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Effective Speed -371%Effective Speed -371%Average Score -384%Read -380%, Write -558%, 4K Read -181%, 4K Write -145%, Mixed -468%, 4K Mixed -434%, SusWrite -525%Peak Score -253%Read -208%, Write -320%, 4K Read -294%, 4K Write -141%, Mixed -316%, 4K Mixed -266%, SusWrite -225%Value & Sentiment User Rating -37%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -288%DQ Read -201%, DQ Write -92%, DQ Mixed -280%, ADQ Read -482%, ADQ Write -211%, ADQ Mixed -694%, Age -173%, AS-SSD Total -173%

Average Bench: 116% (205^th of 1080)

Based on 233 user benchmarks. Model: BR 512GB

Poor: 53%Average: 116% Great: 233%

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Outstanding average bench

The BR 512GB 512GB averaged 15.7% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the BR 512GB 512GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 187MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 403MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the BR 512GB 512GB is 180%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the BR 512GB 512GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 20.7MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 294MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 233 samples)

Rank 205116%

Min	Avg	Max
349	Read 873	1,926
233	Write 710	1,533
193	Mixed 570	1,126
166	SusWrite 506	1,408
149% 665 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
13.8	4K Read 31.2	47.8
22	4K Write 84.7	157
4.57	4K Mixed 20.7	59.5
119% 45.5 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
117	DQ Read 294	770
123	DQ Write 403	989
8.65	DQ Mixed 187	553
186% 294 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

SGP-User, 1 month ago.

366GB free (System drive)

Firmware: W0824A0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 478 543 533 324 533 623 MB/s

124% Outstanding

Write 879

Mixed 772

SusWrite 506

188% 843 MB/s

4K Read 29.1

4K Write 65.3

4K Mixed 22.5

108% 39 MB/s

DQ Read 402

DQ Write 150

DQ Mixed 280

206% 277 MB/s

IDN-User, 27 days ago.

253GB free (System drive)

Firmware: H240407a

SusWrite @10s intervals: 414 397 389 388 390 396 MB/s

100% Outstanding

Write 427

Mixed 417

SusWrite 396

94% 418 MB/s

4K Read 33.8

4K Write 96.4

4K Mixed 42

156% 57.4 MB/s

DQ Read 182

DQ Write 293

DQ Mixed 227

175% 234 MB/s

PHL-User, 28 days ago.

92GB free (System drive)

Firmware: HP3414B6

SusWrite @10s intervals: 396 408 139 285 386 114 MB/s

80.4% Excellent

Write 382

Mixed 335

SusWrite 288

82% 368 MB/s

4K Read 36.9

4K Write 89

4K Mixed 12

118% 46 MB/s

DQ Read 204

DQ Write 282

DQ Mixed 14.1

75% 167 MB/s

RUS-User, 25 days ago.

319GB free (System drive)

Firmware: HT3618B9

SusWrite @10s intervals: 370 379 383 331 22 19 MB/s

71.1% Very good

Write 386

Mixed 353

SusWrite 251

78% 349 MB/s

4K Read 33.7

4K Write 81.8

4K Mixed 10.9

108% 42.1 MB/s

DQ Read 144

DQ Write 260

DQ Mixed 12.8

63% 139 MB/s

IDN-User, 1 month ago.

209GB free (System drive)

Firmware: W0303B0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 199 96 236 5.7 7.3 271 MB/s

63.1% Good

Write 380

Mixed 374

SusWrite 136

76% 339 MB/s

4K Read 25.1

4K Write 50.7

4K Mixed 19.8

90% 31.9 MB/s

DQ Read 137

DQ Write 274

DQ Mixed 38

76% 150 MB/s

RUS-User, 22 days ago.

219GB free (System drive)

Firmware: SN13821

SusWrite @10s intervals: 353 346 324 311 316 299 MB/s

60.2% Good

Write 327

Mixed 332

SusWrite 325

76% 336 MB/s

4K Read 12.7

4K Write 17.1

4K Mixed 13.5

46% 14.4 MB/s

DQ Read 262

DQ Write 272

DQ Mixed 292

213% 275 MB/s

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Xeon E5-2620 v3IntelBench 66%, 6,890 samples	1,061x
Xeon E5-2640 v3IntelBench 71%, 3,267 samples	1,005x
Xeon E5-2670 v3IntelBench 66%, 3,953 samples	964x

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GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	512x
UHD Graphics 600IntelBench 1%, 35,976 samples	512x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $218Bench 71%, 428,800 samples	494x

SSD
512GB 512GBBRBench 116%, 233 samples	1x

RAM
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	1,418x
Atermiter 2x8GBUnknownBench 59%, 2,316 samples	510x
123456789012345678 4x2GBABCDBench 24%, 5,869 samples	372x

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Value: 118% - Outstanding

Total price: $59

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Intel Core i5-13600K $210	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $130
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Average Bench: 116% (205^th of 1080)

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Average Bench: 116% (205^th of 1080)