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1,581 User Benchmarks

Best Bench: 111% 649GB free
Worst Bench: 62% 836GB free (System drive)

Poor: 62% Great: 111%

SPEED RANK: 325^th / 1072

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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


Effective Speed Effective SSD Speed		90.3 %			108 %	Faster effective speed. +20%


Read Avg. Sequential Read Speed	442 MB/s	443 MB/s	+0%
Write Avg. Sequential Write Speed	403 MB/s	420 MB/s	+4%
4K Read Avg. 4K Random Read Speed	25.7 MB/s	34.9 MB/s	Much faster random read. +36%
4K Write Avg. 4K Random Write Speed	73.2 MB/s	89.1 MB/s	Faster random write. +22%
Mixed Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed	308 MB/s	376 MB/s	Faster mixed IO speed. +22%
4K Mixed Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed	32.6 MB/s	48.6 MB/s	Much faster random mixed IO. +49%
SusWrite Avg. Sustained Write Speed	381 MB/s	421 MB/s	Faster sustained write speed. +10%


Read Peak Sequential Read Speed	510 MB/s		514 MB/s	+1%
Write Peak Sequential Write Speed	487 MB/s	+3%	472 MB/s
4K Read Peak 4K Random Read Speed	33.9 MB/s		43.8 MB/s	Faster peak random read. +29%
4K Write Peak 4K Random Write Speed	110 MB/s		119 MB/s	Slightly faster peak random write. +8%
Mixed Peak Sequential Mixed IO Speed	354 MB/s		412 MB/s	Faster peak mixed IO speed. +16%
4K Mixed Peak 4K Random Mixed IO Speed	41.7 MB/s		61.2 MB/s	Much faster peak random mixed IO. +47%
SusWrite Peak Sequential Sustained Write 60s Average	477 MB/s	+1%	471 MB/s

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Market Share Market Share (trailing 30 days)	0 %	0.11 %	Insanely higher market share. +∞%
Value Value For Money	11.4 %	54.1 %	Hugely better value. +376%
User Rating UBM User Rating	51 %	59 %	More popular. +16%
Price Price (score)	$397	$132	Much cheaper. +67%


Age Newest	108 Months	74+ Months	Much more recent. +31%
DQ Read Peak 4K-64Thread Read Speed	373 MB/s	389 MB/s	+4%
DQ Write Peak 4K-64Thread Write Speed	355 MB/s	366 MB/s	+3%
AS-SSD Total AS-SSD Total Score	1,216 Pts	1,278 Pts	Slightly stronger server IO. +5%
DQ Mixed Peak 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed	178 MB/s	292 MB/s	Much faster peak deep queue mixed IO. +64%
ADQ Read Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed	291 MB/s	334 MB/s	Faster deep queue read. +15%
ADQ Write Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed	283 MB/s	294 MB/s	+4%
ADQ Mixed Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed	113 MB/s	222 MB/s	Hugely faster deep queue mixed IO. +96%


Capacity Capacity			960GB			2TB

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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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