Average Bench: 181% (120th of 1072)

Based on 641 user benchmarks.  Model: NVMe CA5-8D1024

Outstanding average bench

The Nvme CA5-8D1024 1TB averaged 80.9% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Nvme CA5-8D1024 1TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 579MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 903MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvme CA5-8D1024 1TB is 152%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Nvme CA5-8D1024 1TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 87.1MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 655MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 641 samples)
Min Avg Max
889 Read 1,383 1,735
51.2 Write 1,207 1,934
80.5 Mixed 944 1,391
94.3 SusWrite 655 1,370
234% 1,047 MB/s
Min Avg Max
25.1 4K Read 41.5 53.3
35.5 4K Write 87.1 119
22.6 4K Mixed 51.9 69.8
176% 60.2 MB/s
Min Avg Max
485 DQ Read 903 1,238
60.2 DQ Write 503 881
91.9 DQ Mixed 579 977
464% 661 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
731GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CQA0904 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 894 340 475 499 440 418 MB/s
Read 1,633
Write 1,349
Mixed 1,210
SusWrite 511
263% 1,176 MB/s
4K Read 44.1
4K Write 94.9
4K Mixed 59.6
193% 66.2 MB/s
DQ Read 926
DQ Write 610
DQ Mixed 706
543% 747 MB/s
853GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CQA0904 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1063 1450 1600 892 179 562 MB/s
Read 1,231
Write 1,488
Mixed 333
SusWrite 958
225% 1,002 MB/s
4K Read 27.5
4K Write 73.5
4K Mixed 42.8
135% 47.9 MB/s
DQ Read 795
DQ Write 528
DQ Mixed 638
482% 653 MB/s
389GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CQA0904 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 281 339 374 267 397 381 MB/s
Read 1,336
Write 341
Mixed 397
SusWrite 340
132% 603 MB/s
4K Read 34.6
4K Write 94
4K Mixed 45.1
160% 57.9 MB/s
DQ Read 1,027
DQ Write 327
DQ Mixed 221
282% 525 MB/s
309GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CQA0904 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 271 262 304 300 271 288 MB/s
Read 1,379
Write 49.9
Mixed 355
SusWrite 283
111% 517 MB/s
4K Read 36.3
4K Write 91.7
4K Mixed 45.7
162% 57.9 MB/s
DQ Read 981
DQ Write 110
DQ Mixed 153
212% 415 MB/s
200GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CQA0904 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 242 245 283 255 295 297 MB/s
Read 1,374
Write 185
Mixed 267
SusWrite 269
113% 524 MB/s
4K Read 36.2
4K Write 91.4
4K Mixed 39.9
154% 55.8 MB/s
DQ Read 1,105
DQ Write 158
DQ Mixed 308
308% 524 MB/s
228GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CQA0903 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 160 168 184 191 202 MB/s
Read 1,476
Write 39.5
Mixed 226
SusWrite 176
102% 479 MB/s
4K Read 34.8
4K Write 63.3
4K Mixed 33.4
129% 43.8 MB/s
DQ Read 839
DQ Write 176
DQ Mixed 242
246% 419 MB/s
102GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CQA0904 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 104 128 88 111 105 MB/s
Read 1268
Write 108
Mixed 171
SusWrite 108
88% 414 MB/s
4K Read 33
4K Write 30.4
4K Mixed 25.2
98% 29.5 MB/s
DQ Read 954
DQ Write 75.3
DQ Mixed 77.4
167% 369 MB/s
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 Market Share (See Leaders)

The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,695,729 SSDs tested

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Gaming
Gaming 93%
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Desktop
Desktop 86%
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Workstation
Workstation 87%
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