Average Bench: 72% (629th of 1072)

Based on 25 user benchmarks.  Model: Maxtor Z 1 SSD 480GB
Poor: 45%Average: 72% Great: 91%

Good average bench

The Maxtor Z 1 SSD 480GB averaged 28.0% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This isn't a great result which indicates that there are much faster alternatives on the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 120MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 26MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Maxtor Z 1 SSD 480GB is 46.5%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Maxtor Z 1 SSD 480GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 198MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 125MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 25 samples)
Min Avg Max
162 Read 319 462
95 Write 198 415
36.3 Mixed 268 370
136 SusWrite 323 436
62.3% 277 MB/s
Min Avg Max
10.3 4K Read 26 39.2
15.7 4K Write 58 84.4
9 4K Mixed 29.8 42.4
108% 37.9 MB/s
Min Avg Max
15.3 DQ Read 125 225
24.2 DQ Write 148 274
22.9 DQ Mixed 120 191
95.1% 131 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
396GB free
Firmware: STKS
SusWrite @10s intervals: 425 429 165 107 109 108 MB/s
Read 462
Write 238
Mixed 338
SusWrite 224
70% 315 MB/s
4K Read 37.2
4K Write 81.7
4K Mixed 39.9
151% 52.9 MB/s
DQ Read 160
DQ Write 189
DQ Mixed 157
123% 169 MB/s
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 Market Share (See Leaders)

The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,666,380 SSDs tested

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