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Release date ≈ Q3 2017.

Average Bench: 79.6% (490th of 1072)

Based on 740 user benchmarks.  Model: NT-512
Poor: 45%Average: 79.6% Great: 110%

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Good average bench

The NT-512 512GB averaged 20.3% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the NT-512 512GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 172MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 29.1MB/s

Poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the NT-512 512GB is 65.1%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the NT-512 512GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 284MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 191MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 740 samples)
Rank 49079.6%
Min Avg Max
301 Read 415 492
69.3 Write 346 474
65.4 Mixed 318 422
50 SusWrite 284 450
76.4% 341 MB/s
Min Avg Max
12.8 4K Read 29.1 42.5
17 4K Write 66.5 108
8.19 4K Mixed 31.2 48.2
119% 42.3 MB/s
Min Avg Max
101 DQ Read 191 267
43.5 DQ Write 227 317
14.8 DQ Mixed 172 303
140% 197 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
477GB free
Firmware: SN11873
SusWrite @10s intervals: 352 426 437 437 437 435 MB/s
99.4% Outstanding
Read 456
Write 467
Mixed 430
SusWrite 421
100% 443 MB/s
4K Read 37.4
4K Write 76.6
4K Mixed 41.7
151% 51.9 MB/s
DQ Read 182
DQ Write 222
DQ Mixed 248
174% 217 MB/s
477GB free
Firmware: H201230
SusWrite @10s intervals: 438 423 414 420 431 432 MB/s
99.3% Outstanding
Read 409
Write 428
Mixed 373
SusWrite 426
92% 409 MB/s
4K Read 34.1
4K Write 78
4K Mixed 42.4
147% 51.5 MB/s
DQ Read 199
DQ Write 304
DQ Mixed 227
178% 243 MB/s
116GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SN12574
SusWrite @10s intervals: 401 385 315 82 80 48 MB/s
83.6% Excellent
Read 402
Write 438
Mixed 341
SusWrite 218
79% 350 MB/s
4K Read 35.1
4K Write 76.3
4K Mixed 38.5
143% 50 MB/s
DQ Read 194
DQ Write 265
DQ Mixed 264
190% 241 MB/s
327GB free (System drive)
Firmware: H181031
SusWrite @10s intervals: 337 342 343 348 346 349 MB/s
78.8% Very good
Read 367
Write 352
Mixed 264
SusWrite 344
75% 332 MB/s
4K Read 21.5
4K Write 79.8
4K Mixed 28.5
111% 43.3 MB/s
DQ Read 162
DQ Write 244
DQ Mixed 121
115% 176 MB/s
206GB free (System drive)
Firmware: U0401A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 368 351 358 402 401 387 MB/s
72% Very good
Read 447
Write 369
Mixed 332
SusWrite 378
86% 381 MB/s
4K Read 18.9
4K Write 55.6
4K Mixed 16.2
79% 30.2 MB/s
DQ Read 118
DQ Write 226
DQ Mixed 33.1
64% 126 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,728,070 SSDs tested

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Gaming
Gaming 25%
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Desktop
Desktop 72%
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Workstation 22%
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CPU
Xeon E5-2620 v3IntelBench 66%, 6,890 samples1,018x
Xeon E5-2640 v3IntelBench 71%, 3,267 samples957x
Xeon E5-2670 v3IntelBench 66%, 3,953 samples906x
GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples486x
UHD Graphics 600IntelBench 1%, 35,976 samples478x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia  $233Bench 71%, 428,800 samples458x
SSD
NT-512 512GBBench 80%, 740 samples1x
RAM
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples1,365x
Atermiter 2x8GBUnknownBench 59%, 2,316 samples488x
123456789012345678 4x2GBABCDBench 24%, 5,869 samples354x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 118% - Outstanding Total price: $59

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