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SM0512L 500GB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2016.

Average Bench: 198% (100th of 1072)

Based on 575 user benchmarks.  Model: APPLE SSD SM0512L
Poor: 146%Average: 198% Great: 241%

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Outstanding average bench

The Apple SM0512L 500GB averaged 97.6% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Apple SM0512L 500GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 618MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 1,037MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Apple SM0512L 500GB is 95.5%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Apple SM0512L 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 64.9MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 27.2MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 575 samples)
Rank 100198%
Min Avg Max
964 Read 1,413 1,851
900 Write 1,221 1,565
667 Mixed 806 988
807 SusWrite 1,237 1,537
262% 1,169 MB/s
Min Avg Max
11 4K Read 24.5 31.3
13.6 4K Write 64.9 143
12.3 4K Mixed 27.2 39.2
106% 38.9 MB/s
Min Avg Max
591 DQ Read 1,037 1,297
351 DQ Write 473 514
392 DQ Mixed 618 694
495% 709 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
89GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CXS5EA0Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1413 1405 1407 1383 1369 1409 MB/s
212% Outstanding
Read 1,550
Write 1,501
Mixed 877
SusWrite 1,398
299% 1,331 MB/s
4K Read 24.8
4K Write 84.5
4K Mixed 31.3
122% 46.9 MB/s
DQ Read 767
DQ Write 484
DQ Mixed 639
472% 630 MB/s
143GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CXS5EA0Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1311 1282 1325 1364 1321 1280 MB/s
204% Outstanding
Read 1,654
Write 1,423
Mixed 869
SusWrite 1,314
295% 1,315 MB/s
4K Read 24.9
4K Write 71.5
4K Mixed 30.8
115% 42.4 MB/s
DQ Read 600
DQ Write 419
DQ Mixed 514
382% 511 MB/s
95GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CXS6AA0Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1265 1239 1219 1278 1295 1259 MB/s
194% Outstanding
Read 1,504
Write 1,283
Mixed 699
SusWrite 1,259
266% 1,186 MB/s
4K Read 20.3
4K Write 83.6
4K Mixed 26.6
109% 43.5 MB/s
DQ Read 644
DQ Write 429
DQ Mixed 542
403% 538 MB/s
189GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CXS5EA0Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1400 1366 1367 1325 1341 1199 MB/s
171% Outstanding
Read 1,118
Write 911
Mixed 712
SusWrite 1,333
229% 1,018 MB/s
4K Read 13.8
4K Write 48.1
4K Mixed 12.3
62% 24.7 MB/s
DQ Read 733
DQ Write 490
DQ Mixed 619
460% 614 MB/s
71GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CXS5EA0Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 807 716 734 707 662 692 MB/s
164% Outstanding
Read 1,588
Write 785
Mixed 832
SusWrite 720
218% 981 MB/s
4K Read 24
4K Write 45.3
4K Mixed 29.7
98% 33 MB/s
DQ Read 710
DQ Write 438
DQ Mixed 606
443% 585 MB/s
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Typical SM0512L 500GB Builds (Compare 181 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 19%
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Desktop
Desktop 73%
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Workstation
Workstation 17%
Surfboard

System: Apple MacBookPro14,3

CPU
Core i7-7820HQIntelBench 63%, 15,851 samples81x
Core i7-7920HQIntelBench 71%, 1,337 samples51x
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 62%, 473,208 samples48x
GPU
Radeon Pro 560AMDBench 18%, 1,125 samples123x
Radeon Pro 555AMDBench 15%, 604 samples39x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples6x
SSD
SM0512L 500GBAppleBench 198%, 575 samples96x
RAM
0x4D5435324C31473332443450472D30393320 2x8GBUnknownBench 72%, 2,090 samples106x
0x4B3445424533303445422D45474347202020 2x8GBUnknownBench 71%, 707 samples58x
0x483943434E4E4E434C47414C41522D4E5644 2x8GBUnknownBench 74%, 170 samples17x
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