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Controller: Marvell 88SS9188-BOM2. NAND Memory: Toshiba 19nm Toggle Mode MLC. Release date: Q2 2014.

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Controller: Marvell 88SS9187-BLD2. Flash Memory: SanDisk 19nm eX2 ABL MLC. Release date: Q2 2014.

Effective Speed 
+5%
Real World Speed
Performance profile from 10,910 user samples
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1,660 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 104% 237GB free
Worst Bench: 64% 120GB free (System drive)
Poor: 64% Great: 104%
SPEED RANK: 346th / 1071
9,250 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 114% 243GB free
Worst Bench: 62% 382GB free
Poor: 62% Great: 114%
SPEED RANK: 294th / 1071
Effective Speed
Effective SSD Speed 		88.9 % 93.2 % +5%
Average Score 
+6%
Read
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 		436 MB/s 461 MB/s Slightly faster read speed.
+6%
Write
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 		358 MB/s 415 MB/s Faster write speed.
+16%
4K Read
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 		28.9 MB/s 28.9 MB/s
4K Write
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 		66.1 MB/s 73.7 MB/s Faster random write.
+11%
Mixed
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 		269 MB/s +1% 267 MB/s
4K Mixed
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 		32.6 MB/s 33.6 MB/s +3%
SusWrite
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 		347 MB/s 381 MB/s Slightly faster sustained write speed.
+10%
Peak Score 
+11%
Read
Peak Sequential Read Speed 		484 MB/s 509 MB/s Slightly faster peak read speed.
+5%
Write
Peak Sequential Write Speed 		415 MB/s 480 MB/s Faster peak write speed.
+16%
4K Read
Peak 4K Random Read Speed 		34.8 MB/s 35.5 MB/s +2%
4K Write
Peak 4K Random Write Speed 		87.7 MB/s 114 MB/s Faster peak random write.
+30%
Mixed
Peak Sequential Mixed IO Speed 		297 MB/s 313 MB/s Slightly faster peak mixed IO speed.
+5%
4K Mixed
Peak 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 		41.3 MB/s 42.8 MB/s +4%
SusWrite
Peak Sequential Sustained Write 60s Average 		412 MB/s 479 MB/s Faster peak sustained write speed.
+16%
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 		8 % 11.7 % Much better value.
+47%
User Rating
UBM User Rating 		52 % 54 % +4%
Price
Price (score) 		$166 Cheaper.
+17% 		$199
Nice To Haves 
+7%
Age
Newest 		120 Months 118 Months +2%
DQ Read
Peak 4K-64Thread Read Speed 		370 MB/s 376 MB/s +2%
DQ Write
Peak 4K-64Thread Write Speed 		331 MB/s 341 MB/s +3%
AS-SSD Total
AS-SSD Total Score 		1,154 Pts 1,213 Pts Slightly stronger server IO.
+5%
DQ Mixed
Peak 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 		216 MB/s Much faster peak deep queue mixed IO.
+32% 		164 MB/s
ADQ Read
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 		325 MB/s +1% 321 MB/s
ADQ Write
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 		276 MB/s Slightly faster deep queue write.
+5% 		262 MB/s
ADQ Mixed
Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 		186 MB/s Faster deep queue mixed IO.
+26% 		148 MB/s
Specifications 
Capacity
Capacity 		256GB 480GB
User Builds 
1,660
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