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PC300 SK hy 1TB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2016.

Average Bench: 145% (160th of 1072)

Based on 1,303 user benchmarks.  Model: NVMe PC300 NVMe SK hy
Poor: 85%Average: 145% Great: 188%

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Outstanding average bench

The Nvme PC300 SK hy 1TB averaged 45.3% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Nvme PC300 SK hy 1TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 568MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 548MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvme PC300 SK hy 1TB is 102%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Nvme PC300 SK hy 1TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 26.9MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 78.2MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 1,303 samples)
Rank 160145%
Min Avg Max
472 Read 791 1,000
501 Write 915 1,084
450 Mixed 683 833
321 SusWrite 791 1,062
179% 795 MB/s
Min Avg Max
12.9 4K Read 26.9 34.3
27.5 4K Write 78.2 108
16.7 4K Mixed 37 47.4
130% 47.4 MB/s
Min Avg Max
137 DQ Read 594 816
110 DQ Write 548 906
95.4 DQ Mixed 568 850
427% 570 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
617GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 20005A00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 709 953 1064 1100 1076 1091 MB/s
193% Outstanding
Read 1,002
Write 1,082
Mixed 846
SusWrite 999
222% 982 MB/s
4K Read 34.6
4K Write 102
4K Mixed 47.6
168% 61.4 MB/s
DQ Read 837
DQ Write 986
DQ Mixed 819
643% 881 MB/s
829GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 5A00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1073 1046 913 1070 1046 1075 MB/s
162% Outstanding
Read 835
Write 1,038
Mixed 739
SusWrite 1,037
206% 913 MB/s
4K Read 25.2
4K Write 76.1
4K Mixed 35.7
124% 45.7 MB/s
DQ Read 674
DQ Write 523
DQ Mixed 581
439% 593 MB/s
911GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 20005A00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 902 901 967 995 1005 998 MB/s
156% Outstanding
Read 883
Write 1,017
Mixed 736
SusWrite 961
203% 899 MB/s
4K Read 27.6
4K Write 64.7
4K Mixed 37.6
124% 43.3 MB/s
DQ Read 592
DQ Write 449
DQ Mixed 516
387% 519 MB/s
895GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 20005A00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1001 970 929 986 1065 1055 MB/s
144% Outstanding
Read 813
Write 929
Mixed 786
SusWrite 1,001
200% 882 MB/s
4K Read 26.5
4K Write 54
4K Mixed 33.4
112% 38 MB/s
DQ Read 402
DQ Write 313
DQ Mixed 380
278% 365 MB/s
572GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 20003A00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 831 767 740 715 823 829 MB/s
124% Outstanding
Read 826
Write 1,014
Mixed 692
SusWrite 784
187% 829 MB/s
4K Read 25.2
4K Write 62.1
4K Mixed 34.8
116% 40.7 MB/s
DQ Read 171
DQ Write 133
DQ Mixed 134
105% 146 MB/s
222GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 20005A00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 431 430 428 399 398 384 MB/s
72.3% Very good
Read 532
Write 808
Mixed 462
SusWrite 412
125% 554 MB/s
4K Read 13
4K Write 31
4K Mixed 21.8
64% 21.9 MB/s
DQ Read 157
DQ Write 92.4
DQ Mixed 85.2
74% 112 MB/s
170GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 20005A00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 501 396 343 287 242 304 MB/s
67.7% Good
Read 643
Write 667
Mixed 496
SusWrite 346
121% 538 MB/s
4K Read 14.9
4K Write 17.6
4K Mixed 16.1
52% 16.2 MB/s
DQ Read 117
DQ Write 86.5
DQ Mixed 100
75% 101 MB/s
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Gaming 11%
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Desktop 62%
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Workstation 10%
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System: Dell XPS 15 9560 - $1,300

CPU
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 62%, 473,208 samples3,704x
Core i5-7300HQIntelBench 57%, 170,871 samples301x
Core i3-7100HIntelBench 56%, 141 samples13x
GPU
HD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 310,249 samples2,579x
GTX 1050 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 23%, 160,694 samples1,409x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples6x
SSD
PC300 SK hy 1TBNvmeBench 145%, 1,303 samples1x
RAM
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 2x8GBHynixBench 70%, 71,691 samples1,167x
HMA82GS6AFR8N-UH 2x16GBHynixBench 73%, 6,356 samples264x
8ATF1G64HZ-2G3H1 2x8GBMicronBench 67%, 2,004 samples235x
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