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Release date ≈ Q1 2020.

Average Bench: 34.5% (990th of 1071)

Based on 132 user benchmarks.  Model: Virtual HD
Poor: 22%Average: 34.5% Great: 42%

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Poor average bench

The Virtual HD 189GB averaged 65.4% 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 Random Read Speed 21.9MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 25.2MB/s

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Virtual HD 189GB is just 19.9%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Virtual HD 189GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 31.8MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 52.3MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 132 samples)
Rank 99034.5%
Min Avg Max
62 Read 118 124
61.9 Write 115 124
62.4 Mixed 118 125
24.8 SusWrite 52.3 63.3
22.7% 101 MB/s
Min Avg Max
13.8 4K Read 21.9 29.3
16 4K Write 27.4 32.2
15.5 4K Mixed 25.2 31.9
80% 24.8 MB/s
Min Avg Max
16 DQ Read 31.8 32.8
16.3 DQ Write 31.8 32.9
16.3 DQ Mixed 32.1 32.8
24% 31.9 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
171GB free
Firmware: 1.1.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 60 60 59 62 60 MB/s
40.3% Average
Read 133
Write 134
Mixed 133
SusWrite 60.7
26% 115 MB/s
4K Read 24.6
4K Write 37
4K Mixed 26.8
91% 29.5 MB/s
DQ Read 64.8
DQ Write 65.1
DQ Mixed 64.9
49% 64.9 MB/s
171GB free
Firmware: 1.1.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 65 58 59 60 60 66 MB/s
37% Below average
Read 133
Write 133
Mixed 133
SusWrite 61.4
26% 115 MB/s
4K Read 21.4
4K Write 30.6
4K Mixed 24.6
80% 25.5 MB/s
DQ Read 63.6
DQ Write 65.2
DQ Mixed 64.9
49% 64.6 MB/s
172GB free
Firmware: 1.1.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 63 63 65 63 60 MB/s
31.5% Below average
Read 133
Write 132
Mixed 133
SusWrite 62.2
26% 115 MB/s
4K Read 17.7
4K Write 26.2
4K Mixed 18.7
65% 20.9 MB/s
DQ Read 39.5
DQ Write 64.9
DQ Mixed 54.6
41% 53 MB/s
171GB free
Firmware: 1.1.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 59 60 61 60 63 MB/s
30.9% Below average
Read 132
Write 132
Mixed 134
SusWrite 61.2
26% 115 MB/s
4K Read 15.4
4K Write 23.5
4K Mixed 19.2
60% 19.4 MB/s
DQ Read 64.1
DQ Write 65.6
DQ Mixed 64.9
49% 64.9 MB/s
167GB free
Firmware: 1.1.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 59 59 66 58 62 MB/s
22.6% Poor
Read 133
Write 132
Mixed 133
SusWrite 60.3
26% 115 MB/s
4K Read 7.8
4K Write 15.1
4K Mixed 11
34% 11.3 MB/s
DQ Read 65.4
DQ Write 65.3
DQ Mixed 64
48% 64.9 MB/s
172GB free
Firmware: 1.1.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 30 30 29 29 29 29 MB/s
20.4% Poor
Read 62.5
Write 62.7
Mixed 62.7
SusWrite 29.3
12% 54.3 MB/s
4K Read 14.7
4K Write 15.1
4K Mixed 14.8
49% 14.9 MB/s
DQ Read 15.9
DQ Write 16.3
DQ Mixed 16.3
12% 16.2 MB/s
172GB free
Firmware: 1.1.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 22 24 25 27 26 22 MB/s
10.8% Very poor
Read 50.7
Write 51.3
Mixed 43
SusWrite 24.3
10% 42.3 MB/s
4K Read 5.2
4K Write 8.4
4K Mixed 6.9
21% 6.83 MB/s
DQ Read 13.7
DQ Write 13.7
DQ Mixed 14.8
11% 14.1 MB/s
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Workstation 2%
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CPU
Core i7-3770Intel  $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples2,030x
Core i7-2600Intel  $187Bench 67%, 185,630 samples1,573x
Core i5-3470Intel  $59Bench 63%, 223,595 samples936x
GPU
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 150,891 samples1,322x
SVGA 3DVmwareBench 20%, 11,474 samples1,143x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples1,046x
SSD
HD 189GBVirtualBench 35%, 132 samples1x
RAM
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples517x
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples376x
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples297x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 68% - Good Total price: $297

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