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Release date ≈ Q3 2016.

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Release date ≈ Q3 2019.

Effective Speed 
+21%
Real World Speed
Performance profile from 7,018 user samples
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6,967 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 294% 563GB free (System drive)
Worst Bench: 131% 382GB free (System drive)
Poor: 131% Great: 294%
SPEED RANK: 77th / 1072
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Best Bench: 357% 832GB free (System drive)
Worst Bench: 187% 873GB free (System drive)
Poor: 187% Great: 357%
SPEED RANK: 45th / 1072
Effective Speed
Effective SSD Speed 		225 % 272 % Faster effective speed.
+21%
Average Score 
+11%
Read
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 		1555 MB/s 2080 MB/s Much faster read speed.
+34%
Write
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 		1277 MB/s 1584 MB/s Faster write speed.
+24%
4K Read
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 		51.6 MB/s +1% 51.3 MB/s
4K Write
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 		111 MB/s 129 MB/s Faster random write.
+16%
Mixed
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 		825 MB/s Much faster mixed IO speed.
+49% 		552 MB/s
4K Mixed
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 		63.1 MB/s 69.2 MB/s Slightly faster random mixed IO.
+10%
SusWrite
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 		925 MB/s 1322 MB/s Much faster sustained write speed.
+43%
Peak Score 
+26%
Read
Peak Sequential Read Speed 		1961 MB/s 2604 MB/s Much faster peak read speed.
+33%
Write
Peak Sequential Write Speed 		1545 MB/s 2081 MB/s Much faster peak write speed.
+35%
4K Read
Peak 4K Random Read Speed 		61.4 MB/s +2% 60.3 MB/s
4K Write
Peak 4K Random Write Speed 		172 MB/s 177 MB/s +3%
Mixed
Peak Sequential Mixed IO Speed 		1049 MB/s 1649 MB/s Much faster peak mixed IO speed.
+57%
4K Mixed
Peak 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 		85.6 MB/s 85.7 MB/s +0%
SusWrite
Peak Sequential Sustained Write 60s Average 		1225 MB/s 1892 MB/s Much faster peak sustained write speed.
+54%
Value & Sentiment 
+∞%
Market Share
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Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days) 		0.01 % Insanely higher market share.
+∞% 		0 %
User Rating
UBM User Rating 		51 % +2% 50 %
Nice To Haves 
+18%
Age
Newest 		92+ Months 56+ Months Much more recent.
+39%
DQ Read
Peak 4K-64Thread Read Speed 		1606 MB/s Faster peak deep queue read.
+20% 		1333 MB/s
DQ Write
Peak 4K-64Thread Write Speed 		1270 MB/s Slightly faster peak deep queue write.
+8% 		1178 MB/s
AS-SSD Total
AS-SSD Total Score 		4,402 Pts Slightly stronger server IO.
+9% 		4,048 Pts
DQ Mixed
Peak 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 		1282 MB/s Much faster peak deep queue mixed IO.
+68% 		764 MB/s
ADQ Read
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 		1008 MB/s Faster deep queue read.
+10% 		916 MB/s
ADQ Write
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 		738 MB/s Slightly faster deep queue write.
+9% 		674 MB/s
ADQ Mixed
Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 		821 MB/s Much faster deep queue mixed IO.
+58% 		518 MB/s
Specifications 
Capacity
Capacity 		1TB 1TB
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6,967
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