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ZTC-PCIEG3-128G 128GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2019.

Average Bench: 112% (210th of 1072)

Based on 46 user benchmarks.  Model: ZTC-PCIEG3-128G
Poor: 81%Average: 112% Great: 157%

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Outstanding average bench

The ZTC-PCIEG3-128G 128GB averaged 11.6% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the ZTC-PCIEG3-128G 128GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 55.3MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 1,032MB/s

Very poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the ZTC-PCIEG3-128G 128GB is 75.5%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the ZTC-PCIEG3-128G 128GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 27.3MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 187MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 46 samples)
Rank 210112%
Min Avg Max
88.8 Read 1,032 4,427
22.2 Write 308 526
42.3 Mixed 339 588
40 SusWrite 187 454
102% 466 MB/s
Min Avg Max
23.3 4K Read 55.3 410
2.7 4K Write 108 208
3.2 4K Mixed 21.2 33.3
168% 61.5 MB/s
Min Avg Max
123 DQ Read 194 206
23.3 DQ Write 308 541
5.1 DQ Mixed 27.3 42.4
83.5% 176 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
35GB free (System drive)
Firmware: R0629A0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 314 331 58 57 56 58 MB/s
119% Outstanding
Read 959
Write 518
Mixed 581
SusWrite 146
122% 551 MB/s
4K Read 47.6
4K Write 145
4K Mixed 31.8
189% 74.7 MB/s
DQ Read 204
DQ Write 526
DQ Mixed 42.2
125% 257 MB/s
46GB free (System drive)
Firmware: R0629A0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 199 158 110 167 182 120 MB/s
108% Outstanding
Read 948
Write 94.1
Mixed 193
SusWrite 156
75% 348 MB/s
4K Read 48.6
4K Write 160
4K Mixed 27
193% 78.5 MB/s
DQ Read 205
DQ Write 26.5
DQ Mixed 26.3
42% 86 MB/s
49GB free (System drive)
Firmware: R0629A0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 160 155 125 298 323 MB/s
106% Outstanding
Read 963
Write 369
Mixed 49.7
SusWrite 201
86% 396 MB/s
4K Read 47.4
4K Write 94.2
4K Mixed 31.9
163% 57.8 MB/s
DQ Read 204
DQ Write 102
DQ Mixed 5.7
44% 104 MB/s
52GB free (System drive)
Firmware: R0629A0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 254 195 57 56 54 49 MB/s
89.9% Excellent
Read 961
Write 512
Mixed 588
SusWrite 111
120% 543 MB/s
4K Read 49.2
4K Write 107
4K Mixed 5.3
138% 53.7 MB/s
DQ Read 206
DQ Write 120
DQ Mixed 6
47% 111 MB/s
35GB free (System drive)
Firmware: R0629A0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 241 248 63 58 58 58 MB/s
86.9% Excellent
Read 962
Write 113
Mixed 58.2
SusWrite 121
67% 314 MB/s
4K Read 45.8
4K Write 64.8
4K Mixed 5.3
110% 38.6 MB/s
DQ Read 205
DQ Write 291
DQ Mixed 42.3
90% 179 MB/s
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Gaming 64%
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Desktop 87%
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Workstation 60%
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Motherboard: MSI B450M PRO-VDH MAX (MS-7A38)

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples2,436x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD  $125Bench 73%, 179,588 samples750x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD  $149Bench 96%, 383,420 samples452x
GPU
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia  $233Bench 71%, 428,800 samples645x
RTX 2060Nvidia  $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples449x
RTX 3060Nvidia  $270Bench 100%, 447,556 samples399x
SSD
ZTC-PCIEG3-128G 128GBBench 112%, 46 samples1x
RAM
Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $38Bench 82%, 163,634 samples515x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples423x
Aegis DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 83%, 37,374 samples304x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 94% - Outstanding Total price: $354

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