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Best Bench: 125% 375GB free
Worst Bench: 75% 122GB free

Poor: 75% Great: 125%

SPEED RANK: 229^th / 1074

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Best Bench: 92% 380GB free (System drive)
Worst Bench: 36% 105GB free (System drive)

Poor: 36% Great: 92%

SPEED RANK: 545^th / 1074


Effective Speed Effective SSD Speed		106 %	Much faster effective speed. +39%		76.5 %


Read Avg. Sequential Read Speed	439 MB/s		463 MB/s	Slightly faster read speed. +5%
Write Avg. Sequential Write Speed	420 MB/s	Faster write speed. +15%	366 MB/s
4K Read Avg. 4K Random Read Speed	34.7 MB/s	Faster random read. +29%	26.9 MB/s
4K Write Avg. 4K Random Write Speed	86.8 MB/s	Faster random write. +18%	73.8 MB/s
Mixed Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed	379 MB/s	Slightly faster mixed IO speed. +10%	345 MB/s
4K Mixed Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed	48.3 MB/s	Hugely faster random mixed IO. +111%	22.9 MB/s
SusWrite Avg. Sustained Write Speed	403 MB/s	Much faster sustained write speed. +54%	262 MB/s


Read Peak Sequential Read Speed	514 MB/s		524 MB/s	+2%
Write Peak Sequential Write Speed	474 MB/s	+4%	457 MB/s
4K Read Peak 4K Random Read Speed	43.2 MB/s	Faster peak random read. +28%	33.8 MB/s
4K Write Peak 4K Random Write Speed	117 MB/s	Slightly faster peak random write. +6%	110 MB/s
Mixed Peak Sequential Mixed IO Speed	429 MB/s	+2%	419 MB/s
4K Mixed Peak 4K Random Mixed IO Speed	59.7 MB/s	Hugely faster peak random mixed IO. +91%	31.3 MB/s
SusWrite Peak Sequential Sustained Write 60s Average	467 MB/s	Faster peak sustained write speed. +11%	419 MB/s

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Market Share Market Share (trailing 30 days)		0.64 %	Insanely higher market share. +∞%		0 %
User Rating UBM User Rating		60 %	More popular. +20%		50 %


Age Newest	76+ Months		35+ Months	Much more recent. +54%
DQ Read Peak 4K-64Thread Read Speed	389 MB/s	Much faster peak deep queue read. +56%	249 MB/s
DQ Write Peak 4K-64Thread Write Speed	366 MB/s	Slightly faster peak deep queue write. +8%	340 MB/s
AS-SSD Total AS-SSD Total Score	1,275 Pts	Stronger server IO. +26%	1,012 Pts
DQ Mixed Peak 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed	305 MB/s	Hugely faster peak deep queue mixed IO. +534%	48.1 MB/s
ADQ Read Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed	341 MB/s	Hugely faster deep queue read. +96%	174 MB/s
ADQ Write Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed	303 MB/s	Slightly faster deep queue write. +6%	286 MB/s
ADQ Mixed Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed	228 MB/s	Hugely faster deep queue mixed IO. +410%	44.7 MB/s


Capacity Capacity			1TB			480GB

Really fast for a very good price, loads my windows and opens up youtube from my browser in the time of 43 seconds ^{[Jan '24 EthanOZT]}

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16