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Release date ≈ Q1 2020.

Average Bench: 187% (111th of 1072)

Based on 300 user benchmarks.  Model: NVME SSD 512G
Poor: 127%Average: 187% Great: 265%

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Outstanding average bench

The Nvme 512G 512GB averaged 87.5% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Nvme 512G 512GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 415MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 785MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvme 512G 512GB is 138%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Nvme 512G 512GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 24MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 703MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 300 samples)
Rank 111187%
Min Avg Max
1,055 Read 1,468 2,117
260 Write 1,254 1,634
336 Mixed 879 1,229
258 SusWrite 703 1,497
240% 1,076 MB/s
Min Avg Max
33.2 4K Read 47.1 56.1
65.5 4K Write 153 208
13.3 4K Mixed 24 32
183% 74.7 MB/s
Min Avg Max
632 DQ Read 733 966
146 DQ Write 785 1,014
142 DQ Mixed 415 629
407% 644 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
225GB free
Firmware: T0609B0L Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 707 181 208 257 203 233 MB/s
176% Outstanding
Read 1,546
Write 1558
Mixed 1,045
SusWrite 298
248% 1,112 MB/s
4K Read 52.5
4K Write 175
4K Mixed 27.2
207% 85 MB/s
DQ Read 699
DQ Write 972
DQ Mixed 448
447% 706 MB/s
98GB free (System drive)
Firmware: T1106A0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 919 220 114 198 144 164 MB/s
164% Outstanding
Read 1,383
Write 1,171
Mixed 1,005
SusWrite 293
215% 963 MB/s
4K Read 47.6
4K Write 133
4K Mixed 29.9
181% 70.2 MB/s
DQ Read 970
DQ Write 769
DQ Mixed 579
512% 772 MB/s
95GB free (System drive)
Firmware: T0609B0L Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 393 698 177 103 294 66 MB/s
158% Outstanding
Read 1,562
Write 1,518
Mixed 994
SusWrite 288
243% 1,090 MB/s
4K Read 40.7
4K Write 132
4K Mixed 24.1
162% 65.6 MB/s
DQ Read 688
DQ Write 717
DQ Mixed 434
400% 613 MB/s
76GB free
Firmware: T0707A0L Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 170 200 190 216 199 MB/s
102% Outstanding
Read 1,075
Write 130
Mixed 161
SusWrite 189
84% 389 MB/s
4K Read 38.9
4K Write 73.2
4K Mixed 7.9
108% 40 MB/s
DQ Read 704
DQ Write 112
DQ Mixed 291
243% 369 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,654,865 SSDs tested

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Workstation 105%
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Motherboard: MSI Z390-A PRO (MS-7B98) - $246

CPU
Core i7-9700KIntel  $249Bench 97%, 550,833 samples8,103x
Core i5-9600KIntel  $155Bench 93%, 321,194 samples7,832x
Core i9-9900KIntel  $409Bench 98%, 354,223 samples3,797x
GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia  $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples2,415x
RTX 2060Nvidia  $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples2,317x
RTX 2070Nvidia  $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples2,134x
SSD
512G 512GBNvmeBench 187%, 300 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples1,977x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples1,452x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $63Bench 85%, 346,786 samples959x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 119% - Outstanding Total price: $745

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