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Best Bench: 100% 72GB free (System drive)
Worst Bench: 61% 33GB free (System drive)

Poor: 61% Great: 100%

SPEED RANK: 449^th / 1080

4,011 User Benchmarks

Best Bench: 82% 168GB free
Worst Bench: 57% 126GB free (System drive)

Poor: 57% Great: 82%

SPEED RANK: 659^th / 1080


Effective Speed Effective SSD Speed		83 %	Faster effective speed. +17%		71 %


Read Avg. Sequential Read Speed	425 MB/s	Much faster read speed. +34%	317 MB/s
Write Avg. Sequential Write Speed	363 MB/s	Hugely faster write speed. +91%	190 MB/s
4K Read Avg. 4K Random Read Speed	22.7 MB/s		29.9 MB/s	Much faster random read. +32%
4K Write Avg. 4K Random Write Speed	87.9 MB/s	Faster random write. +13%	77.5 MB/s
Mixed Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed	307 MB/s	Much faster mixed IO speed. +38%	223 MB/s
4K Mixed Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed	31.7 MB/s		33.5 MB/s	Slightly faster random mixed IO. +6%
SusWrite Avg. Sustained Write Speed	266 MB/s	Much faster sustained write speed. +76%	151 MB/s


Read Peak Sequential Read Speed	476 MB/s	Much faster peak read speed. +37%	347 MB/s
Write Peak Sequential Write Speed	416 MB/s	Hugely faster peak write speed. +93%	216 MB/s
4K Read Peak 4K Random Read Speed	26.8 MB/s		35.7 MB/s	Much faster peak random read. +33%
4K Write Peak 4K Random Write Speed	125 MB/s	Faster peak random write. +16%	108 MB/s
Mixed Peak Sequential Mixed IO Speed	348 MB/s	Much faster peak mixed IO speed. +46%	239 MB/s
4K Mixed Peak 4K Random Mixed IO Speed	38.4 MB/s		40.5 MB/s	Slightly faster peak random mixed IO. +5%
SusWrite Peak Sequential Sustained Write 60s Average	410 MB/s	Hugely faster peak sustained write speed. +124%	183 MB/s

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Market Share Market Share (trailing 30 days)		0 %			0.01 %	Insanely higher market share. +∞%
User Rating UBM User Rating		51 %	+2%		50 %


Age Newest	125 Months		124+ Months	+1%
DQ Read Peak 4K-64Thread Read Speed	321 MB/s	Faster peak deep queue read. +15%	279 MB/s
DQ Write Peak 4K-64Thread Write Speed	351 MB/s	Much faster peak deep queue write. +68%	209 MB/s
AS-SSD Total AS-SSD Total Score	1,121 Pts	Stronger server IO. +28%	874 Pts
DQ Mixed Peak 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed	285 MB/s	Hugely faster peak deep queue mixed IO. +99%	143 MB/s
ADQ Read Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed	280 MB/s	Faster deep queue read. +10%	254 MB/s
ADQ Write Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed	283 MB/s	Much faster deep queue write. +59%	178 MB/s
ADQ Mixed Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed	235 MB/s	Hugely faster deep queue mixed IO. +91%	123 MB/s


Capacity Capacity			120GB			180GB

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