Real World Speed
Performance profile from 150,726 user samples
63,520 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 353% 383GB free
Worst Bench: 159% 72GB free (System drive)
Poor: 159% Great: 353%
SPEED RANK: 49th / 1071
87,206 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 302% 233GB free
Worst Bench: 152% 196GB free (System drive)
Poor: 152% Great: 302%
SPEED RANK: 69th / 1071
Effective Speed
Effective SSD Speed
266 % Faster effective speed.
+14%
234 %
Read
Avg. Sequential Read Speed
2013 MB/s 2197 MB/s Slightly faster read speed.
+9%
Write
Avg. Sequential Write Speed
1359 MB/s 1841 MB/s Much faster write speed.
+35%
4K Read
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed
46.7 MB/s 57.6 MB/s Faster random read.
+23%
4K Write
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed
132 MB/s 136 MB/s +3%
Mixed
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed
799 MB/s 1356 MB/s Much faster mixed IO speed.
+70%
4K Mixed
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed
62.3 MB/s 73.5 MB/s Faster random mixed IO.
+18%
SusWrite
Avg. Sustained Write Speed
1222 MB/s Hugely faster sustained write speed.
+163%
464 MB/s
Read
Peak Sequential Read Speed
2601 MB/s 2638 MB/s +1%
Write
Peak Sequential Write Speed
1921 MB/s 2264 MB/s Faster peak write speed.
+18%
4K Read
Peak 4K Random Read Speed
55.5 MB/s 70.7 MB/s Faster peak random read.
+27%
4K Write
Peak 4K Random Write Speed
208 MB/s 231 MB/s Faster peak random write.
+11%
Mixed
Peak Sequential Mixed IO Speed
995 MB/s 1621 MB/s Much faster peak mixed IO speed.
+63%
4K Mixed
Peak 4K Random Mixed IO Speed
80.1 MB/s 101 MB/s Faster peak random mixed IO.
+26%
SusWrite
Peak Sequential Sustained Write 60s Average
1915 MB/s Hugely faster peak sustained write speed.
+229%
582 MB/s
Market Share
Based on 75,749,132 SSDs tested
Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days)
0.06 % 0.11 % Hugely higher market share.
+83%
Value
Value For Money
46 % 55.1 % Better value.
+20%
User Rating
UBM User Rating
55 % 61 % More popular.
+11%
Price
Price (score)
$139 $45 Much cheaper.
+68%
Age
Newest
90+ Months 62+ Months Much more recent.
+31%
DQ Read
Peak 4K-64Thread Read Speed
1318 MB/s Much faster peak deep queue read.
+30%
1010 MB/s
DQ Write
Peak 4K-64Thread Write Speed
1327 MB/s 1582 MB/s Faster peak deep queue write.
+19%
AS-SSD Total
AS-SSD Total Score
4,171 Pts +2% 4,073 Pts
DQ Mixed
Peak 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed
1142 MB/s 1166 MB/s +2%
ADQ Read
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed
1107 MB/s Faster deep queue read.
+21%
915 MB/s
ADQ Write
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed
852 MB/s 873 MB/s +2%
ADQ Mixed
Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed
881 MB/s 921 MB/s +5%
Capacity
Capacity
512GB 250GB
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