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128GB 128GB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2019.

Average Bench: 132% (175th of 1072)

Based on 1,238 user benchmarks.  Model: NVMe SSD 128GB
Poor: 79%Average: 132% Great: 170%

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Outstanding average bench

The Nvme 128GB 128GB averaged 32.3% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Nvme 128GB 128GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 231MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 1,382MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvme 128GB 128GB is 90.4%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Nvme 128GB 128GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 208MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 25MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 1,238 samples)
Rank 175132%
Min Avg Max
630 Read 1,382 1,710
40.4 Write 444 605
71 Mixed 500 696
87.4 SusWrite 208 346
138% 634 MB/s
Min Avg Max
28.1 4K Read 47.9 56
22.4 4K Write 114 195
9.48 4K Mixed 25 36.6
165% 62.2 MB/s
Min Avg Max
184 DQ Read 376 420
40.7 DQ Write 388 590
26 DQ Mixed 231 348
215% 332 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
73GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S1111H0L Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 377 228 294 294 97 63 MB/s
148% Outstanding
Read 1,571
Write 526
Mixed 638
SusWrite 225
162% 740 MB/s
4K Read 45.1
4K Write 136
4K Mixed 28.7
177% 69.9 MB/s
DQ Read 403
DQ Write 515
DQ Mixed 331
285% 416 MB/s
73GB free (System drive)
Firmware: VC2S038D Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 583 585 597 100 36 40 MB/s
147% Outstanding
Read 1,024
Write 587
Mixed 609
SusWrite 324
141% 636 MB/s
4K Read 48.4
4K Write 137
4K Mixed 62.7
226% 82.8 MB/s
DQ Read 170
DQ Write 568
DQ Mixed 235
219% 324 MB/s
42GB free
Firmware: U0514A0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 284 287 287 83 49 48 MB/s
130% Outstanding
Read 1638
Write 287
Mixed 441
SusWrite 173
137% 635 MB/s
4K Read 39.1
4K Write 91.6
4K Mixed 23.2
137% 51.3 MB/s
DQ Read 318
DQ Write 285
DQ Mixed 245
199% 283 MB/s
16GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S1111H0L Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 184 101 69 42 78 61 MB/s
126% Outstanding
Read 1677
Write 119
Mixed 461
SusWrite 89.1
126% 587 MB/s
4K Read 43.4
4K Write 34.4
4K Mixed 21.5
112% 33.1 MB/s
DQ Read 402
DQ Write 512
DQ Mixed 71.7
161% 329 MB/s
61GB free (System drive)
Firmware: V1124A Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 369 148 109 193 95 68 MB/s
110% Outstanding
Read 970
Write 658
Mixed 473
SusWrite 164
125% 566 MB/s
4K Read 43
4K Write 150
4K Mixed 9.5
156% 67.3 MB/s
DQ Read 197
DQ Write 632
DQ Mixed 132
182% 320 MB/s
29GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S1111H0L Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 356 259 172 66 61 66 MB/s
78.3% Very good
Read 920
Write 373
Mixed 283
SusWrite 163
95% 435 MB/s
4K Read 20.7
4K Write 24.1
4K Mixed 8.4
55% 17.7 MB/s
DQ Read 373
DQ Write 338
DQ Mixed 320
250% 344 MB/s
22GB free (System drive)
Firmware: V0614A Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 32 54 57 49 32 34 MB/s
41.4% Average
Read 675
Write 25
Mixed 45.3
SusWrite 42.9
42% 197 MB/s
4K Read 16.8
4K Write 11.8
4K Mixed 3.5
36% 10.7 MB/s
DQ Read 45
DQ Write 28.4
DQ Mixed 34.6
26% 36 MB/s
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Motherboard: Intel B75

CPU
Core i7-3770Intel  $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples1,004x
Core i5-3470Intel  $59Bench 63%, 223,595 samples739x
Core i5-2400Intel  $250Bench 61%, 166,255 samples707x
GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples434x
HD 2500 (Desktop 1.05 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 146,665 samples411x
GTX 1650Nvidia  $155Bench 43%, 259,091 samples383x
SSD
128GB 128GBNvmeBench 132%, 1,238 samples1x
RAM
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples548x
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples215x
HMT41GU6DFR8A-PB 2x8GBHynixBench 52%, 2,722 samples140x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 76% - Very good Total price: $356

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