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▲ 5213 ▼

Release date ≈ Q2 2018.

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Effective Speed 
+37%
Real World Speed
Performance profile from 4,842 user samples
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4,842 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 161% 145GB free (System drive)
Worst Bench: 100% 188GB free (System drive)
Poor: 100% Great: 161%
SPEED RANK: 129th / 1012
Effective Speed
Effective SSD Speed 		136 % Much faster effective speed.
+37% 		99.1 %
Average User Bench 
+41%
Read
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 		702 MB/s Much faster read speed.
+53% 		460 MB/s
Write
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 		785 MB/s Hugely faster write speed.
+90% 		414 MB/s
4K Read
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 		32.2 MB/s 33.9 MB/s Slightly faster random read.
+5%
4K Write
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 		97.2 MB/s Slightly faster random write.
+6% 		91.4 MB/s
Mixed
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 		686 MB/s Hugely faster mixed IO speed.
+90% 		361 MB/s
4K Mixed
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 		43.7 MB/s 45.5 MB/s +4%
SusWrite
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 		463 MB/s Much faster sustained write speed.
+55% 		299 MB/s
Peak Lab Bench 
+44%
Read
Peak Sequential Read Speed 		847 MB/s Much faster peak read speed.
+69% 		502 MB/s
Write
Peak Sequential Write Speed 		984 MB/s Hugely faster peak write speed.
+103% 		484 MB/s
4K Read
Peak 4K Random Read Speed 		38.5 MB/s 41.5 MB/s Slightly faster peak random read.
+8%
4K Write
Peak 4K Random Write Speed 		126 MB/s +1% 124 MB/s
Mixed
Peak Sequential Mixed IO Speed 		868 MB/s Hugely faster peak mixed IO speed.
+109% 		415 MB/s
4K Mixed
Peak 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 		53.8 MB/s 56.8 MB/s Slightly faster peak random mixed IO.
+6%
SusWrite
Peak Sequential Sustained Write 60s Average 		554 MB/s Much faster peak sustained write speed.
+42% 		390 MB/s
Value & Sentiment 
+105%
Market Share
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User Rating
UBM User Rating 		52 % 72 % Much more popular.
+38%
Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days) 		0.1 % 0.63 % Hugely higher market share.
+533%
Price
Price (score) 		$94 Much cheaper.
+45% 		136 USD
Value
Value For Money 		30.1 % Hugely better value.
+106% 		14.6 %
Nice To Haves 
+140%
DQ Read
Peak 4K-64Thread Read Speed 		926 MB/s Hugely faster peak deep queue read.
+153% 		366 MB/s
DQ Write
Peak 4K-64Thread Write Speed 		745 MB/s Hugely faster peak deep queue write.
+108% 		358 MB/s
DQ Mixed
Peak 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 		820 MB/s Hugely faster peak deep queue mixed IO.
+158% 		318 MB/s
ADQ Read
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 		811 MB/s Hugely faster deep queue read.
+158% 		314 MB/s
ADQ Write
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 		617 MB/s Hugely faster deep queue write.
+110% 		294 MB/s
ADQ Mixed
Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 		668 MB/s Hugely faster deep queue mixed IO.
+163% 		254 MB/s
Age
Newest 		19+ Months Hugely more recent.
+161% 		49.7 Months
AS-SSD Total
AS-SSD Total Score 		2,569 Pts Hugely stronger server IO.
+108% 		1,237 Pts
Specifications 
Capacity
Capacity 		480GB   —
User Builds 
4,842
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