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182,136 User Benchmarks

Great bench: 508% 901GB free
Poor bench: 278% 916GB free (System drive)

Poor: 278% Great: 508%

SPEED RANK: 17^th / 1080

3,492 User Benchmarks

Best Bench: 354% 899GB free (System drive)
Worst Bench: 162% 607GB free (System drive)

Poor: 162% Great: 354%

SPEED RANK: 54^th / 1080


Effective Speed Effective SSD Speed		402 %	Much faster effective speed. +49%		271 %


Read Avg. Sequential Read Speed	2535 MB/s	Faster read speed. +28%	1980 MB/s
Write Avg. Sequential Write Speed	2844 MB/s	Hugely faster write speed. +102%	1411 MB/s
4K Read Avg. 4K Random Read Speed	69.3 MB/s	Much faster random read. +37%	50.7 MB/s
4K Write Avg. 4K Random Write Speed	168 MB/s	Much faster random write. +34%	125 MB/s
Mixed Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed	2614 MB/s	Hugely faster mixed IO speed. +194%	888 MB/s
4K Mixed Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed	94.4 MB/s	Much faster random mixed IO. +51%	62.5 MB/s
SusWrite Avg. Sustained Write Speed	2325 MB/s	Much faster sustained write speed. +74%	1333 MB/s


Read Peak Sequential Read Speed	2929 MB/s	Faster peak read speed. +15%	2551 MB/s
Write Peak Sequential Write Speed	3474 MB/s	Much faster peak write speed. +79%	1944 MB/s
4K Read Peak 4K Random Read Speed	84.1 MB/s	Much faster peak random read. +54%	54.5 MB/s
4K Write Peak 4K Random Write Speed	250 MB/s	Faster peak random write. +29%	194 MB/s
Mixed Peak Sequential Mixed IO Speed	3123 MB/s	Hugely faster peak mixed IO speed. +167%	1169 MB/s
4K Mixed Peak 4K Random Mixed IO Speed	127 MB/s	Much faster peak random mixed IO. +58%	80.2 MB/s
SusWrite Peak Sequential Sustained Write 60s Average	3212 MB/s	Much faster peak sustained write speed. +65%	1941 MB/s

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Market Share Market Share (trailing 30 days)	1.23 %	Insanely higher market share. +12,200%	0.01 %
Value Value For Money	166 %	Hugely better value. +318%	39.8 %
User Rating UBM User Rating	60 %	More popular. +18%	51 %
Price Price (score)	$170	Much cheaper. +75%	$690


Age Newest	40+ Months	Much more recent. +56%	90+ Months
DQ Read Peak 4K-64Thread Read Speed	2223 MB/s	Faster peak deep queue read. +24%	1792 MB/s
DQ Write Peak 4K-64Thread Write Speed	1761 MB/s	Much faster peak deep queue write. +34%	1316 MB/s
AS-SSD Total AS-SSD Total Score	6,328 Pts	Much stronger server IO. +30%	4,854 Pts
DQ Mixed Peak 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed	1964 MB/s	Much faster peak deep queue mixed IO. +54%	1273 MB/s
ADQ Read Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed	1568 MB/s	Much faster deep queue read. +42%	1103 MB/s
ADQ Write Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed	1204 MB/s	Much faster deep queue write. +58%	763 MB/s
ADQ Mixed Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed	1353 MB/s	Much faster deep queue mixed IO. +59%	850 MB/s


Capacity Capacity			2TB			2TB

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