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SYSTEMS 500GB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2020.

Average Bench: 155% (147th of 1072)

Based on 5 user benchmarks.  Model: CARBON SYSTEMS 500GB
Poor: 113%Average: 155% Great: 204%

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Outstanding average bench

The Carbon SYSTEMS 500GB averaged 55.3% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Carbon SYSTEMS 500GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 248MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 1,614MB/s

Unknown consistency

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

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 24.3MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 473MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 5 samples)
Rank 147155%
Min Avg Max
1,304 Read 1,614 1,849
53.8 Write 643 1,486
25.7 Mixed 531 1,126
234 SusWrite 473 838
179% 815 MB/s
Min Avg Max
17.9 4K Read 36.8 48.6
10 4K Write 73.7 170
3.4 4K Mixed 24.3 34.9
126% 44.9 MB/s
Min Avg Max
804 DQ Read 857 927
5.7 DQ Write 263 834
10.2 DQ Mixed 248 623
264% 456 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
142GB free (System drive)
Firmware: R1115F0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 265 1255 556 1172 234 479 MB/s
355% Outstanding
Read 6,077
Write 9
Mixed 849
SusWrite 660
403% 1,899 MB/s
4K Read 40.3
4K Write 92.3
4K Mixed 36.7
157% 56.4 MB/s
DQ Read 774
DQ Write 322
DQ Mixed 188
234% 428 MB/s
437GB free (System drive)
Firmware: R1115F0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1292 1310 1365 729 165 170 MB/s
204% Outstanding
Read 1,551
Write 1,272
Mixed 879
SusWrite 838
254% 1,135 MB/s
4K Read 28.6
4K Write 170
4K Mixed 32.6
175% 77.2 MB/s
DQ Read 927
DQ Write 834
DQ Mixed 623
538% 795 MB/s
306GB free (System drive)
Firmware: R1115F0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 795 1115 1047 871 678 71 MB/s
184% Outstanding
Read 1,849
Write 1,486
Mixed 1,126
SusWrite 763
292% 1306 MB/s
4K Read 45.3
4K Write 57.3
4K Mixed 34.9
144% 45.8 MB/s
DQ Read 804
DQ Write 85.3
DQ Mixed 157
188% 349 MB/s
316GB free (System drive)
Firmware: R1115F0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 59 345 207 212 269 316 MB/s
143% Outstanding
Read 1,515
Write 204
Mixed 333
SusWrite 234
123% 572 MB/s
4K Read 43.4
4K Write 86.7
4K Mixed 32.9
154% 54.3 MB/s
DQ Read 814
DQ Write 189
DQ Mixed 188
219% 397 MB/s
206GB free (System drive)
Firmware: R1115F0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 8.7 10 7.2 9.1 1021 730 MB/s
133% Outstanding
Read 1,849
Write 53.8
Mixed 25.7
SusWrite 298
118% 556 MB/s
4K Read 48.6
4K Write 10
4K Mixed 3.4
83% 20.7 MB/s
DQ Read 847
DQ Write 5.7
DQ Mixed 10.2
111% 288 MB/s
307GB free (System drive)
Firmware: R1115F0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 306 181 204 193 199 318 MB/s
113% Outstanding
Read 1,304
Write 198
Mixed 292
SusWrite 234
110% 507 MB/s
4K Read 17.9
4K Write 44
4K Mixed 17.6
73% 26.5 MB/s
DQ Read 892
DQ Write 201
DQ Mixed 262
266% 452 MB/s

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Desktop 70%
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Workstation 9%
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System: Carbon Black

CPU
Core i3-8109UIntelBench 65%, 2,079 samples1x
GPU
Iris Plus Graphics 655IntelBench 9%, 8,316 samples1x
SSD
SYSTEMS 500GBCarbonBench 155%, 5 samples2x
RAM
J641GU42J9266ND 1x8GBUnknownBench 41%, 251 samples1x
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