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Release date ≈ Q1 2021.

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▲ 50118 ▼
  

Release date ≈ Q4 2020.

Effective Speed 
+25%
Real World Speed
Performance profile from 99,313 user samples
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92,081 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 295% 149GB free (System drive)
Worst Bench: 144% 79GB free
Poor: 144% Great: 295%
SPEED RANK: 78th / 1072
7,232 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 389% 79GB free (System drive)
Worst Bench: 182% 168GB free (System drive)
Poor: 182% Great: 389%
SPEED RANK: 38th / 1072
Effective Speed
Effective SSD Speed 		224 % 279 % Faster effective speed.
+25%
Average Score 
+19%
Read
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 		1509 MB/s 2466 MB/s Much faster read speed.
+63%
Write
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 		1710 MB/s Slightly faster write speed.
+5% 		1626 MB/s
4K Read
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 		56.9 MB/s 84.7 MB/s Much faster random read.
+49%
4K Write
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 		134 MB/s 152 MB/s Faster random write.
+13%
Mixed
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 		1478 MB/s 1511 MB/s +2%
4K Mixed
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 		70.5 MB/s 78.4 MB/s Faster random mixed IO.
+11%
SusWrite
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 		672 MB/s +4% 645 MB/s
Peak Score 
+27%
Read
Peak Sequential Read Speed 		1709 MB/s 3085 MB/s Hugely faster peak read speed.
+81%
Write
Peak Sequential Write Speed 		2114 MB/s 2552 MB/s Faster peak write speed.
+21%
4K Read
Peak 4K Random Read Speed 		65.1 MB/s 90.9 MB/s Much faster peak random read.
+40%
4K Write
Peak 4K Random Write Speed 		221 MB/s 246 MB/s Faster peak random write.
+11%
Mixed
Peak Sequential Mixed IO Speed 		1743 MB/s 2384 MB/s Much faster peak mixed IO speed.
+37%
4K Mixed
Peak 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 		95.4 MB/s 123 MB/s Faster peak random mixed IO.
+29%
SusWrite
Peak Sequential Sustained Write 60s Average 		1371 MB/s Faster peak sustained write speed.
+27% 		1078 MB/s
Value & Sentiment 
+1,002%
Market Share
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Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days) 		0.42 % Insanely higher market share.
+2,000% 		0.02 %
User Rating
UBM User Rating 		52 % +4% 50 %
Nice To Haves 
+15%
Age
Newest 		38+ Months More recent.
+12% 		43+ Months
DQ Read
Peak 4K-64Thread Read Speed 		1596 MB/s 2136 MB/s Much faster peak deep queue read.
+34%
DQ Write
Peak 4K-64Thread Write Speed 		1540 MB/s 1695 MB/s Faster peak deep queue write.
+10%
AS-SSD Total
AS-SSD Total Score 		4,773 Pts 6,018 Pts Stronger server IO.
+26%
DQ Mixed
Peak 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 		1240 MB/s 1907 MB/s Much faster peak deep queue mixed IO.
+54%
ADQ Read
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 		1192 MB/s 1331 MB/s Faster deep queue read.
+12%
ADQ Write
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 		905 MB/s +3% 876 MB/s
ADQ Mixed
Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 		971 MB/s 994 MB/s +2%
Specifications 
Capacity
Capacity 		500GB 250GB
Conclusion 
Average Bench 224%
Average Bench 279%
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