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2,445 User Benchmarks

Best Bench: 310% 219GB free
Worst Bench: 127% 108GB free (System drive)

Poor: 127% Great: 310%

SPEED RANK: 91^st / 1072

14,368 User Benchmarks

Best Bench: 228% 242GB free (System drive)
Worst Bench: 133% 389GB free (System drive)

Poor: 133% Great: 228%

SPEED RANK: 111^th / 1072


Effective Speed Effective SSD Speed		208 %	Faster effective speed. +10%		189 %


Read Avg. Sequential Read Speed	2053 MB/s	Hugely faster read speed. +84%	1113 MB/s
Write Avg. Sequential Write Speed	645 MB/s		1121 MB/s	Much faster write speed. +74%
4K Read Avg. 4K Random Read Speed	37.8 MB/s		42.7 MB/s	Faster random read. +13%
4K Write Avg. 4K Random Write Speed	130 MB/s		139 MB/s	Slightly faster random write. +7%
Mixed Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed	680 MB/s		972 MB/s	Much faster mixed IO speed. +43%
4K Mixed Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed	55.1 MB/s		63 MB/s	Faster random mixed IO. +14%
SusWrite Avg. Sustained Write Speed	631 MB/s	Slightly faster sustained write speed. +7%	588 MB/s


Read Peak Sequential Read Speed	2553 MB/s	Hugely faster peak read speed. +106%	1238 MB/s
Write Peak Sequential Write Speed	1487 MB/s	Slightly faster peak write speed. +9%	1363 MB/s
4K Read Peak 4K Random Read Speed	64.3 MB/s	Faster peak random read. +29%	49.8 MB/s
4K Write Peak 4K Random Write Speed	189 MB/s		202 MB/s	Slightly faster peak random write. +7%
Mixed Peak Sequential Mixed IO Speed	1252 MB/s	Faster peak mixed IO speed. +12%	1120 MB/s
4K Mixed Peak 4K Random Mixed IO Speed	91.2 MB/s	Faster peak random mixed IO. +19%	76.8 MB/s
SusWrite Peak Sequential Sustained Write 60s Average	1426 MB/s	Hugely faster peak sustained write speed. +80%	791 MB/s

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Market Share Market Share (trailing 30 days)		0 %			0.03 %	Insanely higher market share. +∞%
User Rating UBM User Rating		51 %			51 %


Age Newest	70+ Months		60+ Months	More recent. +14%
DQ Read Peak 4K-64Thread Read Speed	1336 MB/s	Faster peak deep queue read. +23%	1085 MB/s
DQ Write Peak 4K-64Thread Write Speed	1016 MB/s		1255 MB/s	Faster peak deep queue write. +24%
AS-SSD Total AS-SSD Total Score	3,816 Pts	Slightly stronger server IO. +9%	3,512 Pts
DQ Mixed Peak 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed	1086 MB/s	+0%	1084 MB/s
ADQ Read Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed	680 MB/s		984 MB/s	Much faster deep queue read. +45%
ADQ Write Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed	538 MB/s		841 MB/s	Much faster deep queue write. +56%
ADQ Mixed Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed	537 MB/s		898 MB/s	Much faster deep queue mixed IO. +67%


Capacity Capacity			480GB			500GB

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Intel Core i5-13600K $275	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
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