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24,278 User Benchmarks

Best Bench: 370% 501GB free (System drive)
Worst Bench: 175% 168GB free

Poor: 175% Great: 370%

SPEED RANK: 34^th / 1072

55,360 User Benchmarks

Best Bench: 253% 352GB free (System drive)
Worst Bench: 47% 238GB free (System drive)

Poor: 47% Great: 253%

SPEED RANK: 136^th / 1072


Effective Speed Effective SSD Speed		287 %	Much faster effective speed. +73%		166 %


Read Avg. Sequential Read Speed	2023 MB/s	Hugely faster read speed. +104%	991 MB/s
Write Avg. Sequential Write Speed	1800 MB/s	Much faster write speed. +55%	1161 MB/s
4K Read Avg. 4K Random Read Speed	50 MB/s	Faster random read. +17%	42.9 MB/s
4K Write Avg. 4K Random Write Speed	113 MB/s		130 MB/s	Faster random write. +15%
Mixed Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed	1404 MB/s	Much faster mixed IO speed. +46%	964 MB/s
4K Mixed Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed	62.9 MB/s	Slightly faster random mixed IO. +10%	57.2 MB/s
SusWrite Avg. Sustained Write Speed	1499 MB/s	Hugely faster sustained write speed. +181%	534 MB/s


Read Peak Sequential Read Speed	2701 MB/s	Hugely faster peak read speed. +114%	1262 MB/s
Write Peak Sequential Write Speed	2463 MB/s	Much faster peak write speed. +33%	1849 MB/s
4K Read Peak 4K Random Read Speed	58.1 MB/s	Slightly faster peak random read. +7%	54.4 MB/s
4K Write Peak 4K Random Write Speed	168 MB/s		226 MB/s	Much faster peak random write. +35%
Mixed Peak Sequential Mixed IO Speed	1695 MB/s	Faster peak mixed IO speed. +24%	1371 MB/s
4K Mixed Peak 4K Random Mixed IO Speed	80.7 MB/s	+1%	80.2 MB/s
SusWrite Peak Sequential Sustained Write 60s Average	2283 MB/s	Much faster peak sustained write speed. +55%	1477 MB/s

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Market Share Market Share (trailing 30 days)	0.05 %		0.25 %	Hugely higher market share. +400%
Value Value For Money	91.5 %	Much better value. +39%	65.7 %
User Rating UBM User Rating	51 %		51 %
Price Price (score)	$120		$45	Much cheaper. +63%


Age Newest	45+ Months	Slightly more recent. +6%	48+ Months
DQ Read Peak 4K-64Thread Read Speed	1668 MB/s	Much faster peak deep queue read. +33%	1251 MB/s
DQ Write Peak 4K-64Thread Write Speed	1476 MB/s	Much faster peak deep queue write. +30%	1135 MB/s
AS-SSD Total AS-SSD Total Score	4,902 Pts	Much stronger server IO. +31%	3,750 Pts
DQ Mixed Peak 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed	1521 MB/s	Faster peak deep queue mixed IO. +23%	1240 MB/s
ADQ Read Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed	1211 MB/s	Hugely faster deep queue read. +88%	643 MB/s
ADQ Write Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed	945 MB/s	Faster deep queue write. +30%	727 MB/s
ADQ Mixed Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed	1033 MB/s	Much faster deep queue mixed IO. +60%	646 MB/s


Capacity Capacity			1TB			500GB

Looks good performs fast! ^{[May '21 zenultra]}

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16