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Best Bench: 95% 473GB free
Worst Bench: 47% 92GB free (System drive)

Poor: 47% Great: 95%

SPEED RANK: 564^th / 1074

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Best Bench: 125% 254GB free
Worst Bench: 78% 378GB free (System drive)

Poor: 78% Great: 125%

SPEED RANK: 231^st / 1074


Effective Speed Effective SSD Speed		75.7 %			106 %	Much faster effective speed. +40%


Read Avg. Sequential Read Speed	435 MB/s	451 MB/s	+4%
Write Avg. Sequential Write Speed	369 MB/s	425 MB/s	Faster write speed. +15%
4K Read Avg. 4K Random Read Speed	25.9 MB/s	34.4 MB/s	Much faster random read. +33%
4K Write Avg. 4K Random Write Speed	79.3 MB/s	85.2 MB/s	Slightly faster random write. +7%
Mixed Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed	320 MB/s	401 MB/s	Faster mixed IO speed. +25%
4K Mixed Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed	21.4 MB/s	47.2 MB/s	Hugely faster random mixed IO. +121%
SusWrite Avg. Sustained Write Speed	287 MB/s	400 MB/s	Much faster sustained write speed. +39%


Read Peak Sequential Read Speed	494 MB/s		514 MB/s	+4%
Write Peak Sequential Write Speed	440 MB/s		474 MB/s	Slightly faster peak write speed. +8%
4K Read Peak 4K Random Read Speed	36.6 MB/s		43.6 MB/s	Faster peak random read. +19%
4K Write Peak 4K Random Write Speed	123 MB/s	Slightly faster peak random write. +6%	116 MB/s
Mixed Peak Sequential Mixed IO Speed	408 MB/s		449 MB/s	Faster peak mixed IO speed. +10%
4K Mixed Peak 4K Random Mixed IO Speed	34.1 MB/s		59.3 MB/s	Much faster peak random mixed IO. +74%
SusWrite Peak Sequential Sustained Write 60s Average	438 MB/s		467 MB/s	Slightly faster peak sustained write speed. +7%

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Market Share Market Share (trailing 30 days)		0 %			0.5 %	Insanely higher market share. +∞%
User Rating UBM User Rating		50 %			59 %	More popular. +18%


Age Newest	31+ Months	Much more recent. +60%	77+ Months
DQ Read Peak 4K-64Thread Read Speed	240 MB/s		390 MB/s	Much faster peak deep queue read. +62%
DQ Write Peak 4K-64Thread Write Speed	336 MB/s		364 MB/s	Slightly faster peak deep queue write. +8%
AS-SSD Total AS-SSD Total Score	1,008 Pts		1,275 Pts	Stronger server IO. +27%
DQ Mixed Peak 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed	53.3 MB/s		298 MB/s	Hugely faster peak deep queue mixed IO. +459%
ADQ Read Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed	148 MB/s		350 MB/s	Hugely faster deep queue read. +136%
ADQ Write Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed	243 MB/s		308 MB/s	Faster deep queue write. +27%
ADQ Mixed Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed	35.7 MB/s		240 MB/s	Hugely faster deep queue mixed IO. +572%


Capacity Capacity			512GB			500GB

Probably the best SATA III SSD you can buy for 60 US Dollar. Offered excellent performance (albeit it won't match any NVMe ones!) and suitable amount of capacity for that price. Overall a reliable all around SSD for nearly every computers unless if the computer has no support for SATA which means your computer is too old! ^{[Nov '19 ColdSpy]}

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Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $48