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▲ 5294 ▼

Release date ≈ Q4 2015.

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▲ 5129 ▼

Release date ≈ Q4 2015.

Effective Speed 
+12%
Real World Speed
Performance profile from 95,305 user samples
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40,327 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 243% 37GB free (System drive)
Worst Bench: 131% 8GB free (System drive)
Poor: 131% Great: 243%
SPEED RANK: 98th / 1072
54,978 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 283% 116GB free
Worst Bench: 138% 420GB free (System drive)
Poor: 138% Great: 283%
SPEED RANK: 79th / 1072
Effective Speed
Effective SSD Speed 		199 % 223 % Faster effective speed.
+12%
Average Score 
+16%
Read
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 		1726 MB/s 1819 MB/s Slightly faster read speed.
+5%
Write
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 		792 MB/s 1192 MB/s Much faster write speed.
+51%
4K Read
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 		48.9 MB/s Slightly faster random read.
+9% 		44.8 MB/s
4K Write
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 		132 MB/s +5% 126 MB/s
Mixed
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 		630 MB/s 749 MB/s Faster mixed IO speed.
+19%
4K Mixed
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 		51.6 MB/s 54.4 MB/s Slightly faster random mixed IO.
+5%
SusWrite
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 		636 MB/s 940 MB/s Much faster sustained write speed.
+48%
Peak Score 
+22%
Read
Peak Sequential Read Speed 		2085 MB/s 2099 MB/s +1%
Write
Peak Sequential Write Speed 		927 MB/s 1451 MB/s Much faster peak write speed.
+57%
4K Read
Peak 4K Random Read Speed 		52.4 MB/s 53.2 MB/s +2%
4K Write
Peak 4K Random Write Speed 		188 MB/s 199 MB/s Slightly faster peak random write.
+6%
Mixed
Peak Sequential Mixed IO Speed 		785 MB/s 926 MB/s Faster peak mixed IO speed.
+18%
4K Mixed
Peak 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 		61.2 MB/s 69.3 MB/s Faster peak random mixed IO.
+13%
SusWrite
Peak Sequential Sustained Write 60s Average 		916 MB/s 1439 MB/s Much faster peak sustained write speed.
+57%
Value & Sentiment 
+17%
Market Share
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Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days) 		0.02 % 0.02 %
Value
Value For Money 		13.2 % Slightly better value.
+5% 		12.5 %
User Rating
UBM User Rating 		52 % +2% 51 %
Price
Price (score) 		$250 Much cheaper.
+60% 		$625
Nice To Haves 
+17%
Age
Newest 		102+ Months 102+ Months
DQ Read
Peak 4K-64Thread Read Speed 		1094 MB/s 1277 MB/s Faster peak deep queue read.
+17%
DQ Write
Peak 4K-64Thread Write Speed 		330 MB/s 411 MB/s Faster peak deep queue write.
+25%
AS-SSD Total
AS-SSD Total Score 		2,611 Pts 3,059 Pts Stronger server IO.
+17%
DQ Mixed
Peak 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 		396 MB/s 492 MB/s Faster peak deep queue mixed IO.
+24%
ADQ Read
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 		966 MB/s 1062 MB/s Slightly faster deep queue read.
+10%
ADQ Write
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 		283 MB/s 347 MB/s Faster deep queue write.
+23%
ADQ Mixed
Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 		360 MB/s 426 MB/s Faster deep queue mixed IO.
+18%
Specifications 
Capacity
Capacity 		256GB 512GB
User Builds 
40,327
54,978
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