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SSDSC2BW18 180GB

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Release date ≤ Q2 2014.

Average Bench: 66% (731st of 1072)

Based on 167 user benchmarks.  Model: INTEL SSDSC2BW18
Poor: 49%Average: 66% Great: 80%

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Above average average bench

The Intel SSDSC2BW18 180GB averaged 34.0% 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 91MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 26.6MB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Intel SSDSC2BW18 180GB is 30.7%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Intel SSDSC2BW18 180GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 155MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 187MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 167 samples)
Rank 73166%
Min Avg Max
300 Read 384 479
126 Write 187 245
175 Mixed 232 273
100 SusWrite 155 224
53.1% 239 MB/s
Min Avg Max
16.4 4K Read 26.6 36
19.1 4K Write 65.7 101
9.81 4K Mixed 24.3 37.6
106% 38.8 MB/s
Min Avg Max
22.8 DQ Read 220 298
60.3 DQ Write 173 221
9.91 DQ Mixed 91 219
96.8% 161 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
129GB free (System drive)
Firmware: LF1i
SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 153 160 160 154 156 MB/s
73% Very good
Read 354
Write 221
Mixed 240
SusWrite 158
54% 243 MB/s
4K Read 30.3
4K Write 64.4
4K Mixed 34.2
124% 43 MB/s
DQ Read 299
DQ Write 200
DQ Mixed 224
174% 241 MB/s
69GB free (System drive)
Firmware: LCSi
SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 128 136 131 132 152 MB/s
69.9% Good
Read 346
Write 171
Mixed 234
SusWrite 136
49% 222 MB/s
4K Read 29.6
4K Write 65.2
4K Mixed 31.7
120% 42.2 MB/s
DQ Read 294
DQ Write 202
DQ Mixed 219
171% 238 MB/s
54GB free (System drive)
Firmware: LF1i
SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 158 157 144 163 164 MB/s
69.2% Good
Read 325
Write 198
Mixed 219
SusWrite 152
50% 224 MB/s
4K Read 25.4
4K Write 72.9
4K Mixed 33.4
120% 43.9 MB/s
DQ Read 238
DQ Write 203
DQ Mixed 173
143% 205 MB/s
104GB free (System drive)
Firmware: LCSi
SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 147 149 153 150 150 MB/s
66.5% Good
Read 352
Write 204
Mixed 215
SusWrite 152
51% 231 MB/s
4K Read 21.7
4K Write 56.4
4K Mixed 33.7
106% 37.3 MB/s
DQ Read 257
DQ Write 185
DQ Mixed 182
146% 208 MB/s
40GB free
Firmware: LCSi
SusWrite @10s intervals: 156 171 173 174 160 168 MB/s
65.3% Good
Read 331
Write 210
Mixed 244
SusWrite 167
53% 238 MB/s
4K Read 29.4
4K Write 64.8
4K Mixed 29.3
116% 41.2 MB/s
DQ Read 93.7
DQ Write 193
DQ Mixed 92.3
85% 126 MB/s
110GB free (System drive)
Firmware: LCSi
SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 93 104 145 159 160 MB/s
57% Above average
Read 302
Write 168
Mixed 222
SusWrite 132
46% 206 MB/s
4K Read 20.5
4K Write 44.7
4K Mixed 25.3
87% 30.2 MB/s
DQ Read 282
DQ Write 159
DQ Mixed 175
142% 205 MB/s
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Gaming 5%
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Desktop 60%
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Workstation 5%
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Motherboard: Intel DH67CL - $96

CPU
Core i5-2500KIntel  $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples13x
Core i3-2100Intel  $49Bench 51%, 63,701 samples7x
Core i7-2600Intel  $197Bench 67%, 185,630 samples5x
GPU
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 150,891 samples10x
HD 3000 (Desktop V1 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 8,807 samples7x
Radeon HD 8570AMDBench 6%, 3,522 samples7x
SSD
SSDSC2BW18 180GBIntelBench 66%, 167 samples1x
RAM
KP223C-ELD Hynix HMT451U6AFR8C-PB 99U5471-054.A00LF Samsung M378B5773DH0-CH9 16GBKingstonBench 37%, 5 samples3x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 1x8GBCorsairBench 31%, 11,204 samples2x
HMT351U6CFR8C-H9 HMT451U6BFR8C-PB 8GBHynixBench 44%, 42 samples2x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 68% - Good Total price: $343

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