Imation

M.2 SATA3 512GB SSD V531

M.2 SATA3 512GB SSD V531
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Effective Speed -38%Effective Speed -38%Average Score -43%Read -33%, Write -55%, 4K Read -25%, 4K Write -35%, Mixed -34%, 4K Mixed -49%, SusWrite -70%Peak Score -49%Read -22%, Write -29%, 4K Read -37%, 4K Write -62%, Mixed -34%, 4K Mixed -66%, SusWrite -96%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -12%DQ Read -27%, DQ Write -14%, DQ Mixed -58%, ADQ Read -33%, ADQ Write 0%, ADQ Mixed -32%, Age 93%, AS-SSD Total -26%

Average Bench: 71.4% (643^rd of 1072)

Based on 5 user benchmarks. Model: imation M.2 SATA3 512GB SSD V531

Poor: 55%Average: 71.4% Great: 82%

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Good average bench

The Imation M.2 SATA3 512GB SSD V531 averaged 28.5% 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 197MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 289MB/s

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Unknown consistency

There are too few samples to reasonably determine how consistently this SSD perfroms. This result should be interpreted with caution.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 174MB/s

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 262MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 5 samples)

Rank 64371.4%

Min	Avg	Max
277	Read 344	416
195	Write 262	375
236	Mixed 268	315
155	SusWrite 174	198
58.7% 262 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
14.5	4K Read 27.4	31.4
45.3	4K Write 65.1	75.7
20	4K Mixed 30.3	35.1
115% 40.9 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
103	DQ Read 245	288
265	DQ Write 289	314
189	DQ Mixed 197	209
168% 243 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%

KOR-User, 2 years ago.

308GB free (System drive)

Firmware: SBFMP1.5

SusWrite @10s intervals: 387 344 100 107 114 135 MB/s

81.7% Excellent

Write 375

Mixed 315

SusWrite 198

73% 326 MB/s

4K Read 31.4

4K Write 72

4K Mixed 35.1

131% 46.2 MB/s

DQ Read 283

DQ Write 294

DQ Mixed 209

179% 262 MB/s

KOR-User, 3 years ago.

438GB free (System drive)

Firmware: SBFME1.3

SusWrite @10s intervals: 289 160 166 161 159 162 MB/s

66.9% Good

Write 195

Mixed 236

SusWrite 183

52% 232 MB/s

4K Read 29.8

4K Write 60.1

4K Mixed 28.6

114% 39.5 MB/s

DQ Read 103

DQ Write 286

DQ Mixed 197

150% 195 MB/s

GBR-User, 29 days ago.

422GB free (System drive)

Firmware: SBFME1.3

SusWrite @10s intervals: 197 140 154 145 148 146 MB/s

54.8% Above average

Write 252

Mixed 286

SusWrite 155

55% 243 MB/s

4K Read 14.5

4K Write 45.3

4K Mixed 20

72% 26.6 MB/s

DQ Read 284

DQ Write 265

DQ Mixed 191

166% 247 MB/s

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Desktop 44%

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Workstation 5%

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System: HP Pavilion Notebook

CPU
Core i5-6200UIntelBench 41%, 135,462 samples	1,345x
Core i5-7200UIntelBench 45%, 205,332 samples	1,255x
Core i7-6500UIntelBench 46%, 102,213 samples	913x

GPU
HD 520 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 4%, 362,113 samples	1,944x
HD 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake)IntelBench 5%, 387,149 samples	1,407x
HD 5500 (Mobile 0.95 GHz)IntelBench 4%, 231,498 samples	808x

SSD
M.2 SATA3 512GB SSD V531ImationBench 71%, 5 samples	1x

RAM
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 1x8GBHynixBench 37%, 144,145 samples	394x
HMT41GS6BFR8A-PB 1x8GBHynixBench 28%, 77,702 samples	317x
M471A1K43CB1-CRC 1x8GBSamsungBench 37%, 122,420 samples	265x

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M.2 SATA3 512GB SSD V531

Average Bench: 71.4% (643^rd of 1072)

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Average Bench: 71.4% (643rd of 1072)

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