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NVMe SK hynix 1TB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2018.

Average Bench: 156% (147th of 1072)

Based on 3,743 user benchmarks.  Model: PC401 NVMe SK hynix 1TB
Poor: 75%Average: 156% Great: 237%

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Outstanding average bench

The Pc401 NVMe SK hynix 1TB averaged 55.7% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Pc401 NVMe SK hynix 1TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 413MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 696MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Pc401 NVMe SK hynix 1TB is 161%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Pc401 NVMe SK hynix 1TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 84.4MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 658MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 3,743 samples)
Rank 147156%
Min Avg Max
457 Read 1,044 1,522
155 Write 744 1,300
193 Mixed 735 1,370
136 SusWrite 658 1,161
178% 795 MB/s
Min Avg Max
14.8 4K Read 36.3 46.9
31 4K Write 84.4 139
17.1 4K Mixed 44.4 66.6
157% 55 MB/s
Min Avg Max
163 DQ Read 696 971
97.2 DQ Write 460 1,020
118 DQ Mixed 413 953
353% 523 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
261GB free
Firmware: 80006E00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1221 984 825 683 548 500 MB/s
233% Outstanding
Read 1,589
Write 1288
Mixed 1,412
SusWrite 794
285% 1,271 MB/s
4K Read 47.9
4K Write 137
4K Mixed 69.8
234% 84.8 MB/s
DQ Read 971
DQ Write 1,182
DQ Mixed 1,000
775% 1,051 MB/s
754GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 80007E00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1227 1128 1112 1066 1042 1017 MB/s
202% Outstanding
Read 1,407
Write 1,263
Mixed 1,339
SusWrite 1,098
288% 1,277 MB/s
4K Read 37.6
4K Write 79.9
4K Mixed 50.1
164% 55.9 MB/s
DQ Read 724
DQ Write 513
DQ Mixed 509
410% 582 MB/s
889GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 80007E00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1142 1153 1129 1167 1170 1171 MB/s
194% Outstanding
Read 1,341
Write 1,248
Mixed 1299
SusWrite 1,155
284% 1261 MB/s
4K Read 35.3
4K Write 65.7
4K Mixed 46.1
147% 49 MB/s
DQ Read 641
DQ Write 437
DQ Mixed 533
399% 537 MB/s
794GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 80007E00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1177 1162 1167 1170 1173 1171 MB/s
188% Outstanding
Read 1,264
Write 1,274
Mixed 1,241
SusWrite 1,170
279% 1,237 MB/s
4K Read 33.9
4K Write 74.5
4K Mixed 44.8
148% 51.1 MB/s
DQ Read 537
DQ Write 340
DQ Mixed 473
343% 450 MB/s
870GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 80002E00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1045 1058 497 490 1053 1047 MB/s
175% Outstanding
Read 1,021
Write 1,128
Mixed 1,021
SusWrite 865
228% 1,009 MB/s
4K Read 30.8
4K Write 66.5
4K Mixed 52.6
149% 50 MB/s
DQ Read 916
DQ Write 617
DQ Mixed 575
481% 703 MB/s
104GB free
Firmware: 80006E00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 238 214 279 325 160 507 MB/s
137% Outstanding
Read 1294
Write 190
Mixed 327
SusWrite 287
114% 524 MB/s
4K Read 34.4
4K Write 75
4K Mixed 40.1
143% 49.8 MB/s
DQ Read 819
DQ Write 227
DQ Mixed 260
260% 435 MB/s
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CPU
Core i7-8750HIntelBench 70%, 442,631 samples3,710x
Core i9-8950HKIntelBench 74%, 14,729 samples636x
Core i5-8300HIntelBench 65%, 167,898 samples269x
GPU
UHD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 506,702 samples2,892x
GTX 1050-Ti (Mobile Max-Q)NvidiaBench 25%, 10,407 samples1,590x
GTX 1050 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 23%, 160,694 samples57x
SSD
NVMe SK hynix 1TBPc401Bench 156%, 3,743 samples1x
RAM
HMA81GS6CJR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 75%, 18,486 samples772x
16ATF2G64HZ-2G6E1 2x16GBUnknownBench 79%, 7,078 samples492x
8ATF1G64HZ-2G6E1 2x8GBUnknownBench 75%, 11,016 samples388x
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