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Great bench: 429% 1.5TB free
Poor bench: 210% 197GB free (System drive)

Poor: 210% Great: 429%

SPEED RANK: 28^th / 1080

24,278 User Benchmarks

Best Bench: 370% 501GB free (System drive)
Worst Bench: 175% 168GB free

Poor: 175% Great: 370%

SPEED RANK: 42^nd / 1080


Effective Speed Effective SSD Speed		338 %	Faster effective speed. +18%		287 %


Read Avg. Sequential Read Speed	2566 MB/s	Faster read speed. +27%	2023 MB/s
Write Avg. Sequential Write Speed	2599 MB/s	Much faster write speed. +44%	1800 MB/s
4K Read Avg. 4K Random Read Speed	68 MB/s	Much faster random read. +36%	50 MB/s
4K Write Avg. 4K Random Write Speed	161 MB/s	Much faster random write. +42%	113 MB/s
Mixed Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed	2356 MB/s	Much faster mixed IO speed. +68%	1404 MB/s
4K Mixed Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed	91.3 MB/s	Much faster random mixed IO. +45%	62.9 MB/s
SusWrite Avg. Sustained Write Speed	1375 MB/s		1499 MB/s	Slightly faster sustained write speed. +9%


Read Peak Sequential Read Speed	3054 MB/s	Faster peak read speed. +13%	2701 MB/s
Write Peak Sequential Write Speed	3418 MB/s	Much faster peak write speed. +39%	2463 MB/s
4K Read Peak 4K Random Read Speed	86.3 MB/s	Much faster peak random read. +49%	58.1 MB/s
4K Write Peak 4K Random Write Speed	246 MB/s	Much faster peak random write. +46%	168 MB/s
Mixed Peak Sequential Mixed IO Speed	3067 MB/s	Hugely faster peak mixed IO speed. +81%	1695 MB/s
4K Mixed Peak 4K Random Mixed IO Speed	128 MB/s	Much faster peak random mixed IO. +59%	80.7 MB/s
SusWrite Peak Sequential Sustained Write 60s Average	2100 MB/s		2283 MB/s	Slightly faster peak sustained write speed. +9%

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Market Share Market Share (trailing 30 days)	0.25 %	Hugely higher market share. +212%	0.08 %
Value Value For Money	79.6 %		91.5 %	Better value. +15%
User Rating UBM User Rating	52 %	+2%	51 %
Price Price (score)	$90	Cheaper. +25%	$120


Age Newest	45+ Months	+4%	47+ Months
DQ Read Peak 4K-64Thread Read Speed	2157 MB/s	Faster peak deep queue read. +29%	1668 MB/s
DQ Write Peak 4K-64Thread Write Speed	1713 MB/s	Faster peak deep queue write. +16%	1476 MB/s
AS-SSD Total AS-SSD Total Score	6,185 Pts	Stronger server IO. +26%	4,902 Pts
DQ Mixed Peak 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed	1919 MB/s	Faster peak deep queue mixed IO. +26%	1521 MB/s
ADQ Read Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed	1464 MB/s	Faster deep queue read. +21%	1211 MB/s
ADQ Write Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed	1115 MB/s	Faster deep queue write. +18%	945 MB/s
ADQ Mixed Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed	1264 MB/s	Faster deep queue mixed IO. +22%	1033 MB/s


Capacity Capacity			500GB			1TB

Looks good performs fast! ^{[May '21 zenultra]}

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Intel Core i5-12600K $166	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $150
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