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Best Bench: 137% 931GB free
Worst Bench: 82% 306GB free

Poor: 82% Great: 137%

SPEED RANK: 206^th / 1072

61,417 User Benchmarks

Best Bench: 91% 49GB free (System drive)
Worst Bench: 43% 166GB free (System drive)

Poor: 43% Great: 91%

SPEED RANK: 613^th / 1072


Effective Speed Effective SSD Speed		112 %	Much faster effective speed. +54%		72.9 %


Read Avg. Sequential Read Speed	472 MB/s	Faster read speed. +18%	401 MB/s
Write Avg. Sequential Write Speed	436 MB/s	Much faster write speed. +50%	290 MB/s
4K Read Avg. 4K Random Read Speed	38.1 MB/s	Faster random read. +30%	29.4 MB/s
4K Write Avg. 4K Random Write Speed	87.8 MB/s	Much faster random write. +30%	67.5 MB/s
Mixed Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed	402 MB/s	Much faster mixed IO speed. +33%	302 MB/s
4K Mixed Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed	50.4 MB/s	Much faster random mixed IO. +63%	31 MB/s
SusWrite Avg. Sustained Write Speed	423 MB/s	Hugely faster sustained write speed. +160%	163 MB/s


Read Peak Sequential Read Speed	516 MB/s	Slightly faster peak read speed. +7%	482 MB/s
Write Peak Sequential Write Speed	492 MB/s	Faster peak write speed. +15%	426 MB/s
4K Read Peak 4K Random Read Speed	48.9 MB/s	Faster peak random read. +26%	38.9 MB/s
4K Write Peak 4K Random Write Speed	125 MB/s	Much faster peak random write. +33%	94.2 MB/s
Mixed Peak Sequential Mixed IO Speed	464 MB/s	Faster peak mixed IO speed. +22%	381 MB/s
4K Mixed Peak 4K Random Mixed IO Speed	67.5 MB/s	Much faster peak random mixed IO. +60%	42.2 MB/s
SusWrite Peak Sequential Sustained Write 60s Average	486 MB/s	Much faster peak sustained write speed. +37%	355 MB/s

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Market Share Market Share (trailing 30 days)	0.68 %	Hugely higher market share. +423%	0.13 %
Value Value For Money	44.7 %	Much better value. +57%	28.5 %
User Rating UBM User Rating	58 %	More popular. +14%	51 %
Price Price (score)	$89		$22	Much cheaper. +75%


Age Newest	38+ Months	Much more recent. +58%	90+ Months
DQ Read Peak 4K-64Thread Read Speed	388 MB/s	Faster peak deep queue read. +27%	305 MB/s
DQ Write Peak 4K-64Thread Write Speed	363 MB/s	+5%	346 MB/s
AS-SSD Total AS-SSD Total Score	1,293 Pts	Stronger server IO. +19%	1,088 Pts
DQ Mixed Peak 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed	373 MB/s	Much faster peak deep queue mixed IO. +76%	212 MB/s
ADQ Read Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed	355 MB/s	Much faster deep queue read. +67%	212 MB/s
ADQ Write Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed	312 MB/s	Faster deep queue write. +24%	251 MB/s
ADQ Mixed Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed	314 MB/s	Hugely faster deep queue mixed IO. +108%	151 MB/s


Capacity Capacity			1TB			240GB

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Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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