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Best Bench: 128% 155GB free (System drive)
Worst Bench: 66% 106GB free (System drive)

Poor: 66% Great: 128%

SPEED RANK: 245^th / 1072

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Best Bench: 125% 254GB free
Worst Bench: 78% 378GB free (System drive)

Poor: 78% Great: 125%

SPEED RANK: 229^th / 1072


Effective Speed Effective SSD Speed		102 %			106 %	+4%


Read Avg. Sequential Read Speed	434 MB/s		451 MB/s	+4%
Write Avg. Sequential Write Speed	409 MB/s		425 MB/s	+4%
4K Read Avg. 4K Random Read Speed	36.4 MB/s	Slightly faster random read. +6%	34.4 MB/s
4K Write Avg. 4K Random Write Speed	75.9 MB/s		85.2 MB/s	Faster random write. +12%
Mixed Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed	385 MB/s		401 MB/s	+4%
4K Mixed Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed	47.1 MB/s		47.2 MB/s	+0%
SusWrite Avg. Sustained Write Speed	375 MB/s		400 MB/s	Slightly faster sustained write speed. +7%


Read Peak Sequential Read Speed	513 MB/s		514 MB/s	+0%
Write Peak Sequential Write Speed	474 MB/s		474 MB/s
4K Read Peak 4K Random Read Speed	47 MB/s	Slightly faster peak random read. +8%	43.6 MB/s
4K Write Peak 4K Random Write Speed	116 MB/s		116 MB/s
Mixed Peak Sequential Mixed IO Speed	441 MB/s		449 MB/s	+2%
4K Mixed Peak 4K Random Mixed IO Speed	63.6 MB/s	Slightly faster peak random mixed IO. +7%	59.3 MB/s
SusWrite Peak Sequential Sustained Write 60s Average	463 MB/s		467 MB/s	+1%

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Market Share Market Share (trailing 30 days)		0.03 %			0.53 %	Insanely higher market share. +1,667%
User Rating UBM User Rating		50 %			58 %	More popular. +16%


Age Newest	53+ Months	More recent. +29%	75+ Months
DQ Read Peak 4K-64Thread Read Speed	379 MB/s		390 MB/s	+3%
DQ Write Peak 4K-64Thread Write Speed	359 MB/s		364 MB/s	+1%
AS-SSD Total AS-SSD Total Score	1,260 Pts		1,275 Pts	+1%
DQ Mixed Peak 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed	265 MB/s		298 MB/s	Faster peak deep queue mixed IO. +12%
ADQ Read Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed	307 MB/s		350 MB/s	Faster deep queue read. +14%
ADQ Write Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed	298 MB/s		308 MB/s	+3%
ADQ Mixed Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed	215 MB/s		240 MB/s	Faster deep queue mixed IO. +12%


Capacity Capacity			256GB			500GB

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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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) $39	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