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Release date ≈ Q3 2020.

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Release date ≈ Q3 2020.

Effective Speed 
+33%
Real World Speed
Performance profile from 75,654 user samples
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58,572 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 442% 446GB free (System drive)
Worst Bench: 206% 339GB free (System drive)
Poor: 206% Great: 442%
SPEED RANK: 20th / 1074
17,082 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 332% 282GB free
Worst Bench: 168% 216GB free (System drive)
Poor: 168% Great: 332%
SPEED RANK: 56th / 1074
Effective Speed
Effective SSD Speed 		341 % Much faster effective speed.
+33% 		256 %
Average Score 
+44%
Read
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 		2539 MB/s Faster read speed.
+27% 		2006 MB/s
Write
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 		2616 MB/s Much faster write speed.
+42% 		1846 MB/s
4K Read
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 		69.7 MB/s Much faster random read.
+36% 		51.4 MB/s
4K Write
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 		167 MB/s Much faster random write.
+52% 		110 MB/s
Mixed
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 		2402 MB/s Much faster mixed IO speed.
+74% 		1384 MB/s
4K Mixed
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 		93.2 MB/s Much faster random mixed IO.
+48% 		63.1 MB/s
SusWrite
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 		1423 MB/s Faster sustained write speed.
+29% 		1103 MB/s
Peak Score 
+49%
Read
Peak Sequential Read Speed 		3076 MB/s Faster peak read speed.
+13% 		2724 MB/s
Write
Peak Sequential Write Speed 		3447 MB/s Much faster peak write speed.
+42% 		2422 MB/s
4K Read
Peak 4K Random Read Speed 		88.1 MB/s Much faster peak random read.
+58% 		55.7 MB/s
4K Write
Peak 4K Random Write Speed 		254 MB/s Much faster peak random write.
+66% 		153 MB/s
Mixed
Peak Sequential Mixed IO Speed 		3065 MB/s Much faster peak mixed IO speed.
+76% 		1745 MB/s
4K Mixed
Peak 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 		129 MB/s Much faster peak random mixed IO.
+71% 		75.4 MB/s
SusWrite
Peak Sequential Sustained Write 60s Average 		2130 MB/s Faster peak sustained write speed.
+16% 		1843 MB/s
Value & Sentiment 
+122%
Market Share
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Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days) 		0.24 % Hugely higher market share.
+500% 		0.04 %
Value
Value For Money 		80.3 % Slightly better value.
+9% 		73.6 %
User Rating
UBM User Rating 		52 % +2% 51 %
Price
Price (score) 		$90 $69 Cheaper.
+23%
Nice To Haves 
+32%
Age
Newest 		43+ Months Slightly more recent.
+7% 		46+ Months
DQ Read
Peak 4K-64Thread Read Speed 		2234 MB/s Much faster peak deep queue read.
+40% 		1591 MB/s
DQ Write
Peak 4K-64Thread Write Speed 		1795 MB/s Much faster peak deep queue write.
+31% 		1372 MB/s
AS-SSD Total
AS-SSD Total Score 		6,401 Pts Much stronger server IO.
+37% 		4,659 Pts
DQ Mixed
Peak 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 		1958 MB/s Much faster peak deep queue mixed IO.
+45% 		1347 MB/s
ADQ Read
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 		1429 MB/s Much faster deep queue read.
+47% 		969 MB/s
ADQ Write
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 		1097 MB/s Faster deep queue write.
+21% 		907 MB/s
ADQ Mixed
Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 		1224 MB/s Faster deep queue mixed IO.
+27% 		966 MB/s
Specifications 
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Capacity 		500GB 500GB
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