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B16A SSD 512GB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2020.

Average Bench: 59.3% (808th of 1072)

Based on 32 user benchmarks.  Model: IM3D B16A SSD
Poor: 32%Average: 59.3% Great: 87%

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Average average bench

The Im3d B16A SSD 512GB averaged 40.6% 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. Sequential Read Speed 441MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 382MB/s

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Im3d B16A SSD 512GB is 54.8%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Im3d B16A SSD 512GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 31.2MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 11.7MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 32 samples)
Rank 80859.3%
Min Avg Max
256 Read 441 511
243 Write 382 446
10.5 Mixed 290 410
76.3 SusWrite 241 429
75.7% 338 MB/s
Min Avg Max
8 4K Read 19.3 28.1
5.7 4K Write 39.5 105
0.4 4K Mixed 11.7 26.6
65.2% 23.5 MB/s
Min Avg Max
124 DQ Read 194 246
9.7 DQ Write 184 321
0.8 DQ Mixed 31.2 47.1
66.8% 136 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
448GB free (System drive)
Firmware: R0817A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 286 299 326 326 342 368 MB/s
65.4% Good
Read 399
Write 367
Mixed 340
SusWrite 324
80% 358 MB/s
4K Read 15.2
4K Write 39.8
4K Mixed 15.3
64% 23.4 MB/s
DQ Read 173
DQ Write 294
DQ Mixed 43.5
87% 170 MB/s
334GB free (System drive)
Firmware: R0817A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 110 40 90 34 16 MB/s
58.8% Above average
Read 473
Write 412
Mixed 321
SusWrite 76.3
71% 320 MB/s
4K Read 20.9
4K Write 42.7
4K Mixed 21.1
81% 28.2 MB/s
DQ Read 178
DQ Write 288
DQ Mixed 43.1
86% 170 MB/s
434GB free (System drive)
Firmware: R0817A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 241 187 277 244 291 325 MB/s
46.4% Average
Read 303
Write 243
Mixed 260
SusWrite 261
60% 267 MB/s
4K Read 10.6
4K Write 24.8
4K Mixed 11.5
44% 15.6 MB/s
DQ Read 129
DQ Write 93.9
DQ Mixed 44.2
51% 88.9 MB/s
60GB free
Firmware: R0817A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 417 18 110 37 111 37 MB/s
43.9% Average
Read 468
Write 416
Mixed 26.8
SusWrite 122
57% 258 MB/s
4K Read 23.5
4K Write 15.7
4K Mixed 1.3
46% 13.5 MB/s
DQ Read 229
DQ Write 21.1
DQ Mixed 25.8
44% 92.1 MB/s
76GB free (System drive)
Firmware: R0817A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 324 64 141 18 29 39 MB/s
35.1% Below average
Read 406
Write 361
Mixed 23.1
SusWrite 103
49% 223 MB/s
4K Read 14.7
4K Write 10.4
4K Mixed 1
29% 8.7 MB/s
DQ Read 200
DQ Write 17
DQ Mixed 0.8
28% 72.6 MB/s
122GB free (System drive)
Firmware: R0817A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 187 203 66 41 67 MB/s
31.3% Below average
Read 324
Write 300
Mixed 28.9
SusWrite 104
42% 189 MB/s
4K Read 13.8
4K Write 12.2
4K Mixed 1
29% 9 MB/s
DQ Read 183
DQ Write 9.7
DQ Mixed 43.1
45% 78.7 MB/s
56GB free (System drive)
Firmware: R0817A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 203 42 254 12 139 MB/s
25.6% Poor
Read 346
Write 295
Mixed 10.5
SusWrite 123
43% 194 MB/s
4K Read 8.1
4K Write 5.7
4K Mixed 0.4
16% 4.73 MB/s
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Gaming 16%
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Desktop 65%
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Workstation 14%
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System: Notebook N15_N17RD1

CPU
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 59%, 320,434 samples33x
GPU
GTX 960MNvidiaBench 16%, 73,363 samples19x
HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 213,495 samples14x
SSD
B16A SSD 512GBIm3dBench 59%, 32 samples1x
RAM
CT8G4SFS8213.C8FAD1 2x8GBCrucialBench 66%, 273 samples4x
F4 DDR4 2133 C15 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 69%, 2,125 samples2x
M471A1K43BB0-CPB 1x8GBSamsungBench 35%, 32,056 samples2x
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