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Best Bench: 331% 877GB free (System drive)
Worst Bench: 160% 280GB free (System drive)

Poor: 160% Great: 331%

SPEED RANK: 57^th / 1071

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Best Bench: 254% 431GB free (System drive)
Worst Bench: 153% 45GB free (System drive)

Poor: 153% Great: 254%

SPEED RANK: 88^th / 1071


Effective Speed Effective SSD Speed		250 %	Faster effective speed. +17%		213 %


Read Avg. Sequential Read Speed	1719 MB/s	+0%	1714 MB/s
Write Avg. Sequential Write Speed	1273 MB/s		1445 MB/s	Faster write speed. +14%
4K Read Avg. 4K Random Read Speed	47.8 MB/s	Slightly faster random read. +8%	44.2 MB/s
4K Write Avg. 4K Random Write Speed	119 MB/s		137 MB/s	Faster random write. +15%
Mixed Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed	588 MB/s		675 MB/s	Faster mixed IO speed. +15%
4K Mixed Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed	59.3 MB/s	+4%	57 MB/s
SusWrite Avg. Sustained Write Speed	1265 MB/s	Hugely faster sustained write speed. +112%	598 MB/s


Read Peak Sequential Read Speed	2420 MB/s	Faster peak read speed. +16%	2086 MB/s
Write Peak Sequential Write Speed	1585 MB/s		1750 MB/s	Faster peak write speed. +10%
4K Read Peak 4K Random Read Speed	54.2 MB/s	+1%	53.7 MB/s
4K Write Peak 4K Random Write Speed	179 MB/s		191 MB/s	Slightly faster peak random write. +7%
Mixed Peak Sequential Mixed IO Speed	858 MB/s	+1%	853 MB/s
4K Mixed Peak 4K Random Mixed IO Speed	77.5 MB/s	Faster peak random mixed IO. +13%	68.7 MB/s
SusWrite Peak Sequential Sustained Write 60s Average	1807 MB/s	Hugely faster peak sustained write speed. +117%	832 MB/s

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Market Share Market Share (trailing 30 days)		0.02 %			0.12 %	Hugely higher market share. +500%
User Rating UBM User Rating		50 %			53 %	Slightly more popular. +6%


Age Newest	94+ Months		89+ Months	Slightly more recent. +5%
DQ Read Peak 4K-64Thread Read Speed	1643 MB/s	Much faster peak deep queue read. +33%	1239 MB/s
DQ Write Peak 4K-64Thread Write Speed	1237 MB/s		1374 MB/s	Faster peak deep queue write. +11%
AS-SSD Total AS-SSD Total Score	4,469 Pts	Stronger server IO. +12%	4002 Pts
DQ Mixed Peak 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed	1154 MB/s	Faster peak deep queue mixed IO. +14%	1012 MB/s
ADQ Read Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed	1033 MB/s		1034 MB/s	+0%
ADQ Write Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed	742 MB/s		923 MB/s	Faster deep queue write. +24%
ADQ Mixed Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed	805 MB/s	+1%	797 MB/s


Capacity Capacity			1TB			500GB

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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Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16