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Best Bench: 90% 587GB free
Worst Bench: 83% 556GB free (System drive)

Poor: 83% Great: 90%

SPEED RANK: 369^th / 1080

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Best Bench: 99% 125GB free
Worst Bench: 65% 296GB free (System drive)

Poor: 65% Great: 99%

SPEED RANK: 401^st / 1080


Effective Speed Effective SSD Speed		87.6 %	+2%		85.8 %


Read Avg. Sequential Read Speed	356 MB/s		397 MB/s	Faster read speed. +12%
Write Avg. Sequential Write Speed	396 MB/s		404 MB/s	+2%
4K Read Avg. 4K Random Read Speed	32.3 MB/s	Much faster random read. +33%	24.3 MB/s
4K Write Avg. 4K Random Write Speed	68.7 MB/s		86.5 MB/s	Faster random write. +26%
Mixed Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed	345 MB/s		345 MB/s
4K Mixed Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed	30.3 MB/s		35.2 MB/s	Faster random mixed IO. +16%
SusWrite Avg. Sustained Write Speed	414 MB/s	Much faster sustained write speed. +43%	290 MB/s


Read Peak Sequential Read Speed	385 MB/s		436 MB/s	Faster peak read speed. +13%
Write Peak Sequential Write Speed	426 MB/s		482 MB/s	Faster peak write speed. +13%
4K Read Peak 4K Random Read Speed	35.1 MB/s	Faster peak random read. +24%	28.2 MB/s
4K Write Peak 4K Random Write Speed	88.3 MB/s		117 MB/s	Much faster peak random write. +33%
Mixed Peak Sequential Mixed IO Speed	368 MB/s		389 MB/s	Slightly faster peak mixed IO speed. +6%
4K Mixed Peak 4K Random Mixed IO Speed	31.5 MB/s		42.3 MB/s	Much faster peak random mixed IO. +34%
SusWrite Peak Sequential Sustained Write 60s Average	449 MB/s	Much faster peak sustained write speed. +34%	335 MB/s

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Market Share Market Share (trailing 30 days)		0 %			0.05 %	Insanely higher market share. +∞%
User Rating UBM User Rating		50 %			54 %	Slightly more popular. +8%


Age Newest	48+ Months	Much more recent. +50%	96 Months
DQ Read Peak 4K-64Thread Read Speed	196 MB/s		351 MB/s	Much faster peak deep queue read. +79%
DQ Write Peak 4K-64Thread Write Speed	295 MB/s		327 MB/s	Faster peak deep queue write. +11%
AS-SSD Total AS-SSD Total Score	850 Pts		1,143 Pts	Much stronger server IO. +34%
DQ Mixed Peak 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed	148 MB/s		330 MB/s	Hugely faster peak deep queue mixed IO. +123%
ADQ Read Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed	195 MB/s		301 MB/s	Much faster deep queue read. +54%
ADQ Write Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed	273 MB/s	+0%	272 MB/s
ADQ Mixed Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed	138 MB/s		274 MB/s	Hugely faster deep queue mixed IO. +99%


Capacity Capacity			1TB			525GB

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