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▲ 5152 ▼

Release date ≈ Q2 2018.

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▲ 5262 ▼

Release date ≈ Q3 2020.

Effective Speed 
+47%
Real World Speed
Performance profile from 81,659 user samples
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23,087 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 284% 274GB free (System drive)
Worst Bench: 160% 103GB free (System drive)
Poor: 160% Great: 284%
SPEED RANK: 70th / 1072
58,572 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 442% 446GB free (System drive)
Worst Bench: 206% 339GB free (System drive)
Poor: 206% Great: 442%
SPEED RANK: 19th / 1072
Effective Speed
Effective SSD Speed 		233 % 341 % Much faster effective speed.
+47%
Average Score 
+50%
Read
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 		1721 MB/s 2539 MB/s Much faster read speed.
+48%
Write
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 		1811 MB/s 2616 MB/s Much faster write speed.
+44%
4K Read
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 		44.1 MB/s 69.7 MB/s Much faster random read.
+58%
4K Write
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 		152 MB/s 167 MB/s Slightly faster random write.
+10%
Mixed
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 		1488 MB/s 2402 MB/s Much faster mixed IO speed.
+61%
4K Mixed
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 		65 MB/s 93.2 MB/s Much faster random mixed IO.
+43%
SusWrite
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 		767 MB/s 1423 MB/s Hugely faster sustained write speed.
+86%
Peak Score 
+65%
Read
Peak Sequential Read Speed 		1945 MB/s 3076 MB/s Much faster peak read speed.
+58%
Write
Peak Sequential Write Speed 		2242 MB/s 3447 MB/s Much faster peak write speed.
+54%
4K Read
Peak 4K Random Read Speed 		51 MB/s 88.1 MB/s Much faster peak random read.
+73%
4K Write
Peak 4K Random Write Speed 		248 MB/s 254 MB/s +2%
Mixed
Peak Sequential Mixed IO Speed 		1714 MB/s 3065 MB/s Much faster peak mixed IO speed.
+79%
4K Mixed
Peak 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 		80.8 MB/s 129 MB/s Much faster peak random mixed IO.
+60%
SusWrite
Peak Sequential Sustained Write 60s Average 		925 MB/s 2130 MB/s Hugely faster peak sustained write speed.
+130%
Value & Sentiment 
+232%
Market Share
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Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days) 		0.02 % 0.22 % Hugely higher market share.
+1,000%
Value
Value For Money 		107 % Better value.
+22% 		87.7 %
User Rating
UBM User Rating 		51 % 52 % +2%
Price
Price (score) 		$37 Much cheaper.
+54% 		$80
Nice To Haves 
+30%
Age
Newest 		72+ Months 43+ Months Much more recent.
+40%
DQ Read
Peak 4K-64Thread Read Speed 		1657 MB/s 2234 MB/s Much faster peak deep queue read.
+35%
DQ Write
Peak 4K-64Thread Write Speed 		1429 MB/s 1795 MB/s Faster peak deep queue write.
+26%
AS-SSD Total
AS-SSD Total Score 		4,795 Pts 6,401 Pts Much stronger server IO.
+33%
DQ Mixed
Peak 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 		1403 MB/s 1958 MB/s Much faster peak deep queue mixed IO.
+40%
ADQ Read
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 		1198 MB/s 1429 MB/s Faster deep queue read.
+19%
ADQ Write
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 		875 MB/s 1097 MB/s Faster deep queue write.
+25%
ADQ Mixed
Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 		999 MB/s 1224 MB/s Faster deep queue mixed IO.
+23%
Specifications 
Capacity
Capacity 		500GB 500GB
Conclusion 
Average Bench 233%
Average Bench 341%
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This is a complete Monster. Faster than the last SSD drive I had. Looks sick with the heatsink as well. [Jan '20 capw12]

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