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Best Bench: 371% 3.5TB free
Worst Bench: 195% 1.5TB free

Poor: 195% Great: 371%

SPEED RANK: 33^rd / 1072

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Best Bench: 372% 690GB free (System drive)
Worst Bench: 214% 203GB free (System drive)

Poor: 214% Great: 372%

SPEED RANK: 32^nd / 1072


Effective Speed Effective SSD Speed		290 %			297 %	+3%


Read Avg. Sequential Read Speed	2209 MB/s		2316 MB/s	+5%
Write Avg. Sequential Write Speed	2042 MB/s		2059 MB/s	+1%
4K Read Avg. 4K Random Read Speed	50.1 MB/s		60.1 MB/s	Faster random read. +20%
4K Write Avg. 4K Random Write Speed	143 MB/s		143 MB/s
Mixed Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed	1438 MB/s		1553 MB/s	Slightly faster mixed IO speed. +8%
4K Mixed Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed	70.6 MB/s		80.3 MB/s	Faster random mixed IO. +14%
SusWrite Avg. Sustained Write Speed	1291 MB/s	Slightly faster sustained write speed. +9%	1179 MB/s


Read Peak Sequential Read Speed	2520 MB/s		2589 MB/s	+3%
Write Peak Sequential Write Speed	2421 MB/s		2428 MB/s	+0%
4K Read Peak 4K Random Read Speed	60.1 MB/s		71.3 MB/s	Faster peak random read. +19%
4K Write Peak 4K Random Write Speed	223 MB/s	+3%	216 MB/s
Mixed Peak Sequential Mixed IO Speed	1736 MB/s		1885 MB/s	Slightly faster peak mixed IO speed. +9%
4K Mixed Peak 4K Random Mixed IO Speed	91.2 MB/s		103 MB/s	Faster peak random mixed IO. +13%
SusWrite Peak Sequential Sustained Write 60s Average	1848 MB/s	Faster peak sustained write speed. +16%	1592 MB/s

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Market Share Market Share (trailing 30 days)	0.01 %		0.82 %	Insanely higher market share. +8,100%
Value Value For Money	89.5 %	Better value. +11%	80.4 %
User Rating UBM User Rating	51 %		54 %	Slightly more popular. +6%
Price Price (score)	$250		$150	Much cheaper. +40%


Age Newest	71+ Months	+1%	72+ Months
DQ Read Peak 4K-64Thread Read Speed	1958 MB/s	+2%	1914 MB/s
DQ Write Peak 4K-64Thread Write Speed	1599 MB/s	+4%	1534 MB/s
AS-SSD Total AS-SSD Total Score	5,494 Pts	+2%	5,387 Pts
DQ Mixed Peak 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed	1722 MB/s	Slightly faster peak deep queue mixed IO. +5%	1634 MB/s
ADQ Read Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed	1234 MB/s		1265 MB/s	+3%
ADQ Write Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed	905 MB/s		946 MB/s	+5%
ADQ Mixed Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed	1026 MB/s		1061 MB/s	+3%


Capacity Capacity			2TB			1TB

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Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16