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Controller: Silicon Motion SM2258. Flash Memory: Micron 3D TLC. Release date ≈ Q1 2018.

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Release date ≈ Q2 2020.

Effective Speed 
+103%
Real World Speed
Performance profile from 237,247 user samples
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237,241 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 125% 254GB free
Worst Bench: 78% 378GB free (System drive)
Poor: 78% Great: 125%
SPEED RANK: 231st / 1074
6 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 234% 195GB free
Worst Bench: 162% 195GB free
Poor: 162% Great: 234%
SPEED RANK: 89th / 1074
Effective Speed
Effective SSD Speed 		106 % 216 % Hugely faster effective speed.
+103%
Average Score 
+161%
Read
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 		451 MB/s 1388 MB/s Hugely faster read speed.
+208%
Write
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 		425 MB/s 2037 MB/s Hugely faster write speed.
+379%
4K Read
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 		34.4 MB/s 36.1 MB/s +5%
4K Write
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 		85.2 MB/s 121 MB/s Much faster random write.
+42%
Mixed
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 		401 MB/s 1651 MB/s Hugely faster mixed IO speed.
+312%
4K Mixed
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 		47.2 MB/s 57 MB/s Faster random mixed IO.
+21%
SusWrite
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 		400 MB/s 1051 MB/s Hugely faster sustained write speed.
+163%
Peak Score 
+141%
Read
Peak Sequential Read Speed 		514 MB/s 1486 MB/s Hugely faster peak read speed.
+189%
Write
Peak Sequential Write Speed 		474 MB/s 2161 MB/s Hugely faster peak write speed.
+356%
4K Read
Peak 4K Random Read Speed 		43.6 MB/s Faster peak random read.
+12% 		38.8 MB/s
4K Write
Peak 4K Random Write Speed 		116 MB/s 127 MB/s Slightly faster peak random write.
+9%
Mixed
Peak Sequential Mixed IO Speed 		449 MB/s 1659 MB/s Hugely faster peak mixed IO speed.
+269%
4K Mixed
Peak 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 		59.3 MB/s 61.1 MB/s +3%
SusWrite
Peak Sequential Sustained Write 60s Average 		467 MB/s 1284 MB/s Hugely faster peak sustained write speed.
+175%
Value & Sentiment 
+18%
Market Share
Based on 76,043,188 SSDs tested
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User Rating
UBM User Rating 		59 % More popular.
+18% 		50 %
Nice To Haves 
+161%
Age
Newest 		76+ Months 47+ Months Much more recent.
+38%
DQ Read
Peak 4K-64Thread Read Speed 		390 MB/s 711 MB/s Hugely faster peak deep queue read.
+82%
DQ Write
Peak 4K-64Thread Write Speed 		364 MB/s 1024 MB/s Hugely faster peak deep queue write.
+181%
AS-SSD Total
AS-SSD Total Score 		1,275 Pts 2,768 Pts Hugely stronger server IO.
+117%
DQ Mixed
Peak 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 		298 MB/s 1029 MB/s Hugely faster peak deep queue mixed IO.
+245%
ADQ Read
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 		350 MB/s 708 MB/s Hugely faster deep queue read.
+102%
ADQ Write
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 		308 MB/s 922 MB/s Hugely faster deep queue write.
+199%
ADQ Mixed
Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 		240 MB/s 1019 MB/s Hugely faster deep queue mixed IO.
+325%
Specifications 
Capacity
Capacity 		500GB 1TB
Conclusion 
Average Bench 106%
Average Bench 216%
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Probably the best SATA III SSD you can buy for 60 US Dollar. Offered excellent performance (albeit it won't match any NVMe ones!) and suitable amount of capacity for that price. Overall a reliable all around SSD for nearly every computers unless if the computer has no support for SATA which means your computer is too old! [Nov '19 ColdSpy]

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