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Controller: Silicon Motion SM2246EN. NAND: Micron 16nm MLC. Release date: Q1 2015.

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▲ 5020 ▼

Controller: Samsung Triple Core MEX. Memory: Samsung 40nm MLC V-NAND. Release date ≈ Q4 2015.

Effective Speed 
+22%
Real World Speed
Performance profile from 12,234 user samples
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Best Bench: 105% 879GB free
Worst Bench: 67% 97GB free (System drive)
Poor: 67% Great: 105%
SPEED RANK: 362nd / 1080
2,669 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 130% 1.5TB free (System drive)
Worst Bench: 78% 1TB free
Poor: 78% Great: 130%
SPEED RANK: 231st / 1080
Effective Speed
Effective SSD Speed 		88.5 % 108 % Faster effective speed.
+22%
Average Score 
+23%
Read
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 		471 MB/s 477 MB/s +1%
Write
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 		397 MB/s 429 MB/s Slightly faster write speed.
+8%
4K Read
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 		22.9 MB/s 35.3 MB/s Much faster random read.
+54%
4K Write
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 		78.8 MB/s 89.6 MB/s Faster random write.
+14%
Mixed
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 		298 MB/s 376 MB/s Faster mixed IO speed.
+26%
4K Mixed
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 		33.2 MB/s 47.3 MB/s Much faster random mixed IO.
+42%
SusWrite
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 		363 MB/s 409 MB/s Faster sustained write speed.
+13%
Peak Score 
+21%
Read
Peak Sequential Read Speed 		511 MB/s 511 MB/s
Write
Peak Sequential Write Speed 		433 MB/s 490 MB/s Faster peak write speed.
+13%
4K Read
Peak 4K Random Read Speed 		29 MB/s 42.3 MB/s Much faster peak random read.
+46%
4K Write
Peak 4K Random Write Speed 		111 MB/s 123 MB/s Faster peak random write.
+11%
Mixed
Peak Sequential Mixed IO Speed 		328 MB/s 420 MB/s Faster peak mixed IO speed.
+28%
4K Mixed
Peak 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 		42.9 MB/s 59 MB/s Much faster peak random mixed IO.
+38%
SusWrite
Peak Sequential Sustained Write 60s Average 		433 MB/s 490 MB/s Faster peak sustained write speed.
+13%
Value & Sentiment 
+∞%
Market Share
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Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days) 		0 % 0.01 % Insanely higher market share.
+∞%
Value
Value For Money 		54.4 % Hugely better value.
+90% 		28.7 %
User Rating
UBM User Rating 		51 % +2% 50 %
Price
Price (score) 		$50 Hugely cheaper.
+84% 		$315
Nice To Haves 
+37%
Age
Newest 		117 Months 108+ Months Slightly more recent.
+8%
DQ Read
Peak 4K-64Thread Read Speed 		279 MB/s 388 MB/s Much faster peak deep queue read.
+39%
DQ Write
Peak 4K-64Thread Write Speed 		304 MB/s 362 MB/s Faster peak deep queue write.
+19%
AS-SSD Total
AS-SSD Total Score 		1,008 Pts 1,276 Pts Stronger server IO.
+27%
DQ Mixed
Peak 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 		214 MB/s 369 MB/s Much faster peak deep queue mixed IO.
+72%
ADQ Read
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 		242 MB/s 346 MB/s Much faster deep queue read.
+43%
ADQ Write
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 		246 MB/s 292 MB/s Faster deep queue write.
+19%
ADQ Mixed
Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 		182 MB/s 308 MB/s Much faster deep queue mixed IO.
+69%
Specifications 
Capacity
Capacity 		1TB 2TB
Conclusion 
Average Bench 88.5%
Average Bench 108%

The Mushkin Reactor features the same Silicon Motion SM2246EN controller found on both the Crucial BX100 and the Transcend SSD370. All three drives also feature Micron MLC NAND and consequently they all share a similar (and strong) performance profile. These drives were the last batch (early 2015) of budget drives to utilize MLC rather than TLC NAND and as a result they all have reasonably strong sustained write speeds. The more recent trend for budget drives is to utilize a small SLC write cache coupled with TLC NAND, a combination which results in severe write speed degradation upon cache exhaustion. The Mushkin Reactor doesn’t have this problem and both the 500GB and 1TB Reactors only lag the market leading 850 Evo slightly on performance. At today’s prices the 1TB Reactor offers better value for money than the market leading Samsung 850 Evo (compare them). See the current market leaders here. [May '16 SSDrivePro]

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