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381,216 User Benchmarks

Best Bench: 340% 0GB free (System drive)
Worst Bench: 199% 29GB free (System drive)

Poor: 199% Great: 340%

SPEED RANK: 52^nd / 1080

1,241 User Benchmarks

Best Bench: 254% 90GB free (System drive)
Worst Bench: 118% 172GB free (System drive)

Poor: 118% Great: 254%

SPEED RANK: 138^th / 1080


Effective Speed Effective SSD Speed		273 %	Much faster effective speed. +59%		172 %


Read Avg. Sequential Read Speed	2343 MB/s	Much faster read speed. +59%	1470 MB/s
Write Avg. Sequential Write Speed	2063 MB/s	Hugely faster write speed. +286%	535 MB/s
4K Read Avg. 4K Random Read Speed	63.3 MB/s	Much faster random read. +40%	45.2 MB/s
4K Write Avg. 4K Random Write Speed	148 MB/s	Faster random write. +12%	132 MB/s
Mixed Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed	1489 MB/s	Hugely faster mixed IO speed. +183%	527 MB/s
4K Mixed Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed	82 MB/s	Much faster random mixed IO. +41%	58.3 MB/s
SusWrite Avg. Sustained Write Speed	710 MB/s	Much faster sustained write speed. +62%	438 MB/s


Read Peak Sequential Read Speed	2648 MB/s	Slightly faster peak read speed. +6%	2504 MB/s
Write Peak Sequential Write Speed	2404 MB/s	Hugely faster peak write speed. +123%	1080 MB/s
4K Read Peak 4K Random Read Speed	74 MB/s	Faster peak random read. +15%	64.2 MB/s
4K Write Peak 4K Random Write Speed	232 MB/s	Faster peak random write. +25%	185 MB/s
Mixed Peak Sequential Mixed IO Speed	1835 MB/s	Hugely faster peak mixed IO speed. +92%	958 MB/s
4K Mixed Peak 4K Random Mixed IO Speed	107 MB/s	Faster peak random mixed IO. +21%	88.7 MB/s
SusWrite Peak Sequential Sustained Write 60s Average	910 MB/s		1001 MB/s	Slightly faster peak sustained write speed. +10%

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Market Share Market Share (trailing 30 days)	0.46 %	Insanely higher market share. +∞%	0 %
Value Value For Money	67.6 %	Hugely better value. +109%	32.4 %
User Rating UBM User Rating	58 %	More popular. +16%	50 %
Price Price (score)	$84		$60	Cheaper. +28%


Age Newest	73+ Months		72+ Months	+1%
DQ Read Peak 4K-64Thread Read Speed	1864 MB/s	Hugely faster peak deep queue read. +130%	811 MB/s
DQ Write Peak 4K-64Thread Write Speed	1599 MB/s	Much faster peak deep queue write. +60%	1001 MB/s
AS-SSD Total AS-SSD Total Score	5,400 Pts	Hugely stronger server IO. +83%	2,943 Pts
DQ Mixed Peak 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed	1724 MB/s	Hugely faster peak deep queue mixed IO. +205%	565 MB/s
ADQ Read Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed	1263 MB/s	Hugely faster deep queue read. +160%	485 MB/s
ADQ Write Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed	959 MB/s	Hugely faster deep queue write. +115%	447 MB/s
ADQ Mixed Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed	1065 MB/s	Hugely faster deep queue mixed IO. +207%	347 MB/s


Capacity Capacity			500GB			250GB

Like it, will compare to the PLUS when I get it ^{[Dec '19 Strauby]}

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