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▲ 52400 ▼

Controller: Marvell 88SS1074. Flash Memory: Micron 3D TLC. Release date: Q2 2016.

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▲ 500 ▼
  

Release date ≈ Q4 2017.

Effective Speed 
+57%
Real World Speed
Performance profile from 22,032 user samples
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21,936 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 105% 978GB free
Worst Bench: 68% 796GB free (System drive)
Poor: 68% Great: 105%
SPEED RANK: 311th / 1072
96 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 223% 179GB free (System drive)
Worst Bench: 63% 47GB free (System drive)
Poor: 63% Great: 223%
SPEED RANK: 164th / 1072
Effective Speed
Effective SSD Speed 		91.4 % 143 % Much faster effective speed.
+57%
Average Score 
+77%
Read
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 		396 MB/s 1227 MB/s Hugely faster read speed.
+210%
Write
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 		420 MB/s 1224 MB/s Hugely faster write speed.
+191%
4K Read
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 		24.2 MB/s 33.9 MB/s Much faster random read.
+40%
4K Write
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 		86 MB/s +0% 85.6 MB/s
Mixed
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 		346 MB/s 744 MB/s Hugely faster mixed IO speed.
+115%
4K Mixed
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 		35.8 MB/s Slightly faster random mixed IO.
+9% 		32.7 MB/s
SusWrite
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 		377 MB/s Slightly faster sustained write speed.
+9% 		347 MB/s
Peak Score 
+150%
Read
Peak Sequential Read Speed 		428 MB/s 2225 MB/s Hugely faster peak read speed.
+420%
Write
Peak Sequential Write Speed 		478 MB/s 1522 MB/s Hugely faster peak write speed.
+218%
4K Read
Peak 4K Random Read Speed 		28 MB/s 50.1 MB/s Much faster peak random read.
+79%
4K Write
Peak 4K Random Write Speed 		119 MB/s 142 MB/s Faster peak random write.
+19%
Mixed
Peak Sequential Mixed IO Speed 		388 MB/s 1526 MB/s Hugely faster peak mixed IO speed.
+293%
4K Mixed
Peak 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 		43.1 MB/s 47.7 MB/s Faster peak random mixed IO.
+11%
SusWrite
Peak Sequential Sustained Write 60s Average 		457 MB/s 489 MB/s Slightly faster peak sustained write speed.
+7%
Value & Sentiment 
+∞%
Market Share
Based on 75,903,017 SSDs tested
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Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days) 		0.02 % Insanely higher market share.
+∞% 		0 %
User Rating
UBM User Rating 		52 % +4% 50 %
Nice To Haves 
+55%
Age
Newest 		95 Months 76+ Months More recent.
+20%
DQ Read
Peak 4K-64Thread Read Speed 		367 MB/s 392 MB/s Slightly faster peak deep queue read.
+7%
DQ Write
Peak 4K-64Thread Write Speed 		327 MB/s 967 MB/s Hugely faster peak deep queue write.
+196%
AS-SSD Total
AS-SSD Total Score 		1167 Pts 2248 Pts Hugely stronger server IO.
+93%
DQ Mixed
Peak 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 		347 MB/s 462 MB/s Much faster peak deep queue mixed IO.
+33%
ADQ Read
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 		319 MB/s Faster deep queue read.
+19% 		268 MB/s
ADQ Write
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 		267 MB/s 555 MB/s Hugely faster deep queue write.
+108%
ADQ Mixed
Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 		285 MB/s 291 MB/s +2%
Specifications 
Capacity
Capacity 		1TB 250GB
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