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Release date ≈ Q1 2019.

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▲ 505 ▼
  

Release date ≈ Q1 2019.

Effective Speed 
+47%
Real World Speed
Performance profile from 5,850 user samples
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2,811 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 193% 200GB free
Worst Bench: 118% 85GB free (System drive)
Poor: 118% Great: 193%
SPEED RANK: 138th / 1072
3,039 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 318% 394GB free (System drive)
Worst Bench: 144% 0GB free
Poor: 144% Great: 318%
SPEED RANK: 64th / 1072
Effective Speed
Effective SSD Speed 		164 % 241 % Much faster effective speed.
+47%
Average Score 
+45%
Read
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 		1077 MB/s 2233 MB/s Hugely faster read speed.
+107%
Write
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 		974 MB/s 1369 MB/s Much faster write speed.
+41%
4K Read
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 		44.7 MB/s 54.2 MB/s Faster random read.
+21%
4K Write
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 		131 MB/s 151 MB/s Faster random write.
+15%
Mixed
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 		757 MB/s 902 MB/s Faster mixed IO speed.
+19%
4K Mixed
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 		60.1 MB/s 72.2 MB/s Faster random mixed IO.
+20%
SusWrite
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 		350 MB/s 672 MB/s Hugely faster sustained write speed.
+92%
Peak Score 
+76%
Read
Peak Sequential Read Speed 		1204 MB/s 2772 MB/s Hugely faster peak read speed.
+130%
Write
Peak Sequential Write Speed 		1213 MB/s 2068 MB/s Much faster peak write speed.
+70%
4K Read
Peak 4K Random Read Speed 		49.8 MB/s 69.2 MB/s Much faster peak random read.
+39%
4K Write
Peak 4K Random Write Speed 		186 MB/s 232 MB/s Faster peak random write.
+25%
Mixed
Peak Sequential Mixed IO Speed 		1011 MB/s 1600 MB/s Much faster peak mixed IO speed.
+58%
4K Mixed
Peak 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 		74.3 MB/s 98.3 MB/s Much faster peak random mixed IO.
+32%
SusWrite
Peak Sequential Sustained Write 60s Average 		459 MB/s 1277 MB/s Hugely faster peak sustained write speed.
+178%
Value & Sentiment 
�%
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Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days) 		0 % 0 %
User Rating
UBM User Rating 		51 % +2% 50 %
Nice To Haves 
+1%
Age
Newest 		61+ Months +2% 62+ Months
DQ Read
Peak 4K-64Thread Read Speed 		860 MB/s 1297 MB/s Much faster peak deep queue read.
+51%
DQ Write
Peak 4K-64Thread Write Speed 		1085 MB/s 1184 MB/s Slightly faster peak deep queue write.
+9%
AS-SSD Total
AS-SSD Total Score 		2,963 Pts 4,087 Pts Much stronger server IO.
+38%
DQ Mixed
Peak 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 		734 MB/s Faster peak deep queue mixed IO.
+30% 		566 MB/s
ADQ Read
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 		775 MB/s Slightly faster deep queue read.
+7% 		722 MB/s
ADQ Write
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 		752 MB/s Slightly faster deep queue write.
+8% 		696 MB/s
ADQ Mixed
Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 		653 MB/s Much faster deep queue mixed IO.
+58% 		414 MB/s
Specifications 
Capacity
Capacity 		250GB 512GB
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