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Release date ≈ Q1 2016.

Average Bench: 71.4% (642nd of 1072)

Based on 281 user benchmarks.  Model: ESA3SME2HTMTT120GB
Poor: 47%Average: 71.4% Great: 92%

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Good average bench

The ESA3SME2HTMTT120GB 120GB averaged 28.5% 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 138MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 29.6MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the ESA3SME2HTMTT120GB 120GB is 44.6%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the ESA3SME2HTMTT120GB 120GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 90.8MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 327MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 281 samples)
Rank 64271.4%
Min Avg Max
358 Read 466 515
282 Write 340 397
169 Mixed 327 430
83.2 SusWrite 90.8 96.9
68.1% 306 MB/s
Min Avg Max
14 4K Read 24.8 30.8
24.1 4K Write 70.9 118
13.6 4K Mixed 29.6 45.8
113% 41.7 MB/s
Min Avg Max
25.7 DQ Read 214 281
65.4 DQ Write 205 316
18.3 DQ Mixed 138 237
123% 186 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
41GB free
Firmware: O1015A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 255 78 61 60 60 59 MB/s
82.9% Excellent
Read 456
Write 324
Mixed 307
SusWrite 95.5
66% 296 MB/s
4K Read 26.1
4K Write 105
4K Mixed 42.4
150% 57.9 MB/s
DQ Read 276
DQ Write 280
DQ Mixed 234
188% 263 MB/s
21GB free (System drive)
Firmware: O1015A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 271 56 49 61 58 57 MB/s
77% Very good
Read 511
Write 356
Mixed 354
SusWrite 91.9
73% 328 MB/s
4K Read 29.7
4K Write 101
4K Mixed 23
128% 51.1 MB/s
DQ Read 283
DQ Write 322
DQ Mixed 242
199% 282 MB/s
51GB free
Firmware: O1015A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 248 77 57 55 58 56 MB/s
75.8% Very good
Read 503
Write 282
Mixed 340
SusWrite 92
68% 304 MB/s
4K Read 29.1
4K Write 97.8
4K Mixed 32.4
137% 53.1 MB/s
DQ Read 211
DQ Write 169
DQ Mixed 231
162% 204 MB/s
70GB free
Firmware: O1015A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 270 58 57 56 55 55 MB/s
72.8% Very good
Read 502
Write 321
Mixed 176
SusWrite 91.8
60% 273 MB/s
4K Read 28
4K Write 93.4
4K Mixed 20.4
118% 47.3 MB/s
DQ Read 281
DQ Write 287
DQ Mixed 226
186% 265 MB/s
29GB free (System drive)
Firmware: O1015A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 219 83 53 54 43 41 MB/s
61.1% Good
Read 426
Write 283
Mixed 300
SusWrite 82.1
61% 273 MB/s
4K Read 23.1
4K Write 40.4
4K Mixed 26.3
90% 29.9 MB/s
DQ Read 264
DQ Write 236
DQ Mixed 122
127% 207 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,724,080 SSDs tested

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Gaming 70%
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Desktop
Desktop 79%
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Workstation 64%
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Motherboard: MSI B450 Tomahawk - $130

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD  $155Bench 73%, 179,588 samples1,751x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples1,088x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD  $210Bench 76%, 159,077 samples857x
GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia  $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples561x
RX 580AMD  $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples475x
RTX 2070Nvidia  $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples338x
SSD
ESA3SME2HTMTT120GB 120GBBench 71%, 281 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples658x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples426x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples246x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 79% - Very good Total price: $652

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