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Adata ASP900S3-512GM-C

SP900 512GB

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Controller: LSI SandForce SF2281. NAND Flash: Intel Micron Synchronous 25nm MLC. Release date ≈ Q3 2014.

Average Bench: 54.8% (855th of 1072)

Based on 926 user benchmarks.  Model: ADATA SP900
Poor: 42%Average: 54.8% Great: 65%

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Average average bench

The Adata SP900 512GB averaged 45.1% 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-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 105MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 23.6MB/s

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Adata SP900 512GB is 23%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Adata SP900 512GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 17.6MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 86.7MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 926 samples)
Rank 85554.8%
Min Avg Max
274 Read 383 464
126 Write 236 336
189 Mixed 262 328
105 SusWrite 191 272
59.8% 268 MB/s
Min Avg Max
15.1 4K Read 23.6 29.2
11.9 4K Write 17.6 21.2
13.6 4K Mixed 20.5 24.3
71.3% 20.6 MB/s
Min Avg Max
85.6 DQ Read 179 222
60.2 DQ Write 86.7 108
74.4 DQ Mixed 105 138
85.2% 123 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
150GB free
Firmware: 6.0.3b
SusWrite @10s intervals: 239 208 206 197 211 217 MB/s
63.8% Good
Read 466
Write 158
Mixed 236
SusWrite 213
59% 268 MB/s
4K Read 26.5
4K Write 21
4K Mixed 24.2
82% 23.9 MB/s
DQ Read 212
DQ Write 85.3
DQ Mixed 99.1
86% 132 MB/s
432GB free
Firmware: 6.0.3b
SusWrite @10s intervals: 232 240 218 239 232 261 MB/s
58.6% Above average
Read 399
Write 158
Mixed 256
SusWrite 237
58% 262 MB/s
4K Read 23.6
4K Write 19.7
4K Mixed 22.5
75% 21.9 MB/s
DQ Read 129
DQ Write 88.9
DQ Mixed 100
77% 106 MB/s
335GB free
Firmware: 5.8.2
SusWrite @10s intervals: 255 247 230 221 228 250 MB/s
55.6% Above average
Read 376
Write 314
Mixed 290
SusWrite 238
68% 305 MB/s
4K Read 23.5
4K Write 18.7
4K Mixed 19.9
71% 20.7 MB/s
DQ Read 98.8
DQ Write 84.4
DQ Mixed 99.1
72% 94.1 MB/s
31GB free
Firmware: 5.6.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 70 74 58 73 47 MB/s
45.5% Average
Read 444
Write 127
Mixed 226
SusWrite 78
48% 219 MB/s
4K Read 12.6
4K Write 9.3
4K Mixed 20.8
51% 14.2 MB/s
DQ Read 210
DQ Write 76.5
DQ Mixed 88.3
80% 125 MB/s
18GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 6.0.3b
SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 74 39 54 27 45 MB/s
44% Average
Read 301
Write 263
Mixed 305
SusWrite 60.5
52% 232 MB/s
4K Read 25.7
4K Write 16.9
4K Mixed 19.2
72% 20.6 MB/s
DQ Read 213
DQ Write 64.4
DQ Mixed 86.3
77% 121 MB/s
112GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 5.8.2
SusWrite @10s intervals: 191 108 159 141 127 94 MB/s
41.9% Average
Read 298
Write 251
Mixed 271
SusWrite 137
54% 239 MB/s
4K Read 15.8
4K Write 15.2
4K Mixed 17.1
54% 16 MB/s
DQ Read 136
DQ Write 74.6
DQ Mixed 82.1
67% 97.7 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,706,800 SSDs tested

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Typical SP900 512GB Builds (Compare 3,790 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 8%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 60%
Gunboat
Workstation
Workstation 7%
Tree trunk

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B85M-D3H - $76

CPU
Core i5-4460Intel  $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples504x
Core i7-4790Intel  $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples495x
Core i7-4770Intel  $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples474x
GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel  $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples473x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples226x
GTX 970Nvidia  $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples224x
SSD
SP900 512GBAdataBench 55%, 926 samples1x
RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples68x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples58x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 1x8GBKingstonBench 31%, 37,489 samples50x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 67% - Good Total price: $285

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