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Release date ≈ Q4 2015.

Effective Speed 
+38%
Real World Speed
Performance profile from 408,181 user samples
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367,854 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 355% 184GB free
Worst Bench: 178% 90GB free (System drive)
Poor: 178% Great: 355%
SPEED RANK: 40th / 1070
40,327 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 243% 37GB free (System drive)
Worst Bench: 131% 8GB free (System drive)
Poor: 131% Great: 243%
SPEED RANK: 97th / 1070
Effective Speed
Effective SSD Speed 		276 % Much faster effective speed.
+38% 		199 %
Average Score 
+67%
Read
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 		2314 MB/s Much faster read speed.
+34% 		1726 MB/s
Write
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 		2034 MB/s Hugely faster write speed.
+157% 		792 MB/s
4K Read
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 		61.3 MB/s Faster random read.
+25% 		48.9 MB/s
4K Write
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 		143 MB/s Slightly faster random write.
+8% 		132 MB/s
Mixed
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 		1632 MB/s Hugely faster mixed IO speed.
+159% 		630 MB/s
4K Mixed
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 		79.6 MB/s Much faster random mixed IO.
+54% 		51.6 MB/s
SusWrite
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 		843 MB/s Much faster sustained write speed.
+33% 		636 MB/s
Peak Score 
+73%
Read
Peak Sequential Read Speed 		2751 MB/s Much faster peak read speed.
+32% 		2085 MB/s
Write
Peak Sequential Write Speed 		2540 MB/s Hugely faster peak write speed.
+174% 		927 MB/s
4K Read
Peak 4K Random Read Speed 		75.6 MB/s Much faster peak random read.
+44% 		52.4 MB/s
4K Write
Peak 4K Random Write Speed 		229 MB/s Faster peak random write.
+22% 		188 MB/s
Mixed
Peak Sequential Mixed IO Speed 		1930 MB/s Hugely faster peak mixed IO speed.
+146% 		785 MB/s
4K Mixed
Peak 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 		108 MB/s Much faster peak random mixed IO.
+76% 		61.2 MB/s
SusWrite
Peak Sequential Sustained Write 60s Average 		1056 MB/s Faster peak sustained write speed.
+15% 		916 MB/s
Value & Sentiment 
+962%
Market Share
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Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days) 		0.93 % Insanely higher market share.
+3,000% 		0.03 %
Value
Value For Money 		132 % Hugely better value.
+742% 		15.6 %
User Rating
UBM User Rating 		65 % More popular.
+25% 		52 %
Price
Price (score) 		€30 Hugely cheaper.
+82% 		€171
Nice To Haves 
+176%
Age
Newest 		53+ Months Much more recent.
+42% 		92+ Months
DQ Read
Peak 4K-64Thread Read Speed 		1899 MB/s Much faster peak deep queue read.
+74% 		1094 MB/s
DQ Write
Peak 4K-64Thread Write Speed 		1643 MB/s Hugely faster peak deep queue write.
+398% 		330 MB/s
AS-SSD Total
AS-SSD Total Score 		5,528 Pts Hugely stronger server IO.
+112% 		2,611 Pts
DQ Mixed
Peak 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 		1754 MB/s Hugely faster peak deep queue mixed IO.
+343% 		396 MB/s
ADQ Read
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 		1231 MB/s Faster deep queue read.
+27% 		966 MB/s
ADQ Write
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 		922 MB/s Hugely faster deep queue write.
+226% 		283 MB/s
ADQ Mixed
Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 		1044 MB/s Hugely faster deep queue mixed IO.
+190% 		360 MB/s
Specifications 
Capacity
Capacity 		500GB 256GB
Conclusion 
Average Bench 276%
Average Bench 199%
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