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Best Bench: 128% 2TB free
Worst Bench: 64% 810GB free (System drive)

Poor: 64% Great: 128%

SPEED RANK: 247^th / 1072

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Best Bench: 125% 1.5TB free
Worst Bench: 83% 1.5TB free (System drive)

Poor: 83% Great: 125%

SPEED RANK: 224^th / 1072


Effective Speed Effective SSD Speed		102 %			108 %	Slightly faster effective speed. +6%


Read Avg. Sequential Read Speed	474 MB/s	Slightly faster read speed. +7%	443 MB/s
Write Avg. Sequential Write Speed	392 MB/s		420 MB/s	Slightly faster write speed. +7%
4K Read Avg. 4K Random Read Speed	32.5 MB/s		34.9 MB/s	Slightly faster random read. +7%
4K Write Avg. 4K Random Write Speed	90.1 MB/s	+1%	89.1 MB/s
Mixed Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed	371 MB/s		376 MB/s	+1%
4K Mixed Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed	45.3 MB/s		48.6 MB/s	Slightly faster random mixed IO. +7%
SusWrite Avg. Sustained Write Speed	342 MB/s		421 MB/s	Faster sustained write speed. +23%


Read Peak Sequential Read Speed	516 MB/s	+0%	514 MB/s
Write Peak Sequential Write Speed	491 MB/s	+4%	472 MB/s
4K Read Peak 4K Random Read Speed	41 MB/s		43.8 MB/s	Slightly faster peak random read. +7%
4K Write Peak 4K Random Write Speed	128 MB/s	Slightly faster peak random write. +8%	119 MB/s
Mixed Peak Sequential Mixed IO Speed	445 MB/s	Slightly faster peak mixed IO speed. +8%	412 MB/s
4K Mixed Peak 4K Random Mixed IO Speed	59.9 MB/s		61.2 MB/s	+2%
SusWrite Peak Sequential Sustained Write 60s Average	488 MB/s	+4%	471 MB/s

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Market Share Market Share (trailing 30 days)	0.15 %	Higher market share. +25%	0.12 %
Value Value For Money	47.4 %		49.9 %	Slightly better value. +5%
User Rating UBM User Rating	51 %		59 %	More popular. +16%
Price Price (score)	$145	+1%	$146


Age Newest	44+ Months	Much more recent. +41%	75+ Months
DQ Read Peak 4K-64Thread Read Speed	388 MB/s		389 MB/s	+0%
DQ Write Peak 4K-64Thread Write Speed	362 MB/s		366 MB/s	+1%
AS-SSD Total AS-SSD Total Score	1,279 Pts	+0%	1,278 Pts
DQ Mixed Peak 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed	370 MB/s	Faster peak deep queue mixed IO. +27%	292 MB/s
ADQ Read Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed	341 MB/s	+2%	334 MB/s
ADQ Write Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed	283 MB/s		294 MB/s	+4%
ADQ Mixed Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed	298 MB/s	Much faster deep queue mixed IO. +34%	222 MB/s


Capacity Capacity			2TB			2TB

2TB SSD at $215 is an excellent deals right now. A great high-capacity SATA SSD that is very reliable. ^{[Jun '20 ColdSpy]}

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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