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ESA3SMH2STS2BT120GB 120GB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2019.

Average Bench: 61.1% (793rd of 1072)

Based on 37 user benchmarks.  Model: ESA3SMH2STS2BT120GB
Poor: 31%Average: 61.1% Great: 86%

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Above average average bench

The ESA3SMH2STS2BT120GB 120GB averaged 38.9% 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 Read Speed 26.1MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 60.5MB/s

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the ESA3SMH2STS2BT120GB 120GB is 54.5%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the ESA3SMH2STS2BT120GB 120GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 130MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 30.1MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 37 samples)
Rank 79361.1%
Min Avg Max
289 Read 444 509
30.8 Write 302 419
16.9 Mixed 226 398
16.2 SusWrite 130 367
61.2% 276 MB/s
Min Avg Max
7.3 4K Read 26.1 40.1
6.3 4K Write 60.5 108
0.6 4K Mixed 18.4 29.7
95.1% 35 MB/s
Min Avg Max
27.1 DQ Read 130 192
36.7 DQ Write 206 339
1.3 DQ Mixed 30.1 47.7
61.5% 122 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
6GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S0729A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 368 378 366 390 387 MB/s
61.6% Good
Read 410
Write 40.3
Mixed 103
SusWrite 337
49% 223 MB/s
4K Read 14
4K Write 77.2
4K Mixed 7.6
72% 32.9 MB/s
DQ Read 122
DQ Write 70.2
DQ Mixed 22.4
36% 71.6 MB/s
59GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S0729A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 64 54 56 57 87 MB/s
48.5% Average
Read 472
Write 55.1
Mixed 118
SusWrite 62.9
38% 177 MB/s
4K Read 19.8
4K Write 38.5
4K Mixed 16
71% 24.8 MB/s
DQ Read 154
DQ Write 46.1
DQ Mixed 27.7
39% 76.1 MB/s
65GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 0A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 24 26 28 29 28 28 MB/s
30.2% Below average
Read 382
Write 38
Mixed 63
SusWrite 27.3
27% 128 MB/s
4K Read 14.4
4K Write 37.7
4K Mixed 0.9
43% 17.7 MB/s
DQ Read 22.7
DQ Write 50.3
DQ Mixed 24.8
22% 32.6 MB/s
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Typical ESA3SMH2STS2BT120GB 120GB Builds (Compare 1,496 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
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Gaming 24%
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Desktop
Desktop 75%
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Workstation
Workstation 20%
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Motherboard: Asus P8B75-M - $470

CPU
Core i7-3770Intel  $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples387x
Core i5-3470Intel  $59Bench 63%, 223,595 samples205x
Core i5-3570IntelBench 65%, 104,858 samples131x
GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples103x
HD 2500 (Desktop 1.05 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 146,665 samples97x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples87x
SSD
ESA3SMH2STS2BT120GB 120GBBench 61%, 37 samples1x
RAM
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples35x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples23x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GBKingstonBench 52%, 19,522 samples19x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 76% - Very good Total price: $826

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