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

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Release date ≈ Q2 2021.

Effective Speed 
+26%
Real World Speed
Performance profile from 105,227 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
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Best Bench: 94% 198GB free (System drive)
Worst Bench: 25% 185GB free (System drive)
Poor: 25% Great: 94%
SPEED RANK: 701st / 1074
Effective Speed
Effective SSD Speed 		85.8 % Faster effective speed.
+26% 		67.9 %
Average Score 
+28%
Read
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 		397 MB/s 434 MB/s Slightly faster read speed.
+9%
Write
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 		404 MB/s Faster write speed.
+20% 		337 MB/s
4K Read
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 		24.3 MB/s 27.1 MB/s Faster random read.
+12%
4K Write
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 		86.5 MB/s Faster random write.
+23% 		70.6 MB/s
Mixed
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 		345 MB/s Faster mixed IO speed.
+17% 		295 MB/s
4K Mixed
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 		35.2 MB/s Hugely faster random mixed IO.
+139% 		14.7 MB/s
SusWrite
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 		290 MB/s Faster sustained write speed.
+20% 		242 MB/s
Peak Score 
+7%
Read
Peak Sequential Read Speed 		436 MB/s 501 MB/s Faster peak read speed.
+15%
Write
Peak Sequential Write Speed 		482 MB/s Slightly faster peak write speed.
+9% 		443 MB/s
4K Read
Peak 4K Random Read Speed 		28.2 MB/s 39.4 MB/s Much faster peak random read.
+40%
4K Write
Peak 4K Random Write Speed 		117 MB/s 120 MB/s +3%
Mixed
Peak Sequential Mixed IO Speed 		389 MB/s 408 MB/s +5%
4K Mixed
Peak 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 		42.3 MB/s Much faster peak random mixed IO.
+31% 		32.4 MB/s
SusWrite
Peak Sequential Sustained Write 60s Average 		335 MB/s 425 MB/s Faster peak sustained write speed.
+27%
Value & Sentiment 
+204%
Market Share
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Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days) 		0.05 % Hugely higher market share.
+400% 		0.01 %
User Rating
UBM User Rating 		54 % Slightly more popular.
+8% 		50 %
Nice To Haves 
+202%
Age
Newest 		96 Months 38+ Months Much more recent.
+60%
DQ Read
Peak 4K-64Thread Read Speed 		351 MB/s Hugely faster peak deep queue read.
+86% 		189 MB/s
DQ Write
Peak 4K-64Thread Write Speed 		327 MB/s 345 MB/s Slightly faster peak deep queue write.
+6%
AS-SSD Total
AS-SSD Total Score 		1,143 Pts Stronger server IO.
+21% 		944 Pts
DQ Mixed
Peak 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 		330 MB/s Hugely faster peak deep queue mixed IO.
+521% 		53.1 MB/s
ADQ Read
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 		301 MB/s Hugely faster deep queue read.
+153% 		119 MB/s
ADQ Write
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 		272 MB/s Slightly faster deep queue write.
+8% 		252 MB/s
ADQ Mixed
Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 		274 MB/s Hugely faster deep queue mixed IO.
+896% 		27.5 MB/s
Specifications 
Capacity
Capacity 		525GB 250GB
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