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▲ 5129 ▼

Release date ≈ Q2 2017.

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

Effective Speed 
+1%
Real World Speed
Performance profile from 249,275 user samples
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Best Bench: 128% 477GB free
Worst Bench: 76% 253GB free
Poor: 76% Great: 128%
SPEED RANK: 225th / 1072
237,241 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 125% 254GB free
Worst Bench: 78% 378GB free (System drive)
Poor: 78% Great: 125%
SPEED RANK: 229th / 1072
Effective Speed
Effective SSD Speed 		107 % +1% 106 %
Average Score 
+2%
Read
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 		473 MB/s +5% 451 MB/s
Write
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 		424 MB/s 425 MB/s +0%
4K Read
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 		39.4 MB/s Faster random read.
+15% 		34.4 MB/s
4K Write
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 		81.1 MB/s 85.2 MB/s Slightly faster random write.
+5%
Mixed
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 		403 MB/s +0% 401 MB/s
4K Mixed
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 		51.3 MB/s Slightly faster random mixed IO.
+9% 		47.2 MB/s
SusWrite
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 		374 MB/s 400 MB/s Slightly faster sustained write speed.
+7%
Peak Score 
+3%
Read
Peak Sequential Read Speed 		516 MB/s +0% 514 MB/s
Write
Peak Sequential Write Speed 		473 MB/s 474 MB/s +0%
4K Read
Peak 4K Random Read Speed 		49.3 MB/s Faster peak random read.
+13% 		43.6 MB/s
4K Write
Peak 4K Random Write Speed 		112 MB/s 116 MB/s +4%
Mixed
Peak Sequential Mixed IO Speed 		452 MB/s +1% 449 MB/s
4K Mixed
Peak 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 		66.9 MB/s Faster peak random mixed IO.
+13% 		59.3 MB/s
SusWrite
Peak Sequential Sustained Write 60s Average 		443 MB/s 467 MB/s Slightly faster peak sustained write speed.
+5%
Value & Sentiment 
+534%
Market Share
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Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days) 		0.02 % 0.42 % Insanely higher market share.
+2,000%
Value
Value For Money 		24.7 % 42 % Much better value.
+70%
User Rating
UBM User Rating 		51 % 58 % More popular.
+14%
Price
Price (score) 		$95 $45 Much cheaper.
+53%
Nice To Haves 
+12%
Age
Newest 		82+ Months 75+ Months Slightly more recent.
+9%
DQ Read
Peak 4K-64Thread Read Speed 		309 MB/s 390 MB/s Faster peak deep queue read.
+26%
DQ Write
Peak 4K-64Thread Write Speed 		353 MB/s 364 MB/s +3%
AS-SSD Total
AS-SSD Total Score 		1,150 Pts 1,275 Pts Stronger server IO.
+11%
DQ Mixed
Peak 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 		258 MB/s 298 MB/s Faster peak deep queue mixed IO.
+16%
ADQ Read
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 		287 MB/s 350 MB/s Faster deep queue read.
+22%
ADQ Write
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 		293 MB/s 308 MB/s Slightly faster deep queue write.
+5%
ADQ Mixed
Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 		229 MB/s 240 MB/s +5%
Specifications 
Capacity
Capacity 		512GB 500GB
Conclusion 
Average Bench 107%
Average Bench 106%
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Five year warranty, this SDD will outlive most others (or at least it should). New technology, 64 layers of 3D NAND flash. It's too early to to do proper comparisons in terms of longevity but I'm sure it'll last me a while. This 545s 2.5 inch SSD is even faster than my Crucial MX300 M.2 SSD. I got a random read/write 4k speed of 100 MB/s + (with CrystalDisk Mark 5) that's unheard of on a SATA drive. Sure, this isn't NVMe or Optane, but that's okay, for the price ($165) I'm still pretty satisfied with this SSD. [Dec '17 morahman7vn]

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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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