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▲ 51346 ▼

Controller: SandForce SF2281. NAND Memory: IMFT Asynchronous 25nm MLC. Release date: Q3 2011.

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Controller: LSI SandForce SF2281. Flash Memory: Intel Synchronous 25nm MLC. Release date ≤ Q1 2014.

Effective Speed 
+2%
Real World Speed
Performance profile from 1,905 user samples
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135 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 76% 22GB free
Worst Bench: 48% 26GB free
Poor: 48% Great: 76%
SPEED RANK: 768th / 1072
1,770 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 71% 244GB free
Worst Bench: 49% 398GB free (System drive)
Poor: 49% Great: 71%
SPEED RANK: 779th / 1072
Effective Speed
Effective SSD Speed 		63 % +2% 61.9 %
Average Score 
+8%
Read
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 		352 MB/s 408 MB/s Faster read speed.
+16%
Write
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 		134 MB/s 247 MB/s Hugely faster write speed.
+84%
4K Read
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 		25 MB/s 27.7 MB/s Faster random read.
+11%
4K Write
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 		77.2 MB/s Hugely faster random write.
+294% 		19.6 MB/s
Mixed
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 		182 MB/s 274 MB/s Much faster mixed IO speed.
+51%
4K Mixed
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 		32.8 MB/s Much faster random mixed IO.
+42% 		23.1 MB/s
SusWrite
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 		101 MB/s 219 MB/s Hugely faster sustained write speed.
+117%
Peak Score 
+48%
Read
Peak Sequential Read Speed 		464 MB/s 470 MB/s +1%
Write
Peak Sequential Write Speed 		292 MB/s 311 MB/s Slightly faster peak write speed.
+7%
4K Read
Peak 4K Random Read Speed 		33.4 MB/s 34.1 MB/s +2%
4K Write
Peak 4K Random Write Speed 		112 MB/s Hugely faster peak random write.
+371% 		23.8 MB/s
Mixed
Peak Sequential Mixed IO Speed 		328 MB/s 328 MB/s
4K Mixed
Peak 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 		38.9 MB/s Much faster peak random mixed IO.
+38% 		28.1 MB/s
SusWrite
Peak Sequential Sustained Write 60s Average 		165 MB/s 272 MB/s Much faster peak sustained write speed.
+65%
Value & Sentiment 
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Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days) 		0 % 0 %
Value
Value For Money 		5.94 % 6.58 % Better value.
+11%
User Rating
UBM User Rating 		51 % +2% 50 %
Price
Price (score) 		$73 Much cheaper.
+71% 		$249
Nice To Haves 
+13%
Age
Newest 		153 Months 121+ Months More recent.
+21%
DQ Read
Peak 4K-64Thread Read Speed 		250 MB/s Slightly faster peak deep queue read.
+7% 		234 MB/s
DQ Write
Peak 4K-64Thread Write Speed 		288 MB/s Hugely faster peak deep queue write.
+155% 		113 MB/s
AS-SSD Total
AS-SSD Total Score 		932 Pts Much stronger server IO.
+43% 		650 Pts
DQ Mixed
Peak 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 		168 MB/s Faster peak deep queue mixed IO.
+11% 		152 MB/s
ADQ Read
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 		117 MB/s 219 MB/s Hugely faster deep queue read.
+87%
ADQ Write
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 		130 MB/s Much faster deep queue write.
+31% 		99.1 MB/s
ADQ Mixed
Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 		98.2 MB/s 135 MB/s Much faster deep queue mixed IO.
+37%
Specifications 
Capacity
Capacity 		120GB 480GB
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