB averaged 39.1% 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 111MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 25.8MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the SSD 128GB is 46.3%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the SSD 128GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 105MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 242MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 651 samples)
Rank 73260.8%
Min Avg Max
288 Read 403 483
69 Write 242 382
90.8 Mixed 250 340
33.4 SusWrite 105 214
55.5% 250 MB/s
Min Avg Max
9.2 4K Read 25.8 38.8
17.8 4K Write 59.7 93.9
5.03 4K Mixed 22.2 36.4
99.1% 35.9 MB/s
Min Avg Max
36.2 DQ Read 192 317
28.4 DQ Write 202 326
5.7 DQ Mixed 111 195
107% 168 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
88GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SBFM61.3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 229 74 76 74 76 74 MB/s
83% Excellent
Read 471
Write 307
Mixed 329
SusWrite 100
67% 302 MB/s
4K Read 39.1
4K Write 88.5
4K Mixed 37.4
154% 55 MB/s
DQ Read 242
DQ Write 269
DQ Mixed 188
160% 233 MB/s
42GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SBFM61.3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 253 110 136 73 44 73 MB/s
79.8% Very good
Read 477
Write 337
Mixed 334
SusWrite 115
70% 316 MB/s
4K Read 37
4K Write 86
4K Mixed 37.2
149% 53.4 MB/s
DQ Read 107
DQ Write 264
DQ Mixed 36.4
70% 136 MB/s
99GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SBFM61.3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 369 114 82 82 82 83 MB/s
73% Very good
Read 454
Write 313
Mixed 321
SusWrite 135
68% 306 MB/s
4K Read 26.8
4K Write 61
4K Mixed 30.1
112% 39.3 MB/s
DQ Read 260
DQ Write 292
DQ Mixed 188
166% 247 MB/s
42GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SBFM61.3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 147 89 77 71 72 MB/s
63.8% Good
Read 215
Write 260
Mixed 317
SusWrite 101
50% 223 MB/s
4K Read 38.9
4K Write 88.8
4K Mixed 36.6
153% 54.8 MB/s
DQ Read 38
DQ Write 82.9
DQ Mixed 35.3
34% 52.1 MB/s
98GB free (System drive)
Firmware: O0529A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 143 158 159 159 158 MB/s
54.8% Above average
Read 442
Write 148
Mixed 176
SusWrite 154
51% 230 MB/s
4K Read 18.1
4K Write 59.4
4K Mixed 10.2
72% 29.2 MB/s
DQ Read 158
DQ Write 158
DQ Mixed 56
70% 124 MB/s
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System: Cube i18-DL

CPU
Core m3-7Y30IntelBench 35%, 2,484 samples64x
GPU
HD 615 (Mobile Kaby Lake)IntelBench 4%, 6,270 samples64x
SSD
SSD 128GBBench 61%, 651 samples28x
RAM
2x2GBSamsungBench 49%, 5,948 samples64x
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