Average Bench: 70% (669th of 1072)

Based on 5 user benchmarks.  Model: Micron_M500_MTFD
Poor: 44%Average: 70% Great: 93%

Good average bench

The Micron_M500_MTFD 480GB averaged 29.9% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This isn't a great result which indicates that there are much faster alternatives on the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 112MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 274MB/s

Unknown consistency

There are too few samples to reasonably determine how consistently this SSD perfroms. This result should be interpreted with caution.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 191MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 17.4MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 5 samples)
Min Avg Max
305 Read 402 480
234 Write 359 421
234 Mixed 349 444
117 SusWrite 191 240
73% 325 MB/s
Min Avg Max
10.3 4K Read 17.4 27.4
10.9 4K Write 53.1 121
9.5 4K Mixed 23.9 40.4
85.1% 31.5 MB/s
Min Avg Max
184 DQ Read 274 331
43.9 DQ Write 209 309
55.5 DQ Mixed 112 187
119% 199 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
163GB free (System drive)
Firmware: MU05
SusWrite @10s intervals: 247 355 186 200 215 92 MB/s
Read 438
Write 421
Mixed 356
SusWrite 216
80% 358 MB/s
4K Read 27.4
4K Write 121
4K Mixed 40.4
157% 62.8 MB/s
DQ Read 331
DQ Write 309
DQ Mixed 187
177% 276 MB/s
87GB free (System drive)
Firmware: MU03
SusWrite @10s intervals: 207 198 67 72 73 83 MB/s
Read 323
Write 329
Mixed 268
SusWrite 117
58% 259 MB/s
4K Read 11.5
4K Write 40.2
4K Mixed 19.7
64% 23.8 MB/s
DQ Read 310
DQ Write 302
DQ Mixed 185
172% 266 MB/s
245GB free (System drive)
Firmware: MU05
SusWrite @10s intervals: 265 230 251 240 231 225 MB/s
Read 305
Write 234
Mixed 234
SusWrite 240
57% 253 MB/s
4K Read 10.3
4K Write 10.9
4K Mixed 9.5
34% 10.2 MB/s
DQ Read 271
DQ Write 43.9
DQ Mixed 75.2
76% 130 MB/s

 Market Share (See Leaders)

The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,656,960 SSDs tested

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