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

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Release date ≈ Q2 2018.

Effective Speed 
+23%
Real World Speed
Performance profile from 105,052 user samples
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105,037 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 99% 125GB free
Worst Bench: 65% 296GB free (System drive)
Poor: 65% Great: 99%
SPEED RANK: 395th / 1074
15 User Benchmarks
Great Bench: 90% 377GB free
Poor Bench: 40% 428GB free (System drive)
Poor: 40% Great: 90%
SPEED RANK: 677th / 1074
Effective Speed
Effective SSD Speed 		85.8 % Faster effective speed.
+23% 		69.6 %
Average Score 
+26%
Read
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 		397 MB/s Faster read speed.
+13% 		352 MB/s
Write
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 		404 MB/s Faster write speed.
+20% 		336 MB/s
4K Read
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 		24.3 MB/s Slightly faster random read.
+8% 		22.5 MB/s
4K Write
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 		86.5 MB/s Hugely faster random write.
+84% 		46.9 MB/s
Mixed
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 		345 MB/s Faster mixed IO speed.
+16% 		297 MB/s
4K Mixed
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 		35.2 MB/s Much faster random mixed IO.
+54% 		22.9 MB/s
SusWrite
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 		290 MB/s 338 MB/s Faster sustained write speed.
+17%
Peak Score 
+1%
Read
Peak Sequential Read Speed 		436 MB/s 490 MB/s Faster peak read speed.
+12%
Write
Peak Sequential Write Speed 		482 MB/s +2% 471 MB/s
4K Read
Peak 4K Random Read Speed 		28.2 MB/s 34.3 MB/s Faster peak random read.
+22%
4K Write
Peak 4K Random Write Speed 		117 MB/s Much faster peak random write.
+33% 		88.3 MB/s
Mixed
Peak Sequential Mixed IO Speed 		389 MB/s Slightly faster peak mixed IO speed.
+5% 		370 MB/s
4K Mixed
Peak 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 		42.3 MB/s Faster peak random mixed IO.
+27% 		33.4 MB/s
SusWrite
Peak Sequential Sustained Write 60s Average 		335 MB/s 458 MB/s Much faster peak sustained write speed.
+37%
Value & Sentiment 
+∞%
Market Share
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Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days) 		0.04 % Insanely higher market share.
+∞% 		0 %
User Rating
UBM User Rating 		54 % Slightly more popular.
+8% 		50 %
Nice To Haves 
+58%
Age
Newest 		96 Months 72+ Months More recent.
+25%
DQ Read
Peak 4K-64Thread Read Speed 		351 MB/s Much faster peak deep queue read.
+73% 		203 MB/s
DQ Write
Peak 4K-64Thread Write Speed 		327 MB/s Slightly faster peak deep queue write.
+6% 		308 MB/s
AS-SSD Total
AS-SSD Total Score 		1,143 Pts Stronger server IO.
+29% 		889 Pts
DQ Mixed
Peak 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 		330 MB/s Hugely faster peak deep queue mixed IO.
+124% 		147 MB/s
ADQ Read
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 		301 MB/s Hugely faster deep queue read.
+81% 		166 MB/s
ADQ Write
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 		272 MB/s Faster deep queue write.
+16% 		234 MB/s
ADQ Mixed
Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 		274 MB/s Hugely faster deep queue mixed IO.
+161% 		105 MB/s
Specifications 
Capacity
Capacity 		525GB 512GB
User Builds 
105,037
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