Average Bench: 87.4% (366th of 1072)

Based on 5,047 user benchmarks.  Model: SK hynix SC311 SATA 512GB

Very good average bench

The SK hynix SC311 SATA 512GB averaged just 12.6% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the SK hynix SC311 SATA 512GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 304MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 301MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the SK hynix SC311 SATA 512GB is 46.8%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the SK hynix SC311 SATA 512GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 350MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 367MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 5,047 samples)
Min Avg Max
321 Read 425 498
302 Write 396 472
282 Mixed 367 429
209 SusWrite 350 437
86.6% 385 MB/s
Min Avg Max
9.4 4K Read 22.7 31.8
26.1 4K Write 63.3 97.9
13.5 4K Mixed 33.4 46.1
111% 39.8 MB/s
Min Avg Max
219 DQ Read 351 388
157 DQ Write 301 341
158 DQ Mixed 304 338
234% 318 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
268GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 70000P10
SusWrite @10s intervals: 425 379 382 356 374 368 MB/s
Read 477
Write 413
Mixed 382
SusWrite 381
93% 413 MB/s
4K Read 28.5
4K Write 68.7
4K Mixed 33.8
123% 43.7 MB/s
DQ Read 166
DQ Write 313
DQ Mixed 290
206% 256 MB/s
46GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 70000P10
SusWrite @10s intervals: 442 283 183 171 153 139 MB/s
Read 502
Write 291
Mixed 410
SusWrite 229
80% 358 MB/s
4K Read 30.5
4K Write 78.4
4K Mixed 42.1
142% 50.3 MB/s
DQ Read 220
DQ Write 184
DQ Mixed 201
151% 202 MB/s
368GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 70000P10
SusWrite @10s intervals: 371 357 264 249 250 352 MB/s
Read 465
Write 366
Mixed 381
SusWrite 307
85% 380 MB/s
4K Read 25
4K Write 48.2
4K Mixed 33.1
106% 35.4 MB/s
DQ Read 382
DQ Write 322
DQ Mixed 335
256% 347 MB/s
88GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 70000P10
SusWrite @10s intervals: 356 360 342 348 366 334 MB/s
Read 417
Write 368
Mixed 354
SusWrite 351
84% 372 MB/s
4K Read 18.4
4K Write 38.1
4K Mixed 25.5
81% 27.3 MB/s
DQ Read 359
DQ Write 290
DQ Mixed 323
242% 324 MB/s
100GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 70000P10
SusWrite @10s intervals: 416 241 170 193 214 135 MB/s
Read 400
Write 390
Mixed 296
SusWrite 228
74% 328 MB/s
4K Read 18.5
4K Write 50.2
4K Mixed 32.6
96% 33.8 MB/s
DQ Read 362
DQ Write 308
DQ Mixed 321
244% 330 MB/s
343GB free
Firmware: 0P10
SusWrite @10s intervals: 379 390 377 384 396 396 MB/s
Read 409
Write 367
Mixed 324
SusWrite 387
84% 372 MB/s
4K Read 24.5
4K Write 23.2
4K Mixed 22.7
78% 23.5 MB/s
DQ Read 372
DQ Write 87.3
DQ Mixed 159
135% 206 MB/s
407GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 70000P10
SusWrite @10s intervals: 338 340 347 350 310 308 MB/s
Read 342
Write 307
Mixed 304
SusWrite 332
72% 321 MB/s
4K Read 9.4
4K Write 23.8
4K Mixed 11.3
41% 14.8 MB/s
DQ Read 370
DQ Write 323
DQ Mixed 334
254% 342 MB/s
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 Market Share (See Leaders)

The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,657,496 SSDs tested

Typical hynix SC311 SATA 512GB Builds (Compare 4,160 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 7%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 53%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 6%
Tree trunk

System: Dell Latitude 7490

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