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S120-1TB 1TB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2019.

Average Bench: 98.2% (262nd of 1072)

Based on 259 user benchmarks.  Model: BIOSTAR S120-1TB
Poor: 68%Average: 98.2% Great: 115%

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Excellent average bench

The Biostar S120-1TB 1TB averaged just 1.7% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Biostar S120-1TB 1TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 242MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 41.7MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Biostar S120-1TB 1TB is 47.9%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Biostar S120-1TB 1TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 360MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 434MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 259 samples)
Rank 26298.2%
Min Avg Max
359 Read 434 475
134 Write 421 490
165 Mixed 360 442
176 SusWrite 403 472
91.2% 405 MB/s
Min Avg Max
20.2 4K Read 35.3 42.6
35.9 4K Write 70.9 105
23.9 4K Mixed 41.7 52
144% 49.3 MB/s
Min Avg Max
198 DQ Read 282 328
104 DQ Write 234 289
139 DQ Mixed 242 319
186% 253 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
426GB free
Firmware: H190117H
SusWrite @10s intervals: 479 469 470 471 471 469 MB/s
111% Outstanding
Read 466
Write 490
Mixed 412
SusWrite 471
104% 460 MB/s
4K Read 38.6
4K Write 71.3
4K Mixed 48.2
158% 52.7 MB/s
DQ Read 327
DQ Write 302
DQ Mixed 266
213% 298 MB/s
219GB free
Firmware: V1.1.5
SusWrite @10s intervals: 474 339 327 334 330 332 MB/s
106% Outstanding
Read 468
Write 489
Mixed 392
SusWrite 356
96% 426 MB/s
4K Read 42
4K Write 94.3
4K Mixed 47.5
174% 61.3 MB/s
DQ Read 280
DQ Write 254
DQ Mixed 247
191% 260 MB/s
189GB free
Firmware: V1.2.4
SusWrite @10s intervals: 411 427 421 393 311 313 MB/s
99.6% Outstanding
Read 441
Write 442
Mixed 444
SusWrite 379
96% 426 MB/s
4K Read 33.7
4K Write 95.6
4K Mixed 38.9
152% 56.1 MB/s
DQ Read 290
DQ Write 274
DQ Mixed 260
201% 275 MB/s
884GB free
Firmware: V1.1.5
SusWrite @10s intervals: 435 422 428 406 385 437 MB/s
90.7% Outstanding
Read 455
Write 454
Mixed 383
SusWrite 419
96% 428 MB/s
4K Read 34.8
4K Write 41.6
4K Mixed 35.6
120% 37.3 MB/s
DQ Read 281
DQ Write 145
DQ Mixed 253
177% 226 MB/s
309GB free (System drive)
Firmware: H190117H
SusWrite @10s intervals: 222 287 448 454 459 453 MB/s
79.8% Very good
Read 456
Write 47.7
Mixed 73
SusWrite 387
53% 241 MB/s
4K Read 33.8
4K Write 30.7
4K Mixed 25.3
100% 29.9 MB/s
DQ Read 271
DQ Write 70.8
DQ Mixed 96.9
90% 146 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,890,064 SSDs tested

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Gaming 79%
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Desktop 87%
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Workstation 74%
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Motherboard: Asrock B450M Steel Legend - $90

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $84Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples1,918x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD  $150Bench 73%, 179,588 samples827x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD  $115Bench 96%, 383,420 samples607x
GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia  $294Bench 90%, 645,160 samples489x
RTX 3060Nvidia  $250Bench 100%, 447,556 samples462x
RX 580AMD  $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples405x
SSD
S120-1TB 1TBBiostarBench 98%, 259 samples1x
RAM
DDR4 3200 2x8GBAdataBench 87%, 87,891 samples360x
TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GBUnknownBench 85%, 99,207 samples320x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples291x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 82% - Excellent Total price: $468

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