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Real World Speed
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Best Bench: 280% 19GB free (System drive)
Worst Bench: 160% 232GB free
Poor: 160% Great: 280%
SPEED RANK: 68th / 1072
165,668 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 254% 431GB free (System drive)
Worst Bench: 153% 45GB free (System drive)
Poor: 153% Great: 254%
SPEED RANK: 88th / 1072
Effective Speed
Effective SSD Speed 		235 % Slightly faster effective speed.
+10% 		213 %
Average Score 
+17%
Read
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 		2166 MB/s Faster read speed.
+26% 		1714 MB/s
Write
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 		1408 MB/s 1445 MB/s +3%
4K Read
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 		61.5 MB/s Much faster random read.
+39% 		44.2 MB/s
4K Write
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 		146 MB/s Slightly faster random write.
+7% 		137 MB/s
Mixed
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 		1132 MB/s Much faster mixed IO speed.
+68% 		675 MB/s
4K Mixed
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 		76.8 MB/s Much faster random mixed IO.
+35% 		57 MB/s
SusWrite
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 		391 MB/s 598 MB/s Much faster sustained write speed.
+53%
Peak Score 
+18%
Read
Peak Sequential Read Speed 		2518 MB/s Faster peak read speed.
+21% 		2086 MB/s
Write
Peak Sequential Write Speed 		2123 MB/s Faster peak write speed.
+21% 		1750 MB/s
4K Read
Peak 4K Random Read Speed 		69.1 MB/s Faster peak random read.
+29% 		53.7 MB/s
4K Write
Peak 4K Random Write Speed 		220 MB/s Faster peak random write.
+15% 		191 MB/s
Mixed
Peak Sequential Mixed IO Speed 		1430 MB/s Much faster peak mixed IO speed.
+68% 		853 MB/s
4K Mixed
Peak 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 		96 MB/s Much faster peak random mixed IO.
+40% 		68.7 MB/s
SusWrite
Peak Sequential Sustained Write 60s Average 		499 MB/s 832 MB/s Much faster peak sustained write speed.
+67%
Value & Sentiment 
+59%
Market Share
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Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days) 		0.18 % 0.18 %
Value
Value For Money 		30.3 % 86.8 % Hugely better value.
+186%
User Rating
UBM User Rating 		57 % Slightly more popular.
+8% 		53 %
Price
Price (score) 		$100 $43 Much cheaper.
+57%
Nice To Haves 
+2%
Age
Newest 		71+ Months More recent.
+19% 		88+ Months
DQ Read
Peak 4K-64Thread Read Speed 		1007 MB/s 1239 MB/s Faster peak deep queue read.
+23%
DQ Write
Peak 4K-64Thread Write Speed 		1463 MB/s Slightly faster peak deep queue write.
+6% 		1374 MB/s
AS-SSD Total
AS-SSD Total Score 		3,902 Pts 4002 Pts +3%
DQ Mixed
Peak 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 		1131 MB/s Faster peak deep queue mixed IO.
+12% 		1012 MB/s
ADQ Read
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 		926 MB/s 1034 MB/s Faster deep queue read.
+12%
ADQ Write
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 		939 MB/s +2% 923 MB/s
ADQ Mixed
Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 		916 MB/s Faster deep queue mixed IO.
+15% 		797 MB/s
Specifications 
Capacity
Capacity 		250GB 500GB
Conclusion 
Average Bench 235%
Average Bench 213%
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