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Release date ≤ Q2 2014.

Average Bench: 44.2% (921st of 1072)

Based on 416 user benchmarks.  Model: FM-25S3-120GBP3
Poor: 30%Average: 44.2% Great: 59%

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Below average average bench

The FM-25S3-120GBP3 120GB averaged 55.8% 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 Random Write Speed 64.7MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 20.1MB/s

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the FM-25S3-120GBP3 120GB is 28.6%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the FM-25S3-120GBP3 120GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 101MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 122MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 416 samples)
Rank 92144.2%
Min Avg Max
120 Read 166 201
91.4 Write 122 144
104 Mixed 137 155
75.3 SusWrite 101 118
29.5% 132 MB/s
Min Avg Max
12.5 4K Read 20.1 27.2
30.5 4K Write 64.7 105
7.62 4K Mixed 17.4 31.1
87% 34.1 MB/s
Min Avg Max
18.7 DQ Read 115 183
53.2 DQ Write 113 143
7.48 DQ Mixed 54.3 112
57.2% 94.2 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
54GB free
Firmware: GS504
SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 116 115 115 115 116 MB/s
53.6% Above average
Read 166
Write 144
Mixed 148
SusWrite 115
32% 143 MB/s
4K Read 24
4K Write 62.2
4K Mixed 29.2
107% 38.5 MB/s
DQ Read 183
DQ Write 133
DQ Mixed 116
98% 144 MB/s
10GB free
Firmware: GS505
SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 97 102 100 99 99 MB/s
52.5% Above average
Read 181
Write 120
Mixed 139
SusWrite 100
30% 135 MB/s
4K Read 23.8
4K Write 73.1
4K Mixed 26.8
109% 41.2 MB/s
DQ Read 143
DQ Write 123
DQ Mixed 99.4
84% 122 MB/s
65GB free
Firmware: GS504
SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 117 118 118 118 107 MB/s
44.1% Average
Read 150
Write 142
Mixed 156
SusWrite 116
32% 141 MB/s
4K Read 6
4K Write 53.8
4K Mixed 28.5
74% 29.4 MB/s
DQ Read 183
DQ Write 126
DQ Mixed 108
93% 139 MB/s
40GB free (System drive)
Firmware: GS502
SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 81 82 85 80 77 MB/s
33.2% Below average
Read 134
Write 84.4
Mixed 107
SusWrite 81
23% 102 MB/s
4K Read 11.5
4K Write 29.5
4K Mixed 17.6
56% 19.5 MB/s
DQ Read 140
DQ Write 103
DQ Mixed 101
81% 115 MB/s
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Gaming
Gaming 37%
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Desktop
Desktop 76%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 29%
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Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 - $165

CPU
Core i5-3570KIntel  $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples1,522x
Core i7-3770KIntel  $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples949x
Core i7-3770Intel  $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples557x
GPU
GTX 970Nvidia  $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples310x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples269x
HD 4000 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)Intel  $15Bench 3%, 52,547 samples237x
SSD
FM-25S3-120GBP3 120GBBench 44%, 416 samples1x
RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples90x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples86x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples81x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 68% - Good Total price: $501

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