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MushkinMKNSSDCR120GB
▲ 52255 ▼

Controller: Silicon Motion SM2246EN. NAND: Micron 20nm Synchronous MLC. Release date: Q3 2014.

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▲ 502 ▼

Controller: LSI Sandforce SF2281VB1-SDC. NAND Memory: INTEL Asynchronous 25NM MLC. Release date ≤ Q1 2014.

Effective Speed 
+25%
Real World Speed
Performance profile from 2,447 user samples
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1,585 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 105% 90GB free
Worst Bench: 52% 62GB free
Poor: 52% Great: 105%
SPEED RANK: 414th / 1071
862 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 84% 69GB free (System drive)
Worst Bench: 48% 33GB free (System drive)
Poor: 48% Great: 84%
SPEED RANK: 703rd / 1071
Effective Speed
Effective SSD Speed 		84.5 % Faster effective speed.
+25% 		67.7 %
Average Score 
+55%
Read
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 		459 MB/s Faster read speed.
+24% 		370 MB/s
Write
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 		391 MB/s Hugely faster write speed.
+175% 		142 MB/s
4K Read
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 		23.6 MB/s 27.3 MB/s Faster random read.
+16%
4K Write
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 		71.3 MB/s 85 MB/s Faster random write.
+19%
Mixed
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 		271 MB/s Much faster mixed IO speed.
+40% 		193 MB/s
4K Mixed
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 		32.3 MB/s 33.7 MB/s +4%
SusWrite
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 		328 MB/s Hugely faster sustained write speed.
+188% 		114 MB/s
Peak Score 
+36%
Read
Peak Sequential Read Speed 		511 MB/s Faster peak read speed.
+13% 		451 MB/s
Write
Peak Sequential Write Speed 		439 MB/s Hugely faster peak write speed.
+85% 		237 MB/s
4K Read
Peak 4K Random Read Speed 		28.7 MB/s 33.3 MB/s Faster peak random read.
+16%
4K Write
Peak 4K Random Write Speed 		110 MB/s 115 MB/s +5%
Mixed
Peak Sequential Mixed IO Speed 		330 MB/s Faster peak mixed IO speed.
+20% 		275 MB/s
4K Mixed
Peak 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 		42.6 MB/s Slightly faster peak random mixed IO.
+5% 		40.5 MB/s
SusWrite
Peak Sequential Sustained Write 60s Average 		436 MB/s Hugely faster peak sustained write speed.
+148% 		176 MB/s
Value & Sentiment 
+∞%
Market Share
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Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days) 		0.01 % Insanely higher market share.
+∞% 		0 %
Value
Value For Money 		12.5 % Hugely better value.
+90% 		6.59 %
User Rating
UBM User Rating 		52 % +4% 50 %
Price
Price (score) 		$170 $70 Much cheaper.
+59%
Nice To Haves 
+38%
Age
Newest 		117 Months Slightly more recent.
+6% 		124+ Months
DQ Read
Peak 4K-64Thread Read Speed 		285 MB/s 285 MB/s
DQ Write
Peak 4K-64Thread Write Speed 		303 MB/s Much faster peak deep queue write.
+36% 		222 MB/s
AS-SSD Total
AS-SSD Total Score 		1,015 Pts Stronger server IO.
+11% 		912 Pts
DQ Mixed
Peak 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 		214 MB/s Faster peak deep queue mixed IO.
+29% 		166 MB/s
ADQ Read
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 		249 MB/s Hugely faster deep queue read.
+83% 		136 MB/s
ADQ Write
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 		251 MB/s Much faster deep queue write.
+78% 		141 MB/s
ADQ Mixed
Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 		178 MB/s Much faster deep queue mixed IO.
+62% 		110 MB/s
Specifications 
Capacity
Capacity 		512GB 120GB
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