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Release date ≈ Q4 2022.

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Controller: Silicon Motion SM2258. Flash Memory: Micron 3D TLC. Release date ≈ Q4 2021.

Effective Speed 
+137%
Real World Speed
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1,141 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 413% 423GB free (System drive)
Worst Bench: 112% 443GB free (System drive)
Poor: 112% Great: 413%
SPEED RANK: 75th / 1080
1,824 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 119% 2TB free
Worst Bench: 72% 1TB free
Poor: 72% Great: 119%
SPEED RANK: 265th / 1080
Effective Speed
Effective SSD Speed 		236 % Hugely faster effective speed.
+137% 		99.7 %
Average Score 
+184%
Read
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 		1804 MB/s Hugely faster read speed.
+429% 		341 MB/s
Write
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 		1540 MB/s Hugely faster write speed.
+287% 		398 MB/s
4K Read
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 		46.6 MB/s Much faster random read.
+40% 		33.3 MB/s
4K Write
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 		86.4 MB/s +4% 82.8 MB/s
Mixed
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 		1392 MB/s Hugely faster mixed IO speed.
+299% 		349 MB/s
4K Mixed
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 		50.4 MB/s Slightly faster random mixed IO.
+10% 		45.9 MB/s
SusWrite
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 		1297 MB/s Hugely faster sustained write speed.
+220% 		405 MB/s
Peak Score 
+347%
Read
Peak Sequential Read Speed 		3420 MB/s Hugely faster peak read speed.
+795% 		382 MB/s
Write
Peak Sequential Write Speed 		3045 MB/s Hugely faster peak write speed.
+549% 		469 MB/s
4K Read
Peak 4K Random Read Speed 		69.6 MB/s Much faster peak random read.
+74% 		40 MB/s
4K Write
Peak 4K Random Write Speed 		179 MB/s Much faster peak random write.
+50% 		119 MB/s
Mixed
Peak Sequential Mixed IO Speed 		2345 MB/s Hugely faster peak mixed IO speed.
+511% 		384 MB/s
4K Mixed
Peak 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 		85.9 MB/s Much faster peak random mixed IO.
+46% 		58.8 MB/s
SusWrite
Peak Sequential Sustained Write 60s Average 		2337 MB/s Hugely faster peak sustained write speed.
+404% 		464 MB/s
Value & Sentiment 
+75%
Market Share
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Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days) 		0.05 % Hugely higher market share.
+150% 		0.02 %
User Rating
UBM User Rating 		50 % 50 %
Nice To Haves 
+307%
Age
Newest 		18+ Months Much more recent.
+44% 		32+ Months
DQ Read
Peak 4K-64Thread Read Speed 		1631 MB/s Hugely faster peak deep queue read.
+358% 		356 MB/s
DQ Write
Peak 4K-64Thread Write Speed 		1289 MB/s Hugely faster peak deep queue write.
+254% 		364 MB/s
AS-SSD Total
AS-SSD Total Score 		4,852 Pts Hugely stronger server IO.
+303% 		1,206 Pts
DQ Mixed
Peak 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 		1391 MB/s Hugely faster peak deep queue mixed IO.
+859% 		145 MB/s
ADQ Read
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 		858 MB/s Hugely faster deep queue read.
+170% 		318 MB/s
ADQ Write
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 		471 MB/s Much faster deep queue write.
+61% 		293 MB/s
ADQ Mixed
Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 		685 MB/s Hugely faster deep queue mixed IO.
+407% 		135 MB/s
Specifications 
Capacity
Capacity 		512GB 4TB
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