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166,392 User Benchmarks

Best Bench: 85% 108GB free
Worst Bench: 33% 55GB free (System drive)

Poor: 33% Great: 85%

SPEED RANK: 789^th / 1072

142,801 User Benchmarks

Best Bench: 92% 211GB free
Worst Bench: 30% 26GB free (System drive)

Poor: 30% Great: 92%

SPEED RANK: 841^st / 1072


Effective Speed Effective SSD Speed		61.3 %	Slightly faster effective speed. +9%		56 %


Read Avg. Sequential Read Speed	405 MB/s		459 MB/s	Faster read speed. +13%
Write Avg. Sequential Write Speed	248 MB/s		388 MB/s	Much faster write speed. +56%
4K Read Avg. 4K Random Read Speed	27.1 MB/s	+5%	25.9 MB/s
4K Write Avg. 4K Random Write Speed	61 MB/s	Much faster random write. +46%	41.7 MB/s
Mixed Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed	232 MB/s		235 MB/s	+1%
4K Mixed Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed	25.2 MB/s	Hugely faster random mixed IO. +121%	11.4 MB/s
SusWrite Avg. Sustained Write Speed	98.5 MB/s		157 MB/s	Much faster sustained write speed. +59%


Read Peak Sequential Read Speed	500 MB/s		508 MB/s	+2%
Write Peak Sequential Write Speed	415 MB/s		453 MB/s	Slightly faster peak write speed. +9%
4K Read Peak 4K Random Read Speed	37.6 MB/s	+2%	37 MB/s
4K Write Peak 4K Random Write Speed	99.1 MB/s		112 MB/s	Faster peak random write. +13%
Mixed Peak Sequential Mixed IO Speed	376 MB/s		427 MB/s	Faster peak mixed IO speed. +14%
4K Mixed Peak 4K Random Mixed IO Speed	41.6 MB/s	Much faster peak random mixed IO. +30%	31.9 MB/s
SusWrite Peak Sequential Sustained Write 60s Average	248 MB/s		356 MB/s	Much faster peak sustained write speed. +44%

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Market Share Market Share (trailing 30 days)	0.41 %	Higher market share. +21%	0.34 %
Value Value For Money	11.3 %		17.8 %	Much better value. +58%
User Rating UBM User Rating	53 %		54 %	+2%
Price Price (score)	$30		$29	+3%


Age Newest	87+ Months		67+ Months	More recent. +23%
DQ Read Peak 4K-64Thread Read Speed	247 MB/s	+4%	237 MB/s
DQ Write Peak 4K-64Thread Write Speed	336 MB/s		344 MB/s	+2%
AS-SSD Total AS-SSD Total Score	993 Pts		1,004 Pts	+1%
DQ Mixed Peak 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed	186 MB/s	Hugely faster peak deep queue mixed IO. +276%	49.5 MB/s
ADQ Read Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed	151 MB/s		167 MB/s	Faster deep queue read. +11%
ADQ Write Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed	176 MB/s		236 MB/s	Much faster deep queue write. +34%
ADQ Mixed Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed	93.3 MB/s	Hugely faster deep queue mixed IO. +399%	18.7 MB/s


Capacity Capacity			120GB			240GB

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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