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Best Bench: 124% 397GB free
Worst Bench: 71% 267GB free (System drive)

Poor: 71% Great: 124%

SPEED RANK: 249^th / 1072

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Best Bench: 125% 375GB free
Worst Bench: 75% 122GB free

Poor: 75% Great: 125%

SPEED RANK: 227^th / 1072


Effective Speed Effective SSD Speed		102 %			106 %	+5%


Read Avg. Sequential Read Speed	465 MB/s	Slightly faster read speed. +6%	439 MB/s
Write Avg. Sequential Write Speed	408 MB/s		420 MB/s	+3%
4K Read Avg. 4K Random Read Speed	33.1 MB/s		34.7 MB/s	+5%
4K Write Avg. 4K Random Write Speed	86.9 MB/s	+0%	86.8 MB/s
Mixed Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed	349 MB/s		379 MB/s	Slightly faster mixed IO speed. +9%
4K Mixed Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed	43.7 MB/s		48.3 MB/s	Faster random mixed IO. +11%
SusWrite Avg. Sustained Write Speed	364 MB/s		403 MB/s	Faster sustained write speed. +11%


Read Peak Sequential Read Speed	515 MB/s	+0%	514 MB/s
Write Peak Sequential Write Speed	486 MB/s	+3%	474 MB/s
4K Read Peak 4K Random Read Speed	42.7 MB/s		43.2 MB/s	+1%
4K Write Peak 4K Random Write Speed	122 MB/s	+4%	117 MB/s
Mixed Peak Sequential Mixed IO Speed	399 MB/s		429 MB/s	Slightly faster peak mixed IO speed. +8%
4K Mixed Peak 4K Random Mixed IO Speed	57.4 MB/s		59.7 MB/s	+4%
SusWrite Peak Sequential Sustained Write 60s Average	487 MB/s	+4%	467 MB/s

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Market Share Market Share (trailing 30 days)	0.08 %	0.59 %	Hugely higher market share. +638%
Value Value For Money	12.9 %	53.3 %	Hugely better value. +314%
User Rating UBM User Rating	56 %	60 %	Slightly more popular. +7%
Price Price (score)	$210	$66	Much cheaper. +69%


Age Newest	117 Months		75+ Months	Much more recent. +36%
DQ Read Peak 4K-64Thread Read Speed	388 MB/s		389 MB/s	+0%
DQ Write Peak 4K-64Thread Write Speed	360 MB/s		366 MB/s	+2%
AS-SSD Total AS-SSD Total Score	1,274 Pts		1,275 Pts	+0%
DQ Mixed Peak 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed	365 MB/s	Faster peak deep queue mixed IO. +20%	305 MB/s
ADQ Read Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed	337 MB/s		341 MB/s	+1%
ADQ Write Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed	279 MB/s		303 MB/s	Slightly faster deep queue write. +9%
ADQ Mixed Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed	295 MB/s	Faster deep queue mixed IO. +29%	228 MB/s


Capacity Capacity			512GB			1TB

Really fast for a very good price, loads my windows and opens up youtube from my browser in the time of 43 seconds ^{[Jan '24 EthanOZT]}

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $125	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16