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EN-512 512GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2018.

Average Bench: 157% (146th of 1072)

Based on 20 user benchmarks.  Model: EN-512
Poor: 110%Average: 157% Great: 199%

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Outstanding average bench

The EN-512 512GB averaged 57.0% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the EN-512 512GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 1,555MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 1,068MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the EN-512 512GB is 88.7%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the EN-512 512GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 305MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 58MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 20 samples)
Rank 146157%
Min Avg Max
1,004 Read 1,555 1,831
71.1 Write 1,068 1,557
111 Mixed 847 1,407
170 SusWrite 305 541
209% 944 MB/s
Min Avg Max
27.7 4K Read 43.6 54.2
34.5 4K Write 102 183
13.9 4K Mixed 36.9 48.7
168% 60.9 MB/s
Min Avg Max
116 DQ Read 601 826
60.4 DQ Write 440 921
15.2 DQ Mixed 58 87.4
169% 366 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
140GB free (System drive)
Firmware: R0222B0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 137 203 504 891 106 MB/s
167% Outstanding
Read 1,603
Write 1,487
Mixed 1,182
SusWrite 317
256% 1,147 MB/s
4K Read 44
4K Write 165
4K Mixed 47.6
215% 85.6 MB/s
DQ Read 592
DQ Write 263
DQ Mixed 19.9
123% 292 MB/s
163GB free (System drive)
Firmware: R0222B0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 118 120 182 363 860 MB/s
165% Outstanding
Read 1,600
Write 1,557
Mixed 1,186
SusWrite 289
259% 1,158 MB/s
4K Read 46.9
4K Write 115
4K Mixed 46.1
191% 69.3 MB/s
DQ Read 826
DQ Write 304
DQ Mixed 26
161% 385 MB/s
97GB free (System drive)
Firmware: R0222B0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 758 338 63 202 141 274 MB/s
153% Outstanding
Read 1,605
Write 1,501
Mixed 1,148
SusWrite 296
254% 1,138 MB/s
4K Read 47.1
4K Write 110
4K Mixed 42.3
184% 66.3 MB/s
DQ Read 582
DQ Write 115
DQ Mixed 30.9
104% 243 MB/s
57GB free (System drive)
Firmware: R0222B0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 354 496 311 5.8 5.1 MB/s
142% Outstanding
Read 1,684
Write 278
Mixed 170
SusWrite 215
126% 587 MB/s
4K Read 41.7
4K Write 61.3
4K Mixed 23.4
126% 42.1 MB/s
DQ Read 584
DQ Write 520
DQ Mixed 32.2
166% 379 MB/s
198GB free (System drive)
Firmware: R0222B0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 190 231 234 234 234 234 MB/s
140% Outstanding
Read 1,098
Write 1,525
Mixed 1,150
SusWrite 226
225% 1,000 MB/s
4K Read 47.7
4K Write 114
4K Mixed 42.4
187% 68 MB/s
DQ Read 600
DQ Write 592
DQ Mixed 79.1
202% 424 MB/s
186GB free (System drive)
Firmware: R0222B0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 294 734 2.1 3.6 458 83 MB/s
133% Outstanding
Read 1,751
Write 1,523
Mixed 594
SusWrite 262
229% 1,032 MB/s
4K Read 44.9
4K Write 42.6
4K Mixed 16.6
112% 34.7 MB/s
DQ Read 593
DQ Write 60.4
DQ Mixed 22.6
94% 225 MB/s
171GB free (System drive)
Firmware: R0222B0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 275 212 362 270 269 270 MB/s
131% Outstanding
Read 1,676
Write 369
Mixed 125
SusWrite 276
131% 611 MB/s
4K Read 42.2
4K Write 44.2
4K Mixed 19.1
112% 35.2 MB/s
DQ Read 589
DQ Write 65.7
DQ Mixed 54
109% 236 MB/s
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Gaming 49%
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Desktop
Desktop 89%
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Workstation
Workstation 47%
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Motherboard: Asus PRIME B450M-A - $78

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples2,265x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD  $155Bench 73%, 179,588 samples1,965x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD  $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples737x
GPU
RX 580AMD  $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples1,080x
RTX 2060Nvidia  $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples648x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia  $233Bench 71%, 428,800 samples595x
SSD
EN-512 512GBBench 157%, 20 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples567x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples439x
DDR4 3000 2x8GBAdataBench 80%, 77,202 samples253x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 112% - Outstanding Total price: $336

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