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Release date ≈ Q2 2020.

Average Bench: 166% (136th of 1072)

Based on 2,347 user benchmarks.  Model: ADATA FALCON
Poor: 66%Average: 166% Great: 232%

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Outstanding average bench

The Adata FALCON 512GB averaged 65.8% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Adata FALCON 512GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 426MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 1,552MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Adata FALCON 512GB is 166%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Adata FALCON 512GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 328MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 32.8MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 2,347 samples)
Rank 136166%
Min Avg Max
219 Read 1,552 2,336
340 Write 879 1,140
175 Mixed 707 1,017
115 SusWrite 650 1,086
210% 947 MB/s
Min Avg Max
12.7 4K Read 31.6 41.2
51.9 4K Write 101 149
2.5 4K Mixed 32.8 53.8
143% 55.2 MB/s
Min Avg Max
183 DQ Read 328 485
220 DQ Write 616 809
189 DQ Mixed 426 641
336% 457 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
55GB free
Firmware: V9002s80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 777 822 188 176 177 166 MB/s
193% Outstanding
Read 2,308
Write 800
Mixed 924
SusWrite 384
242% 1,104 MB/s
4K Read 36.7
4K Write 115
4K Mixed 49.5
180% 67.1 MB/s
DQ Read 441
DQ Write 523
DQ Mixed 576
408% 514 MB/s
85GB free
Firmware: V9002s94
SusWrite @10s intervals: 656 226 158 154 157 171 MB/s
184% Outstanding
Read 2,184
Write 1,043
Mixed 1,004
SusWrite 254
246% 1,121 MB/s
4K Read 36.6
4K Write 119
4K Mixed 50.1
183% 68.6 MB/s
DQ Read 320
DQ Write 791
DQ Mixed 637
462% 583 MB/s
290GB free (System drive)
Firmware: V9002s77
SusWrite @10s intervals: 917 986 1026 1049 212 71 MB/s
115% Outstanding
Read 542
Write 1029
Mixed 157
SusWrite 710
138% 609 MB/s
4K Read 33.2
4K Write 81.2
4K Mixed 3.3
98% 39.2 MB/s
DQ Read 381
DQ Write 675
DQ Mixed 328
305% 461 MB/s
425GB free (System drive)
Firmware: V9002s69
SusWrite @10s intervals: 660 662 650 606 605 618 MB/s
101% Outstanding
Read 957
Write 562
Mixed 633
SusWrite 634
156% 697 MB/s
4K Read 15.4
4K Write 22
4K Mixed 16.4
56% 17.9 MB/s
DQ Read 169
DQ Write 113
DQ Mixed 150
110% 144 MB/s
146GB free
Firmware: V9002s77
SusWrite @10s intervals: 979 993 1017 723 95 239 MB/s
98.4% Outstanding
Read 149
Write 993
Mixed 348
SusWrite 674
125% 541 MB/s
4K Read 32.7
4K Write 94
4K Mixed 2.5
102% 43.1 MB/s
DQ Read 372
DQ Write 699
DQ Mixed 331
309% 468 MB/s
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Typical FALCON 512GB Builds (Compare 2,824 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 65%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 90%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 59%
Gunboat

Motherboard: MSI H410M PRO (MS-7C89)

CPU
Core i5-10400FIntel  $97Bench 85%, 153,026 samples1,334x
Core i5-10400Intel  $130Bench 84%, 71,804 samples462x
Core i7-10700Intel  $233Bench 93%, 71,010 samples393x
GPU
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia  $240Bench 71%, 428,800 samples923x
RTX 3060Nvidia  $250Bench 100%, 447,556 samples251x
RTX 2060Nvidia  $294Bench 90%, 645,160 samples225x
SSD
FALCON 512GBAdataBench 166%, 2,347 samples1x
RAM
DDR4 3000 2x8GBUnknownBench 77%, 23,800 samples328x
M378A1K43CB2-CTD 2x8GBSamsungBench 80%, 29,586 samples236x
HMA81GU6CJR8N-XN 2x8GBHynixBench 84%, 6,189 samples170x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 83% - Excellent Total price: $337

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