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S120-256GB 256GB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2019.

Average Bench: 82.9% (441st of 1072)

Based on 483 user benchmarks.  Model: BIOSTAR S120-256GB
Poor: 46%Average: 82.9% Great: 115%

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Very good average bench

The Biostar S120-256GB 256GB averaged just 17.0% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Biostar S120-256GB 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 202MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 30.6MB/s

Poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Biostar S120-256GB 256GB is 68.7%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Biostar S120-256GB 256GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 268MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 191MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 483 samples)
Rank 44182.9%
Min Avg Max
329 Read 424 493
137 Write 352 480
175 Mixed 341 452
87.6 SusWrite 268 443
77.7% 346 MB/s
Min Avg Max
14.7 4K Read 30.6 44.5
16 4K Write 77.2 117
16.1 4K Mixed 35.1 51.1
132% 47.7 MB/s
Min Avg Max
57.6 DQ Read 191 324
18 DQ Write 215 309
27 DQ Mixed 202 331
153% 203 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
68GB free (System drive)
Firmware: V2.1.2
SusWrite @10s intervals: 354 429 274 171 170 171 MB/s
98.7% Outstanding
Read 477
Write 461
Mixed 441
SusWrite 262
92% 410 MB/s
4K Read 35.1
4K Write 104
4K Mixed 43.4
164% 60.7 MB/s
DQ Read 300
DQ Write 306
DQ Mixed 316
234% 307 MB/s
203GB free (System drive)
Firmware: H190117D
SusWrite @10s intervals: 400 399 417 406 245 231 MB/s
97.9% Outstanding
Read 426
Write 426
Mixed 350
SusWrite 350
87% 388 MB/s
4K Read 27.9
4K Write 99.3
4K Mixed 42.3
149% 56.5 MB/s
DQ Read 307
DQ Write 291
DQ Mixed 314
232% 304 MB/s
202GB free (System drive)
Firmware: V1.2.2
SusWrite @10s intervals: 360 367 382 360 367 371 MB/s
92.8% Outstanding
Read 388
Write 384
Mixed 366
SusWrite 368
85% 376 MB/s
4K Read 35.4
4K Write 82.9
4K Mixed 38.5
147% 52.3 MB/s
DQ Read 160
DQ Write 282
DQ Mixed 243
178% 228 MB/s
47GB free
Firmware: H190117D
SusWrite @10s intervals: 326 178 265 199 207 218 MB/s
80.8% Excellent
Read 438
Write 411
Mixed 389
SusWrite 232
82% 368 MB/s
4K Read 33
4K Write 64.2
4K Mixed 32.9
126% 43.4 MB/s
DQ Read 178
DQ Write 295
DQ Mixed 236
179% 236 MB/s
115GB free (System drive)
Firmware: H190117H
SusWrite @10s intervals: 192 211 191 147 145 159 MB/s
73% Very good
Read 348
Write 223
Mixed 306
SusWrite 174
59% 263 MB/s
4K Read 22.7
4K Write 68.7
4K Mixed 33.2
113% 41.5 MB/s
DQ Read 306
DQ Write 287
DQ Mixed 172
163% 255 MB/s
67GB free (System drive)
Firmware: V2.1.2
SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 171 172 169 170 170 MB/s
64.3% Good
Read 375
Write 170
Mixed 196
SusWrite 170
50% 228 MB/s
4K Read 23.9
4K Write 75.5
4K Mixed 20.1
102% 39.8 MB/s
DQ Read 230
DQ Write 159
DQ Mixed 137
118% 175 MB/s
19GB free (System drive)
Firmware: V1.2.4
SusWrite @10s intervals: 216 142 105 85 68 64 MB/s
63.7% Good
Read 403
Write 249
Mixed 261
SusWrite 113
57% 257 MB/s
4K Read 21.7
4K Write 82.5
4K Mixed 26.7
111% 43.6 MB/s
DQ Read 100
DQ Write 217
DQ Mixed 130
107% 149 MB/s
19GB free (System drive)
Firmware: H190117H
SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 165 118 227 126 133 MB/s
62.4% Good
Read 461
Write 112
Mixed 26.9
SusWrite 142
40% 185 MB/s
4K Read 35.1
4K Write 14.2
4K Mixed 17.3
83% 22.2 MB/s
DQ Read 304
DQ Write 182
DQ Mixed 326
220% 270 MB/s
46GB free (System drive)
Firmware: V1.2.4
SusWrite @10s intervals: 220 155 70 59 63 75 MB/s
33.7% Below average
Read 342
Write 231
Mixed 239
SusWrite 107
51% 230 MB/s
4K Read 11.1
4K Write 11.5
4K Mixed 12.5
39% 11.7 MB/s
DQ Read 47.5
DQ Write 9.1
DQ Mixed 18.1
16% 24.9 MB/s
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Gaming 41%
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Desktop
Desktop 88%
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Workstation 33%
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Motherboard: Biostar H310MHP

CPU
Core i3-9100FIntel  $88Bench 80%, 34,310 samples357x
Core i5-9400FIntel  $102Bench 85%, 299,482 samples285x
Core i5-9400Intel  $161Bench 86%, 22,187 samples45x
GPU
GTX 1650Nvidia  $155Bench 43%, 259,091 samples134x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples94x
RX 570AMD  $130Bench 45%, 473,685 samples54x
SSD
S120-256GB 256GBBiostarBench 83%, 483 samples1x
RAM
HyperX DDR4 2666 C16 2x4GBKingstonBench 82%, 4,742 samples23x
BL8G32C16U4R.M8FE1 1x8GBUnknownBench 49%, 189 samples16x
TEAMGROUP-UD4-2666 1x8GBUnknownBench 43%, 5,242 samples16x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 82% - Excellent Total price: $243

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