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Best Bench: 335% 851GB free
Worst Bench: 182% 177GB free (System drive)

Poor: 182% Great: 335%

SPEED RANK: 52^nd / 1072

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Best Bench: 372% 690GB free (System drive)
Worst Bench: 214% 203GB free (System drive)

Poor: 214% Great: 372%

SPEED RANK: 32^nd / 1072


Effective Speed Effective SSD Speed		262 %			297 %	Faster effective speed. +13%


Read Avg. Sequential Read Speed	1769 MB/s		2316 MB/s	Much faster read speed. +31%
Write Avg. Sequential Write Speed	1951 MB/s		2059 MB/s	Slightly faster write speed. +6%
4K Read Avg. 4K Random Read Speed	44.4 MB/s		60.1 MB/s	Much faster random read. +35%
4K Write Avg. 4K Random Write Speed	154 MB/s	Slightly faster random write. +8%	143 MB/s
Mixed Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed	1615 MB/s	+4%	1553 MB/s
4K Mixed Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed	65.8 MB/s		80.3 MB/s	Faster random mixed IO. +22%
SusWrite Avg. Sustained Write Speed	1184 MB/s	+0%	1179 MB/s


Read Peak Sequential Read Speed	1938 MB/s		2589 MB/s	Much faster peak read speed. +34%
Write Peak Sequential Write Speed	2343 MB/s		2428 MB/s	+4%
4K Read Peak 4K Random Read Speed	50.8 MB/s		71.3 MB/s	Much faster peak random read. +40%
4K Write Peak 4K Random Write Speed	246 MB/s	Faster peak random write. +14%	216 MB/s
Mixed Peak Sequential Mixed IO Speed	1838 MB/s		1885 MB/s	+3%
4K Mixed Peak 4K Random Mixed IO Speed	80.9 MB/s		103 MB/s	Faster peak random mixed IO. +27%
SusWrite Peak Sequential Sustained Write 60s Average	1495 MB/s		1592 MB/s	Slightly faster peak sustained write speed. +6%

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Market Share Market Share (trailing 30 days)	0.01 %		0.82 %	Insanely higher market share. +8,100%
Value Value For Money	120 %	Much better value. +56%	77.1 %
User Rating UBM User Rating	51 %		54 %	Slightly more popular. +6%
Price Price (score)	$74	Much cheaper. +53%	$158


Age Newest	72+ Months		71+ Months	+1%
DQ Read Peak 4K-64Thread Read Speed	1923 MB/s	+0%	1914 MB/s
DQ Write Peak 4K-64Thread Write Speed	1596 MB/s	+4%	1534 MB/s
AS-SSD Total AS-SSD Total Score	5,373 Pts		5,387 Pts	+0%
DQ Mixed Peak 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed	1701 MB/s	+4%	1634 MB/s
ADQ Read Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed	1234 MB/s		1265 MB/s	+3%
ADQ Write Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed	898 MB/s		946 MB/s	Slightly faster deep queue write. +5%
ADQ Mixed Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed	1048 MB/s		1061 MB/s	+1%


Capacity Capacity			1TB			1TB

Vroom vroom. ^{[Dec '19 ThreeAreLeft]}

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16