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Release date ≈ Q3 2017.

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Controller: Silicon Motion SM2258. Flash Memory: Micron 3D TLC. Release date ≈ Q1 2018.

Effective Speed 
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Real World Speed
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Best Bench: 125% 190GB free
Worst Bench: 93% 17GB free (System drive)
Poor: 93% Great: 125%
SPEED RANK: 221st / 1074
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Best Bench: 125% 1.5TB free
Worst Bench: 83% 1.5TB free (System drive)
Poor: 83% Great: 125%
SPEED RANK: 226th / 1074
Effective Speed
Effective SSD Speed 		109 % +1% 108 %
Average Score 
+2%
Read
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 		498 MB/s Faster read speed.
+12% 		443 MB/s
Write
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 		449 MB/s Slightly faster write speed.
+7% 		420 MB/s
4K Read
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 		35.3 MB/s +1% 34.9 MB/s
4K Write
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 		99.8 MB/s Faster random write.
+12% 		89.1 MB/s
Mixed
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 		377 MB/s +0% 376 MB/s
4K Mixed
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 		44 MB/s 48.6 MB/s Faster random mixed IO.
+10%
SusWrite
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 		388 MB/s 421 MB/s Slightly faster sustained write speed.
+9%
Peak Score 
+6%
Read
Peak Sequential Read Speed 		527 MB/s +3% 514 MB/s
Write
Peak Sequential Write Speed 		505 MB/s Slightly faster peak write speed.
+7% 		472 MB/s
4K Read
Peak 4K Random Read Speed 		44.6 MB/s +2% 43.8 MB/s
4K Write
Peak 4K Random Write Speed 		127 MB/s Slightly faster peak random write.
+7% 		119 MB/s
Mixed
Peak Sequential Mixed IO Speed 		511 MB/s Faster peak mixed IO speed.
+24% 		412 MB/s
4K Mixed
Peak 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 		58 MB/s 61.2 MB/s Slightly faster peak random mixed IO.
+6%
SusWrite
Peak Sequential Sustained Write 60s Average 		493 MB/s +5% 471 MB/s
Value & Sentiment 
+18%
Market Share
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User Rating
UBM User Rating 		50 % 59 % More popular.
+18%
Nice To Haves 
+6%
Age
Newest 		80+ Months 76+ Months +5%
DQ Read
Peak 4K-64Thread Read Speed 		384 MB/s 389 MB/s +1%
DQ Write
Peak 4K-64Thread Write Speed 		350 MB/s 366 MB/s +5%
AS-SSD Total
AS-SSD Total Score 		1,271 Pts 1,278 Pts +1%
DQ Mixed
Peak 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 		351 MB/s Faster peak deep queue mixed IO.
+20% 		292 MB/s
ADQ Read
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 		342 MB/s +2% 334 MB/s
ADQ Write
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 		309 MB/s Slightly faster deep queue write.
+5% 		294 MB/s
ADQ Mixed
Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 		285 MB/s Faster deep queue mixed IO.
+28% 		222 MB/s
Specifications 
Capacity
Capacity 		256GB 2TB
Conclusion 
Average Bench 109%
Average Bench 108%
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