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SM1024L 1TB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2017.

Average Bench: 204% (94th of 1072)

Based on 326 user benchmarks.  Model: APPLE SSD SM1024L
Poor: 145%Average: 204% Great: 244%

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Outstanding average bench

The Apple SM1024L 1TB averaged 103.8% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Apple SM1024L 1TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 763MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 1,098MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Apple SM1024L 1TB is 99.2%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Apple SM1024L 1TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 69.2MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 24.4MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 326 samples)
Rank 94204%
Min Avg Max
953 Read 1,409 1,845
908 Write 1,253 1,637
674 Mixed 823 1,048
779 SusWrite 1,255 1,540
266% 1,185 MB/s
Min Avg Max
11.3 4K Read 24.4 32.6
17 4K Write 69.2 146
12.9 4K Mixed 30.2 42.1
112% 41.3 MB/s
Min Avg Max
535 DQ Read 1,098 1,515
387 DQ Write 560 642
512 DQ Mixed 763 859
584% 807 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
22GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CXS7LA0Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 44 47 46 47 48 44 MB/s
429% Outstanding
Read 5090
Write 48.1
Mixed 93
SusWrite 45.8
274% 1,319 MB/s
4K Read 548
4K Write 2.8
4K Mixed 6.2
840% 186 MB/s
169GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CXS5EA0Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1458 1467 1520 1623 1628 1601 MB/s
247% Outstanding
Read 1,750
Write 1,595
Mixed 891
SusWrite 1,550
325% 1,446 MB/s
4K Read 31
4K Write 96.4
4K Mixed 53.1
166% 60.2 MB/s
DQ Read 805
DQ Write 554
DQ Mixed 680
507% 680 MB/s
434GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CXS5EA0Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1495 1494 1512 1525 1545 1530 MB/s
227% Outstanding
Read 1,773
Write 1,588
Mixed 954
SusWrite 1,517
327% 1,458 MB/s
4K Read 29.7
4K Write 45.4
4K Mixed 34.7
114% 36.6 MB/s
DQ Read 765
DQ Write 525
DQ Mixed 626
472% 639 MB/s
162GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CXS8DA0Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1364 1333 1348 1357 1363 1352 MB/s
220% Outstanding
Read 1,557
Write 1,335
Mixed 791
SusWrite 1,353
282% 1,259 MB/s
4K Read 20.7
4K Write 98.2
4K Mixed 44.2
140% 54.4 MB/s
DQ Read 869
DQ Write 543
DQ Mixed 724
535% 712 MB/s
189GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CXS5EA0Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1175 1473 1461 1504 1519 1531 MB/s
209% Outstanding
Read 1,592
Write 880
Mixed 837
SusWrite 1,444
266% 1,188 MB/s
4K Read 13.1
4K Write 46.3
4K Mixed 33.6
87% 31 MB/s
DQ Read 794
DQ Write 531
DQ Mixed 662
494% 663 MB/s
523GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CXS5EA0Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 924 993 1027 934 1312 1606 MB/s
166% Outstanding
Read 1,071
Write 871
Mixed 694
SusWrite 1,133
212% 942 MB/s
4K Read 24.2
4K Write 64.8
4K Mixed 12.5
87% 33.8 MB/s
DQ Read 733
DQ Write 573
DQ Mixed 691
507% 666 MB/s
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Gaming
Gaming 19%
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Desktop
Desktop 73%
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Workstation
Workstation 17%
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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
SM1024L 1TBAppleBench 204%, 326 samples32x
RAM
0x4D5435324C31473332443450472D30393320 2x8GBUnknownBench 72%, 2,090 samples106x
0x4B3445424533303445422D45474347202020 2x8GBUnknownBench 71%, 707 samples58x
0x483943434E4E4E434C47414C41522D4E5644 2x8GBUnknownBench 74%, 170 samples17x
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