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SamsungMZ-V6E500BW
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Release date ≈ Q3 2016.

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Effective Speed 
+21%
Real World Speed
Performance profile from 265,234 user samples
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99,566 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 236% 61GB free (System drive)
Worst Bench: 106% 7GB free (System drive)
Poor: 106% Great: 236%
SPEED RANK: 125th / 1072
165,668 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 254% 431GB free (System drive)
Worst Bench: 153% 45GB free (System drive)
Poor: 153% Great: 254%
SPEED RANK: 88th / 1072
Effective Speed
Effective SSD Speed 		177 % 213 % Faster effective speed.
+21%
Average Score 
+25%
Read
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 		1379 MB/s 1714 MB/s Faster read speed.
+24%
Write
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 		971 MB/s 1445 MB/s Much faster write speed.
+49%
4K Read
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 		52.5 MB/s Faster random read.
+19% 		44.2 MB/s
4K Write
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 		108 MB/s 137 MB/s Faster random write.
+27%
Mixed
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 		650 MB/s 675 MB/s +4%
4K Mixed
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 		61.2 MB/s Slightly faster random mixed IO.
+7% 		57 MB/s
SusWrite
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 		306 MB/s 598 MB/s Hugely faster sustained write speed.
+95%
Peak Score 
+21%
Read
Peak Sequential Read Speed 		1988 MB/s 2086 MB/s +5%
Write
Peak Sequential Write Speed 		1330 MB/s 1750 MB/s Much faster peak write speed.
+32%
4K Read
Peak 4K Random Read Speed 		61.3 MB/s Faster peak random read.
+14% 		53.7 MB/s
4K Write
Peak 4K Random Write Speed 		165 MB/s 191 MB/s Faster peak random write.
+16%
Mixed
Peak Sequential Mixed IO Speed 		937 MB/s Slightly faster peak mixed IO speed.
+10% 		853 MB/s
4K Mixed
Peak 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 		80.9 MB/s Faster peak random mixed IO.
+18% 		68.7 MB/s
SusWrite
Peak Sequential Sustained Write 60s Average 		356 MB/s 832 MB/s Hugely faster peak sustained write speed.
+134%
Value & Sentiment 
+24%
Market Share
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Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days) 		0.27 % Much higher market share.
+50% 		0.18 %
User Rating
UBM User Rating 		52 % 53 % +2%
Nice To Haves 
+6%
Age
Newest 		91+ Months 88+ Months +3%
DQ Read
Peak 4K-64Thread Read Speed 		1555 MB/s Faster peak deep queue read.
+26% 		1239 MB/s
DQ Write
Peak 4K-64Thread Write Speed 		1116 MB/s 1374 MB/s Faster peak deep queue write.
+23%
AS-SSD Total
AS-SSD Total Score 		4,134 Pts +3% 4002 Pts
DQ Mixed
Peak 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 		1021 MB/s +1% 1012 MB/s
ADQ Read
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 		976 MB/s 1034 MB/s Slightly faster deep queue read.
+6%
ADQ Write
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 		691 MB/s 923 MB/s Much faster deep queue write.
+34%
ADQ Mixed
Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 		733 MB/s 797 MB/s Slightly faster deep queue mixed IO.
+9%
Specifications 
Capacity
Capacity 		256GB 500GB
Conclusion 
Average Bench 177%
Average Bench 213%
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Bought this used for $25, and it simply blew my 120 GB SSD out of the water! Fastest drive of any kind that I have ever had.  [Feb '20 Drakorvich]

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Super low latencies and great TurboWrite performance for not much more than mid-to-high-end SATA drives--when bought lightly used, which is the best way to go in this NAND market IMO. [Jul '17 silhex88]

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