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Release date ≈ Q1 2015.

Average Bench: 75.4% (567th of 1072)

Based on 2,578 user benchmarks.  Model: INTENSO
Poor: 42%Average: 75.4% Great: 96%

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Good average bench

The INTENSO 512GB averaged 24.6% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the INTENSO 512GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 124MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 29.3MB/s

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the INTENSO 512GB is 54%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the INTENSO 512GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 188MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 303MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 2,578 samples)
Rank 56775.4%
Min Avg Max
325 Read 439 502
114 Write 303 446
84.4 Mixed 314 397
55.1 SusWrite 188 412
69.5% 311 MB/s
Min Avg Max
11.3 4K Read 29.3 38.6
28.3 4K Write 71.1 105
1 4K Mixed 28.7 41.5
119% 43 MB/s
Min Avg Max
110 DQ Read 223 303
29 DQ Write 242 335
5.68 DQ Mixed 124 218
123% 196 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
360GB free
Firmware: V0621A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 449 443 440 436 441 442 MB/s
97.3% Outstanding
Read 511
Write 439
Mixed 431
SusWrite 442
103% 456 MB/s
4K Read 29.9
4K Write 78.9
4K Mixed 29.4
125% 46.1 MB/s
DQ Read 205
DQ Write 345
DQ Mixed 47.4
100% 199 MB/s
398GB free
Firmware: V0621A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 395 438 436 436 435 433 MB/s
96.1% Outstanding
Read 510
Write 450
Mixed 430
SusWrite 429
102% 454 MB/s
4K Read 30.8
4K Write 87.7
4K Mixed 28.4
130% 49 MB/s
DQ Read 149
DQ Write 333
DQ Mixed 43.2
89% 175 MB/s
477GB free
Firmware: SBFM61.2
SusWrite @10s intervals: 455 434 106 108 106 107 MB/s
95% Outstanding
Read 498
Write 417
Mixed 373
SusWrite 219
84% 377 MB/s
4K Read 38.7
4K Write 84.2
4K Mixed 40.7
155% 54.5 MB/s
DQ Read 303
DQ Write 332
DQ Mixed 216
191% 284 MB/s
477GB free
Firmware: SBFM61.2
SusWrite @10s intervals: 441 435 106 107 107 106 MB/s
91.1% Outstanding
Read 478
Write 418
Mixed 364
SusWrite 217
83% 370 MB/s
4K Read 37.9
4K Write 73.6
4K Mixed 38.2
145% 49.9 MB/s
DQ Read 303
DQ Write 335
DQ Mixed 216
191% 285 MB/s
233GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SBFM61.2
SusWrite @10s intervals: 285 12 232 70 94 50 MB/s
75.7% Very good
Read 468
Write 397
Mixed 347
SusWrite 124
75% 334 MB/s
4K Read 29
4K Write 69.5
4K Mixed 32.1
122% 43.5 MB/s
DQ Read 247
DQ Write 296
DQ Mixed 176
159% 240 MB/s
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Typical INTENSO 512GB Builds (Compare 4,298 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 45%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 76%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 42%
Speed boat

Motherboard: Asus PRIME B350-PLUS - $92

CPU
Ryzen 5 1600AMD  $110Bench 70%, 392,253 samples976x
Ryzen 7 1700AMD  $195Bench 69%, 144,475 samples419x
Ryzen 5 1600XAMD  $125Bench 74%, 140,440 samples389x
GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples491x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples304x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples278x
SSD
INTENSO 512GBBench 75%, 2,578 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples258x
Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $36Bench 82%, 163,634 samples128x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples124x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 109% - Outstanding Total price: $367

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