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Best Bench: 228% 81GB free (System drive)
Worst Bench: 141% 95GB free (System drive)

Poor: 141% Great: 228%

SPEED RANK: 105^th / 1072

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Best Bench: 340% 0GB free (System drive)
Worst Bench: 199% 29GB free (System drive)

Poor: 199% Great: 340%

SPEED RANK: 45^th / 1072


Effective Speed Effective SSD Speed		193 %			273 %	Much faster effective speed. +42%


Read Avg. Sequential Read Speed	1556 MB/s	2343 MB/s	Much faster read speed. +51%
Write Avg. Sequential Write Speed	1372 MB/s	2063 MB/s	Much faster write speed. +50%
4K Read Avg. 4K Random Read Speed	44.5 MB/s	63.3 MB/s	Much faster random read. +42%
4K Write Avg. 4K Random Write Speed	145 MB/s	148 MB/s	+2%
Mixed Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed	1229 MB/s	1489 MB/s	Faster mixed IO speed. +21%
4K Mixed Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed	62.8 MB/s	82 MB/s	Much faster random mixed IO. +31%
SusWrite Avg. Sustained Write Speed	414 MB/s	710 MB/s	Much faster sustained write speed. +71%


Read Peak Sequential Read Speed	1733 MB/s	2648 MB/s	Much faster peak read speed. +53%
Write Peak Sequential Write Speed	1536 MB/s	2404 MB/s	Much faster peak write speed. +57%
4K Read Peak 4K Random Read Speed	50.6 MB/s	74 MB/s	Much faster peak random read. +46%
4K Write Peak 4K Random Write Speed	223 MB/s	232 MB/s	+4%
Mixed Peak Sequential Mixed IO Speed	1366 MB/s	1835 MB/s	Much faster peak mixed IO speed. +34%
4K Mixed Peak 4K Random Mixed IO Speed	78 MB/s	107 MB/s	Much faster peak random mixed IO. +37%
SusWrite Peak Sequential Sustained Write 60s Average	476 MB/s	910 MB/s	Hugely faster peak sustained write speed. +91%

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Market Share Market Share (trailing 30 days)	0.01 %	0.46 %	Insanely higher market share. +4,500%
Value Value For Money	37 %	111 %	Hugely better value. +200%
User Rating UBM User Rating	51 %	58 %	More popular. +14%
Price Price (score)	$59	$43	Cheaper. +26%


Age Newest	72+ Months	71+ Months	+1%
DQ Read Peak 4K-64Thread Read Speed	860 MB/s	1864 MB/s	Hugely faster peak deep queue read. +117%
DQ Write Peak 4K-64Thread Write Speed	1257 MB/s	1599 MB/s	Faster peak deep queue write. +27%
AS-SSD Total AS-SSD Total Score	3,275 Pts	5,400 Pts	Much stronger server IO. +65%
DQ Mixed Peak 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed	803 MB/s	1724 MB/s	Hugely faster peak deep queue mixed IO. +115%
ADQ Read Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed	814 MB/s	1263 MB/s	Much faster deep queue read. +55%
ADQ Write Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed	813 MB/s	959 MB/s	Faster deep queue write. +18%
ADQ Mixed Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed	711 MB/s	1065 MB/s	Much faster deep queue mixed IO. +50%


Capacity Capacity			250GB			500GB

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $179	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