Patriot Burst Elite 120GB SATA SSD

Specifications

Capacity

120GB

Interface

SATA III

Form Factor

2.5-inch

Read Speed

450 MB/s

Write Speed

320 MB/s

Endurance

60 TBW

Warranty

3 years

Brand

Patriot Memory

Price / TB

$208.25/TB

Value Score Breakdown

Our Verdict

The Patriot Burst Elite 120GB is the lowest-priced drive in this batch at $24.99 ($0.208/GB), and it trades raw specs to get there: 450 MB/s sequential reads and 320 MB/s writes are the slowest numbers in the entire batch, trailing other drives by 50–215 MB/s on reads and 80–200 MB/s on writes. The Burst Elite is Patriot's entry-level line — rated below the Patriot P210 on both sequential read and write speed. 60 TBW and 120GB of usable storage are severe constraints: Windows 11 occupies 30–50GB post-update, leaving 70–90GB for applications. At $0.208/GB, this is not the best per-GB value in the batch — the Patriot P210 256GB ($39.99, $0.156/GB) provides double the capacity, faster speeds, and proportionally more endurance for $15 more. The Burst Elite 120GB serves one use case: a system that already has secondary storage, needs only an OS boot drive, and has a hard $25 budget ceiling. Right buy for: ultra-budget SATA-only machines with existing secondary storage where $24.99 is the absolute ceiling — any flexibility in budget should go toward the Patriot P210 256GB ($39.99) for twice the capacity and better specs.