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Best Bench: 125% 1.5TB free
Worst Bench: 83% 1.5TB free (System drive)

Poor: 83% Great: 125%

SPEED RANK: 224^th / 1072

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Best Bench: 115% 814GB free
Worst Bench: 65% 690GB free (System drive)

Poor: 65% Great: 115%

SPEED RANK: 279^th / 1072


Effective Speed Effective SSD Speed		108 %	Faster effective speed. +14%		94.9 %


Read Avg. Sequential Read Speed	443 MB/s	Slightly faster read speed. +5%	420 MB/s
Write Avg. Sequential Write Speed	420 MB/s	Slightly faster write speed. +6%	397 MB/s
4K Read Avg. 4K Random Read Speed	34.9 MB/s	Faster random read. +26%	27.7 MB/s
4K Write Avg. 4K Random Write Speed	89.1 MB/s	+1%	88 MB/s
Mixed Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed	376 MB/s	Faster mixed IO speed. +19%	317 MB/s
4K Mixed Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed	48.6 MB/s	Much faster random mixed IO. +32%	36.7 MB/s
SusWrite Avg. Sustained Write Speed	421 MB/s	Slightly faster sustained write speed. +9%	386 MB/s


Read Peak Sequential Read Speed	514 MB/s	+3%	497 MB/s
Write Peak Sequential Write Speed	472 MB/s	Slightly faster peak write speed. +7%	443 MB/s
4K Read Peak 4K Random Read Speed	43.8 MB/s	Much faster peak random read. +32%	33.3 MB/s
4K Write Peak 4K Random Write Speed	119 MB/s		121 MB/s	+2%
Mixed Peak Sequential Mixed IO Speed	412 MB/s		447 MB/s	Slightly faster peak mixed IO speed. +8%
4K Mixed Peak 4K Random Mixed IO Speed	61.2 MB/s	Faster peak random mixed IO. +26%	48.5 MB/s
SusWrite Peak Sequential Sustained Write 60s Average	471 MB/s	Slightly faster peak sustained write speed. +8%	438 MB/s

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Market Share Market Share (trailing 30 days)		0.12 %	Insanely higher market share. +∞%		0 %
User Rating UBM User Rating		59 %	More popular. +18%		50 %


Age Newest	75+ Months	More recent. +23%	97+ Months
DQ Read Peak 4K-64Thread Read Speed	389 MB/s	+3%	379 MB/s
DQ Write Peak 4K-64Thread Write Speed	366 MB/s	Slightly faster peak deep queue write. +6%	346 MB/s
AS-SSD Total AS-SSD Total Score	1,278 Pts	+5%	1,218 Pts
DQ Mixed Peak 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed	292 MB/s	Faster peak deep queue mixed IO. +17%	250 MB/s
ADQ Read Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed	334 MB/s	Faster deep queue read. +17%	286 MB/s
ADQ Write Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed	294 MB/s	Slightly faster deep queue write. +8%	271 MB/s
ADQ Mixed Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed	222 MB/s	Faster deep queue mixed IO. +25%	177 MB/s


Capacity Capacity			2TB			1TB

2TB SSD at $215 is an excellent deals right now. A great high-capacity SATA SSD that is very reliable. ^{[Jun '20 ColdSpy]}

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16